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The Accidental Professor

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When I was a little kid and we went to the beach, I always had this strange and terrifying and utterly disorienting moment where I’d think to myself this is our first day at the beach; we have four more days at the beach, and then this vacation is over.  That sentence, I now realize, … Continue reading »

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Things 20/20 Has Made Me Fear

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In which Emma tries something different by offering an important list. Continue reading »

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When Life Throws Lemons At Your Face, Smash Those Bastards Up And Make A Cocktail

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In which Emma uses a curse word in the title of her blog entry, which will probably make her mother use her middle name. Continue reading »

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Dr. Strangedrugs, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying Because I Forgot About What I Was Worrying About (Part Three)

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In which I finally kind of finish up the whole Neurontin story. Kind of. Also I make two very important clarifications, one of which is about bongos. Continue reading »

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2012: The Year of Living Transparently (Part Two)

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In which Emma wraps up her two-part year-in-review post and puts 2012, finally, to bed. Also there’s some important information about cats and hair accessories here. Continue reading »

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2012: The Year of Living Transparently (PART ONE)

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In which Emma offers the first part of her two-part year-end wrap up. Also there’s probably a metaphor in here that goes on for way too long. Continue reading »

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Jack Gilbert and Graduate School Emma: A Cautionary Tale

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In which Emma examines the mind of Graduate School Emma, who, because she didn’t appreciate Jack Gilbert, clearly had lost her mind. Continue reading »

2012 / A brief break from the poetry / A manifesto of sorts / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / Bad girls and good girls gone bad / balance / bright shining spots in the very much dark / COLLECT! / disagreeable/agreeable / DUENDE / Emma is very lucky / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / Epic Fail? EPIC WIN! / Errata / evaluations / failed or otherwise / Failure Schmailure / False Dichotomies / Fan Girl / Fear and how to face it / Free to Be You and Me / hopes and dreams / inspiration / Lana Del Ray / Lana Del Rey / learning / learning patience slowly / Losing courage and other freakouts / love / Movin' on / mullings and ramblings / music / My nerves are bad tonight. Yes bad. / overthinking / perfection is boring. period. / plans / Pop Music / questions and their answers / random musings / ranting and raving / relationships / So long / Thanatopsis / The Drama Llama / The evolution of Emma / thought for the day / where are you going where have you been / wonders and apparitions / Words of Wisdom

“Lost but now I am found, I can see but once I was blind”

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In which Emma gets all deep and introspective and stuff about love and life and loss and so forth. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirty-Five

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In which Emma shows pictures of awesome things rather than complaining about being sick, and then does the whole photo-a-day thing, natch. Continue reading »

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“She doesn’t want a husband, she wants a wedding.”

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In which Emma ditches her dreams of a fancy party at the altar because she realizes they aren’t the point. Continue reading »