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Happy New Years and Such, Facebook Addict Style

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In which Emma lazily allows The Facebooks to do her end-of-and-beginning-of-year-summations for her. Continue reading »

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“A List of Praises”

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In which Emma moans about kidney stones and shows you some pictures to make up for it. Continue reading »

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“I, too, dislike it.”

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In which Emma rants about poems and stuff but links to an awesome video. Continue reading »

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“The Soul selects her own Society —”: A Much-Delayed VAMPY Wrap Up

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In which Emma offers a VAMPY wrap-up and an explanation of the paint all over her arms and clothes. Continue reading »

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“If lilies are lily white if they exhaust noise and distance and even dust.”

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In which Emma shares her triumphant debut in the Georgetown News Graphic, presents some truths about the modern world, and posts a cute photo of her cat (of course) Continue reading »

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Epic Fail, but Epic Pedagogical WIN.

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In which Emma turns an epic FAIL into an epic WIN. Continue reading »

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That White Sustenance

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In which Emma offers her first LOLPoet and the Dickinson poem which confuses her and yet entices her to read it over and over and over again. Continue reading »

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I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

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In which Emma offers many well-deserved plugs for fabulous people, places, poets, and projects. Continue reading »

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“What’s to come is still unsure — / In delay there lies no plenty.”

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You might have noticed that I did not write an entry about my New Year’s Resolutions.  This is because I have resolved to make no resolutions. Don’t get me wrong — I love to make resolutions.  Love it.  I usually begin planning my resolutions in October, and put way too much thought into them, and … Continue reading »