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Photo reblogged from The Daily What
Resentment of the Day
New Zealand economist Gareth Morgan is demanding the country’s entire domestic cat population to be eradicated, citing concerns of environmental damage and endangered local bird species on his website Cats to Go. Morgan urges all cat owners to spay, neuter and even euthanize their pets in order to expedite the extermination process. Considering that nearly half of the population owns at least one cat, it’s most likely going to be a pretty tough sell.
This would be like the kitten holocaust…NO NEW ZEALAND NO
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Q knit me this killer infinity scarf for my birthday. Also that’s my cat eating toilet paper there in the background.
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Last year I wrote a 2011 in review post. So here is 2012.
This year I:
- Switched career fields entirely
- Furthermore, left a well paying job (with benefits) in favor of a year-of-service position with AmeriCorps for pay that is equivalent to the poverty line
- Left Asheville, a city that I love full of friends that I love, and moved to South Carolina, a state I am learning to appreciate
- Moved out of my cushy one bedroom apartment and into a house with two roommates I had never met
- Traveled to Budapest for a week, by myself
- Applied for grad school all over the country
- Met a pretty wonderful man in February, somehow ended up keeping him for the remainder of the year
- Rediscovered my love for the piano, started taking lessons again and even preformed in a recital
- Lost my Grandfather to cancer
2012 was a year full of change and many leaps of faith. These have been opportunities for personal growth and I look forward to what is to come. 2013 will undoubtedly bring more change and more leaps of faith. Here’s to the new year!
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- As I'm walking to my office after showing "Home Alone" as a study break for my students...
- Student: Hey hotty!
- Me: Hey!
- When I'm walking back...
- Student: Did it offend you that I said hey hotty?
- Me: Not really
- Student: Cause Abby said it was offensive, you know...since you're an adult.
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Oh you’re laying down after your workout? I’m just gonna get on your back and lay here licking my paws.
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After a little more research, I realized that the part of Amendment 1 that is being voted on in my state today is not gay marriage; rather allowing the lieutenant governor and governor to be jointly elected.
I feel a little better now.
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…about the state in which I live when I did not even know that Amendment 1 was on the ballot today.
There has been absolutely zero campaigning for either side. And I know this is because it will without a doubt pass, but even when I lived one state north and we voted I saw plenty of “Vote Against” stickers as well as “protect the institution of marriage” buttons. When I visited Minneapolis you couldn’t throw a stone without hitting an orange “Vote No, Don’t limit the freedom to marry” sign.
There are days when it’s disheartening to live in the South.
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I know I’ve posted this recently. It’s one of my favorite James Taylor songs and by far my favorite rendition (unfortunately he and Carly Simon never made a recording of it together and I don’t prefer the Carol King version).
I was listening to this when I found out Granddad died. I think for the rest of my life I will associate this song with his death. I miss him every day with every piece of my heart.
“I can sing this song, and you can sing this song when I’m gone.”
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Well, its very small, I had to use a lot of pins/hairspray and there’s some hair falling out…but my hair is long enough for a bun finally!
