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Futile Future?
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“Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you’ll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.” -John Green (Looking for Alaska) I’ve wrestled... [Read more]

Schadenfreude…..making me feel glad that I’m not you
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I don’t generally feel the need to gloat in my schadenfreude, but I have got to take a moment to reflect on the current ridiculousness of the Republican Party leadership in the last week. First we get the public admission of infidelity by Senator John Ensign, made most ridiculous by his continuous fights against gay rights for interfering with “family... [Read more]

Green Peace
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How much did you pay attention to Iran this weekend? The US mainstream media has been oddly avoidant on the topic. Granted, it is the weekend, but the blogosphere never sleeps. I like to think that you out there, the Quarterlifers smart enough to get your news from the internet, are informed. However, I’ve had a few friends tell me “what... [Read more]

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21st Century Digital Dating

It’s been two days…should I call her? Our dinner went pretty well. There weren’t any first-date awkward moments or slip-ups. I didn’t say anything offensive about her tacky... [Read more]


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Bridge Over A Troubled Cervix

You know what I hate? Getting cancer. It’s really low on my list of things to do in my life. Because of that, on Tuesday, I will go to get my last HPV vaccine. This shot has... [Read more]


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What Do You Do?

How do you answer the question “What do you do?” It’s a decidedly quarterlife question. Until your mid-20s, most people go on the assumption that you are a student... [Read more]


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Quarterlife Qualms

Written By: Brittany Holsonback A large, black outline of a flower covers the area on her lower neck as its stem swirls delicately from the petals down her upper back. She ties... [Read more]


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