It's a really good size and has sketchbook pages so I can draw it in for fun or use it for classes, as well :) I've been filling it with thoughts, notes, sketches, and random awesomeness for the last few months, and thought I would share some of my personal favorites with you. Also, I recently took up writing poetry (you can find my first poem here, along with others, at The Poetry Nook, a poetry workshop project started by my fiance, Joshua.) Because of this new venture into poetry, my journalistic ramblings have become slightly more entertaining. I hope you enjoy.
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I saw a group of young men walking across campus late at night, all dressed alike in khaki pants and dark blazers. I like to imagine that they are part of a secret society, designed to overthrow the oppressive and unresponsive administration in Academic Hall, but they were probably just planning a kegger.
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I saw a woman today with excessive make-up and a hairstyle whose diameter was twice that of her hips, causing her to look like a hastily painted bobble-head that you might see in a souvenir shop in Chinatown but would never spend the money to buy, because, what would you do with it when you got home except put it on a shelf to collect dust and perhaps draw out a chuckle every once in a while. Ladies, this is not attractive.
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Life is not merely about the avoidance of negativity, but about a pursuit to be proactively positive.
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Drinking copious amounts non-diet Pepsi is one of my guilty pleasures.
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I could be brilliant, but instead I choose to be bizarre.
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Singing the doxology in church has the same effect on me as listening to The Final Countdown. It is my favorite part of Sunday.
Keep Smiling,
Alyssa
