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Posted on February 22, 2010
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today is full of potential, ripe for figuring out the future. i am grateful i live in such a highly individualized culture that allows me to decide what is important for my self. there may be strong social norms that place pressure on my decisions but ultimately, i can do what is best for me. today is for figuring out what that is.
Posted on February 22, 2010 with 1 note
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If you’ve got a problem with being average, then you’ve got a problem with life, because in life, somebody is average.
Posted on February 22, 2010
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I’m going to shoot from the hip, instead. If that offends someone, that’s too bad. If it scares someone—that’s the point.
Posted on February 16, 2010
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here you are…you just finished the first semester successfully, and suddenly the classes don’t seem as daunting. your life has gotten into a decent rhythm. “hey,” you think, “i can do this!”
and you can, of course. but the challenges though softer on the surface are still there. the work still needs to get done. committee chairs, incompletes, comps, programs of study, getting a job. yikes!
so don’t lose focus and don’t forget the basics:
Sleep
Healthy food
Exercise
FriendsEdward Castronova (from an email sent to tcomm grads)Posted on February 2, 2010
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“worker bees can leave….even drones can fly away….the queen is their slave”
Posted on January 29, 2010
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And even though Kelis is one weird ass chick she said, “I’m the author of the only dictionary that defines me.” And that’s real talk.
Posted on January 28, 2010
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“you looked beautiful, in a ready to seize the day kind of way.” - dorothea
Posted on January 28, 2010
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Remember that others are relaxing on this holiday, so don’t try to impose your ambitious plans on them just yet.
Posted on January 1, 2010
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Posted on December 6, 2009
"an elegant tapestry of quotations, musings, aphorisms, and autobiographical reflections"
and lots of bad music.
I'm interested in the interactions of mediated culture and psychological constructions of the self, obsessed with mental disorders and psychology while being painfully aware of my own inadequacies. I am a prototypical non-conformist with a vaguely leftist doctrine of beliefs. I'm guiltily self-absorbed and I quietly compete with others for brief moments of self-aggrandizing brilliance. I'm a slave to the capitalist dogma I spend every moment of my waking life bitching about. Also, I'm an up-talker?
Currently, I'm a graduate student in the Department of Telecommunications at Indiana University. My research interests encompass many areas of media studies and psychology:
- the role of the internet on everyday life
- the way increasingly mediated lifestyles change social relations
- psychosocial uses and effects of media on identity construction among adolescents and young adults
I graduated with honors from the University at Buffalo in 2006, receiving a BS in Psychology and a BA in Film Studies. I used to work as Project Director for a youth media program and as Senior Research Analyst for a couples study.
In my spare time, I can be found making all sorts of crafts and listening to music.
IUB TComm
