I know a lot of people who are terrified of sex. I can’t entirely blame them, really. For something that’s one of the most intimate and natural things you could ever do, it’s instinctively just scary for a lot of people. You don’t know what’s going to happen, how it’s going to […]
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My Personal Weight-Loss Journey: Day 29
I guess I’ve always been a really impatient person. I can invest time and effort into things, don’t get me wrong, but I always need to see some kind of yield, and I usually need to see it fast. I do it when I’m writing papers (I don’t double space until I’m on […]
Outkast’s “Royal Flush” Makes Me Want to Have a Block Party
I don’t know about you, but when Outkast released their double album Speakerboxx/The Love Below back in 2003, I was convinced it was the hottest album of the year. Everywhere I turned, I was hearing one of the tracks – and that was fine with me. I loved them then and I love […]
My Personal Weight-Loss Journey: Day 22
You guys have probably noticed that my usual, semi-prompt weekly entry is a little late. Papers on top of thesis proposals on top of research is never fun. Still, despite all that, there’s a pretty important factor that has lead to my lack of writing;
I am f*cking exhausted.
Now, I’ve been able to handle […]
Have We Lost Will Smith To Scientology? (What IS Scientology, Anyway?)
“Xenu, according to Scientology founder (and speculative fiction writer) L. Ron Hubbard, was the dictator of the “Galactic Confederacy” who, 75 million years ago, brought billions of his people to Earth in DC-8-like spacecraft, stacked them around volcanoes and killed them using hydrogen bombs. Scientology holds that their essences remained, and that they form around […]
You Know How Your Back Hurts? Yeah, You’re Faking It.
Now, I’m usually pretty skeptical about any news I see on the Daily Mail. It’s kind of like the internet’s version of the NY Post. The articles have some basis, usually, but they’re stretched like that last little bit of ice cream in a mostly empty pint container. Still, when I saw […]
How to NOT Go Crazy From School.
This is supposed to be my Spring Break. I wasn’t going anywhere warm and tropical, no, but I came home, and I was excited to spend the time just lazing around. I missed doing boring things, like laying around all day with my pets and watching music videos or Animal Planet. I […]

