On the enjoyment of being a contrarian.
And by contrarian I mean the type of person who brings up every ornery thing they can think of to prove other people wrong just for the satisfaction of it.
If we’re expressing our contrary opinions, I’d just like to get off my chest the following: I tend to regard […]
April 25th, 2006
Categories: ornery . Author: ximena . Comments: 4 Comments
So, today I found out why, when last year, my various team teachers had a meeting with each other (ten feet from where I was sitting) to discuss the plans for the class I taught with them, I was never asked to attend.
According to this year’s head of the English department, who often handily lets […]
April 13th, 2006
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Sat through the freezingness that is graduation today. The strange formality was just like last year, the kiritsu! rei! chakuseki! (stand! bow! sit!), the fact that students give their speeches at the podium facing the stage instead of the audience, the fact that we all willingly sat in just-above-zero temperatures for an hour and a […]
March 1st, 2006
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Been checking the blogs of a bouncer, a lawyer and a stripper and they’re starting to sound like a finger down my throat. Gag.
I’ve read the Bouncer for about half a year now, and found the others through links along the way. They started out fresh and sharp, they told epic tales for my free-time […]
December 8th, 2005
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It has been awhile since I checked in on the American music scene so I thought I’d update you.
*WARNING: THIS POST SPIRALS QUICKLY. STOP IF COLORFUL LANGUAGE OR REFERENCES TO RACE OFFEND YOU*
*…PANSY*
Review
“Touch,” by Amerie. Shakes her ass. Skipped to next song after 15 generous seconds. “Sugar We’re Goin’ Down,” Fall Out Boy. Only white […]
July 28th, 2005
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A basketball chat, about a minimum age limit of 20 for joining the NBA, included this tidbit on the value of experiencing college:
[to an NBA player who went to college]
“You know what the college experience is. You just don’t recognize it. It’s being around people from all over the country and finding common ground with […]
May 18th, 2005
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