daily post
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88/365 The Magic of Going to A Concert Alone
In the opening pages of Robert McCammon’s book, Boy’s Life, he talks about magic. Specifically he says: When people get weepy at movies, it’s because in that dark theater the golden pool of magic is touched, just briefly. Then they come out into the hard sun of logic and reason again and it dries up, and…
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87/365 The Things I Know
There are some things I know And there are some things I forget. I’m guessing those things are in the trash icon At the back of my head. This brain a computer. These thoughts are my files. My words are what I recklessly print. I wish I was more tech savvy To unblock the potential…
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86/365 The Life Long Struggle of An ENFP
This past Sunday I was babysitting my ten month old niece and after lulling her to sleep I rewarded myself with a beer from my brother’s fridge, and a plethora of TV streaming options. I settled on the movie, High Fidelity, which I had never seen before and while there are a myriad of noteworthy…
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85/365 How Backpacking Through Europe Changed My Life
On the desk of my childhood bedroom you can find a plastic Utz pretzel container. In red sharpie it has been labeled as, “Italy Money,” with several exclamation points after it. Some time after that it became the, “Travel money jar.” I believe I was in middle school when I deposited my first handful of…
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84/365 The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon
There is a certain comfort that comes from having the name for something that you are feeling. And the name for what I am experiencing is Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon, or so the Internet tells me so. This phenomenon is also known as the frequency illusion, it’s the name for when the thing you have just experienced…
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82/365 For The Love of Reading
I fell in love with reading at eight years old. I say eight because that is the first time I can remember not being able to put a book down, where I had to keep turning the pages in order to see what was going to happen next. It is when I started to insist…
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81/365 An Honest Cover Letter
Dear Potential Employer, I saw your job posting for, “demeaning entry level position” and I assure you out of the thousands of college graduates who will be applying for this low paying position, I will certainly be the most desperate candidate. I don’t really have the exact skills you were talking about in your description,…
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80/365 Schedule of An Unemployed College Graduate
At five years old you start kindergarten, and for the next twelve or so years you have a pretty good idea about where you are going to be from the hours of eight till three. Then if you participate in sports or drama you have another schedule outside of school, and then after high school…
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78/365 The Best Four Years of Your Life
Right now, about 1,160 miles away, there is a commencement ceremony taking place. The students are probably sitting on folding chairs, and listening to a speaker that is unaware of the fact that no one is listening to him or her. It’s probably hot and stuffy in the gym, with everyone shifting uncomfortably in their…