Kicking (Outgrowing) the ‘Facebook’ Habit
Thanks to Newsweek’s pseudo-revolutionary article a few weeks back, “31 Ways To Get Smarter in 2012“, and a book called The Shallows about the Internet’s effects on our brains, I have been inspired to unplug myself and live life largely Facebook/social media-free. It’s been three weeks now. While drafting my new year resolutions for 2012 – an … Read more
Speed Dating: How It Felt to Meet My Prospective Mentor
Today, I attended a Mentoring program meet-and-greet at my job, which works exactly like speed dating. Each quad-table seats two prospective mentors, facing two rotating mentees, who discuss what they’re looking for (growth, guidance, advice) – then after four minutes, a bell rings, signaling rotation to the next table. Being a first-timer and never having … Read more
Working on the Ninth Floor Brought Me Closer to Mortality
Images of tipped-over lawn chairs and books falling from a bookshelf in mid-air are funny, don’t get me wrong. But they trivialize Tuesday’s earthquake with a deft nonchalance that fails to address the fears of those that were in tall buildings, near the epicenter of the quake, or simply the masses unfamiliar with such events … Read more
Everything is Often Felt in its Absence
This morning, I was having a stolid conversation with my mom about the whereabouts of my puppy, Rosie, who’s recently been whisked away and rendered missing for the past three or four nights between the hours of 11 PM to 7:30 AM. The belief is that my sister’s become addicted to stealing Rosie away at … Read more
Driving up the Turnpike of Womanhood
On Saturday, I drove up to Riverside, New Jersey – a quaint, pseudo-industrial, modestly unassuming little town, to attend the baby shower of one my dearest friends, Melissa, whom I had the fortune of meeting and studying abroad with in Rome, Italy, and nurturing a heartfelt friendship with over a span of three years. The … Read more
You Are What You Read: Books and What They Say About You
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it” — Holden Caulfield, The Catcher in the Rye Only a poorly written book … Read more
Transition: Curious state of moratorium
I just turned 24 on Sunday, and instead of feeling established and certain of my life-standing, I feel as if I’ve slipped into an abysmal rabbit hole that keeps tunneling deeper and deeper into unknown territory. I’m in a state of moratorium – exploration, curiosity, turning over leaves I hadn’t thought to turn over before. … Read more
oneeyedmonsterr’s RSS Feed- One of My Deepest Fears: Returning to High School
- Kicking (Outgrowing) the ‘Facebook’ Habit
- Speed Dating: How It Felt to Meet My Prospective Mentor
- Working on the Ninth Floor Brought Me Closer to Mortality
- Everything is Often Felt in its Absence
- Driving up the Turnpike of Womanhood
- You Are What You Read: Books and What They Say About You
One of My Deepest Fears: Returning to High School
One of of my deepest fears is not so much sharks, vengeful spirits, or getting stalked in an alley and then getting slashed into pieces, although that freaks me out, too. What stops me dead in my tracks is the crippling thought of returning to school and having none of my teachers remember me. You … Read more
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