March 2011
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Mar 30th
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notquiteamarxist asked: JANIS!! I just saw on Jess's facebook that you have this tumblr, and I was so excited that I immediately searched for it. Anyways, my tumblr is woefully incomplete, and I don't know if I'll ever get much up here. But I'll use it to keep up with you :) Miss you lots. And we should talk soon!

Elizabeth

PS: not quite a question... so here's a...
Mar 29th
Innovation
Hey! I added comments! I’m a smart Web person!
Mar 29th
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Arms So Freezy: Rebecca Black's "Friday" As... →
I should have linked to this a week ago…but read it! It’s funny/totally serious/brilliant.
Mar 29th
Mar 26th
“You have Kristen Stewart disease.”
– Jess, describing my awkwardness and tendency to come off as a bitch
Mar 24th
“So now we’re at a club, you watch the woman dancing, she is drunk She is...”
– Dar Williams, “As Cool as I Am”
Mar 23rd
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Mar 20th
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Mar 20th
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Spring Is Here and I Feel Reborn
In this light- or no-jacket weather, all I want to do is ride my new Huffy cruiser—slice through that air odorous with new blooms and a promise, working up momentum so I can stand up and glide with my shirt riffling in the wind and an unabashed grin on my face. During lunch, I ride the park circuit where spanish moss garlands the century-old live oaks, where couples promenade with their...
Mar 20th
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Mar 14th
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Just North of Something Important: "The Beatles,"... →
barthel: I never really understood why The Beatles broke up, the whole Yoko Ono thing seemed an excuse for something deeper. Sure, she was an irritation with her helium screech, her skimpy leatherette skirts, those tinted ovoid glasses eclipsing half her face. But come on, Hey Jude was putting caviar… I have encountered no other poet who can execute a crushing final stanza quite like...
Mar 14th
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Mar 13th
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Mar 10th
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Mar 9th
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The Happiest Man in America Named →
Moral of the story: move to Hawaii.
Mar 8th
“There is no doubt that this usage of “random” has spread—and it has...”
– A fascinating Awl essay by Paul Hiebert that I wholeheartedly recommend reading. 
Mar 8th
End of the Land: Recently I’ve been laying awake... →
wasque: Recently I’ve been laying awake at night with thoughts racing and bouncing around: - I miss the ocean. Sand and rocks, not silt and mud. Rough and charming, not lazy with an occasional temper. I wonder if I’m a little bit homesick. - I miss mountains and forests. With boulders and streams and… I’m game to go back to the Northeast if you miss it, just not PA. Or maybe the...
Mar 7th
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siouxzeigh asked: This is all fantastic! I'm happy to hear you're so happy :)

And was there ever any doubt you'd be a writing superstar? No. There wasn't. Still, congrats on the promotion.
Mar 5th
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Let Me Get This Straight
After last week’s huge promotion, I have the title of Senior News Editor at 22 years old. (It still feels surreal! I’m in charge of all these people! What is happening!) The guy I love builds things, makes a mean ratatouille, loves nature, and prefers me not to shave my legs. (“It’s softer,” he says. Well okay.) Mardi Gras is this week! Tonight we’re going to...
Mar 4th