January 2012
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Currently
in our hotel in Washington, DC trying to memorize everything for our mock trial tournament at Georgetown tomorrow. Today’s been a pretty crazy day- I took my last final of the semester (microeconomics) from 9am-12pm, ate a quick lunch, and packed frantically for my two trips this week before jetting off to DC.
It feels really great to be done with this semester of school, but I don’t...
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“If you think you are beaten, you are,
If you think you dare not, you don’t.
If...”
– Coach Jeff
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"This made me smile" of the day
Here on campus, I am part of a group of students who mentor adopted children from China. My mentee is this adorable, 8-year-old girl named Kiera, and her email to me today was just the cutest thing, and made me smile.
Hi Ray
This is Kiera I am on my email.I just wanted to tell you that I played soccer today and I was in the playoffs and my team won!
We play for the championship next Sunday.I am...
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Why A Teen Who Talks Back May Have A Bright Future →
An interesting story from NPR on why it’s good for teenagers to argue, and how parents can channel those arguments in a positive direction.
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“Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a...”
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (via shawonj)
Watchthedailywhat:
I’m Ralphin’ It of the Day: A Philadelphia McDonald’s has come under fire for allegedly selling sandwiches on buns that have come into contact with mice and their droppings.
According to former employee Karruim Demaio, managers at the West Oak Lane restaurant would regularly order their subordinates to remove rodent droppings from buns and serve them.
Demaio caught one of the...
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“Happiness isn’t having what you want, but wanting what you have.”
– Chip Conley
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"10 Ways to Get a Promotion Without Doing Work" →
I found this humor blog today called Thought Catalog that I really love and I’m going to have to repost some of their posts here because they are just hilarious LOL
This post talks about how to look really busy and important, and I thought it was relevant to our ridiculously busy lives.
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“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”
– Fran Crippen
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Day 8: Your New Year's resolutions
Work out 3 times a week
Blog 5 times a week
Make Nationals for mock trial
Get a better GPA
Make better use of my time everyday
Complain less
Stop slouching
Become financially independent
Continue taking pictures (this will be easy hopefully :P)
Keep posting on my wall of “things I’m thankful for” everyday
I finished this challenge! :D
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Day 7: Five people you got really close to in 2011
In no particular order…
Celeste
Winnie
Janie
Shawon
Laura
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Day 6: A list of what you want to change in the...
This is going to be kind of similar to Day 8’s challenge, but oh well :P
Complain less
Be more healthy (by exercising more and eating better)
Maintain better posture
Be financially independent
Waste less time
Be less afraid
Think more about others and less about myself
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Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012!
I think I speak for almost everyone in saying that 2011 was an amazing and momentous year of change, growth, and fulfillment. And just as quickly as 2011 snuck up on us, we are already leaving it as a memory and venturing into 2012.
I just wanted to quickly recap some of the major events of the past year. Lucky for me, Facebook, Tumblr, and YouTube are great tools for capturing memories and...
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Day 3: Your New Year's plans
Family. And writing this darned 15 page term paper (Princeton has finals in January :( I know… it’s a tragedy!).
