Upon coming out of my semi-weekly Arabic class, I experience two feelings simultaneously:
a) Intolerable exhaustion–mentally (my mind feels as though someone has lit a match inside and burned up all its contents, completely useless for the rest of the day), physically (my heart beats quickly and unevenly, and my brain literally aches), and emotionally (after verbal [...]
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And with your soul always green, you’ll grow into a tall tree
Posted in baklava, beauty, poetry on February 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Calme-toi, le ciel, calme-toi
Posted in French things, God, poetry on February 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Il contiue a neiger. Il est difficile de croire que la terre sera encore seche. Ces jours-ci, c’est toujours blanche. Chere neige, je t’aime, c’est vrai, mais arrete, s’il te plait. Arrete. Ca suffit. Tu es jolie, mais il y a beaucoup de choses qui sont jolis, qui ne fait mouiller pas mes chausseurs. C’est [...]
A Demand for Honesty (and men who read “Details”)
Posted in hipsters, poetry, relationships, romance on December 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Out with the precious gems of films, poems, and books who see life through such a thick veil of post-irony that they cannot handle their own honesty! I won’t pretend I didn’t like “The Darjeeling Limited” and “Juno,” but enough with the genre that can only be described as “quirky and heartwarming!” Out with male screenwriters [...]
