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Thursday, January 28, 2010 :: Nervous.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010 :: Vegetarian Tales


I never quite understand why people decide to debate with me about being vegetarian. Do they expect me to be like, "Oh my god, your logic is so obvious. I think I'll definitely start eating meat again after six and a half years"?

If one day, I had to eat meat, it would be for health reasons. Other than that, I'm sticking to my convictions. Without loyalty to yourself, what are you?

In the book Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer gives an anecdote about his grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, who had to run from the Nazis during the Second World War.

“The worst it got was near the end. A lot of people died right at the end, and I didn’t know if I could make it another day. A farmer, a Russian, God bless him, he saw my condition, and he went into his house and came out with a piece of meat for me.”
“He saved your life.”
“I didn’t eat it.”
“You didn’t eat it?”
“It was pork. I wouldn’t eat pork.”
“Why?”
“What do you mean why?”
“What, because it wasn’t kosher?”
“Of course.”
“But not even to save your life?”
“If nothing matters, there’s nothing to save.”

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Sunday, January 24, 2010 :: New Blog
No worries (did you worry?), this blog will still be active.



I am starting a new blog that basically acts as my language log. When I took English 200 at UIC with Mimi Rosenbush (a wonderful and encouraging instructor) in undergrad, one of our longterm assignments was to keep a language log. We were to note anything we heard or saw that was grammatically and linguistically interesting. This new blog is very much in the same vein. For now, I am picking apart visual examples that are grammatically incorrect, such as fortune cookies and ads.

http://etceterawr.blogspot.com

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Thursday, January 14, 2010 :: Twenty-Two
Does this mean I can't shop at Forever21 anymore?



It's been a fine day so far. Ate some of Favian's birthday cake for breakfast. I suppose there may be more pros than cons of sharing a birthday week with your honey. I've heard three Mulan songs so far today (thank you, Pandora).

Goals for the rest of the week:
  • get a grammar blog up and going

  • send more resumes

  • finish editing for Kheir

  • organize computator


    • More later.

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    Saturday, December 12, 2009 :: What Now?


    Earlier this week, I finished my three and a half year stint at the University of Illinois at Chicago. It was a crazy race to the finish line: 17 credit hours which included six credit hours of independent work.

    It is weird to say that I have finished my undergrad career. It was exciting, but now I feel scared. It's probably how most people feel, unless they have a job lined up which I unfortunately do not have. So I have a BA in English and a minor in sociology. What is that even supposed to do for me? At least I do not have student loans. That is due to the fact that my parents were ridiculously frugal for all of my life and also thanks to grants and Honors College tuition waivers (the best).

    So what will I be doing now? I'll continue working where I am now. My boss has graciously allowed me to stay on board until I can transition to a full time job. I must say, unlike a lot of people, I really enjoy the people I work with. Everyone on the admin team is so nice and friendly. If only it were a full time job.

    Of course I will also be searching for another work opportunity. I also want to do other things like sew, work on my Chinese and French, learn Spanish, read lots of chick lit, do crafts, and spend time with people I love. Graduate school is most likely in my future.

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