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Dawned, Prologue

I didn’t used to go to bed hungry. Some nights I didn’t go to bed at all. Sleep was only for the poor people who needed strength for the coming day in a factory. I needed no such strength. The most I had to do on a given day was come up with creative ways to avoid my mother.

But sleep had become important. If I didn’t sleep, I was slow and unobservant. And if I was slow and unobservant, people died.

The worst part was the hunger, though. I used to tell Ethan that I could feel my stomach consuming itself in its empty agony, but I stopped once I saw the look in his eyes. He’d grown up hungry.

Some people have no sense of humor. Continue reading “Dawned, Prologue”

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“I don’t give a shit about the environment”

During FYS today we were talking about the environmental movement and the polarization thereof. At one point, we’d broken off into smaller groups to discuss a reading. And then a girl in my group, who didn’t really talk much prior, had this to say. “I don’t give a shit about the environment. I’m not really that kind of person. I just don’t give a shit.” Continue reading ““I don’t give a shit about the environment””

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Vlogvember day 5- Dropping out?!

Post in question: HERE!

Also, my meal plan glitch seems to have worked itself out… I bought lunch today and it was fine. I forgot to mention this in the video because I am an idiot. See you tomorrow for a PORTLAND vlog!

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Sensitivity.

Ever since I wrote that post about “true love”, I’ve been thinking a lot about romanticism and my own past relationships, of which there haven’t been many. And then I started thinking about kissing. It’s kind of a bizarre concept when you first think of it; when did someone decide that putting the place you consume food on someone elses? But on a physiological level, your lips are much more sensitive than any other part of your body, which is why we do it. And then I started thinking about my own experiences with kissing. Continue reading “Sensitivity.”