August 2011
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Crossroads
Yesterday I got a migraine at the lab, left early, and waited an hour for my mom to pick me up from the train because she doesn’t think she needs to carry her cell phone with her when she goes to the grocery store. I fell asleep around dinnertime and woke up at 10:30 PM. My head still hurt— I couldn’t medicate myself other than diclofenac and promethazine because I had already...
My varying overarching anxieties over the course...
I am someone who spends a lot of her life worrying about anything/everything to the point of obsession. But as anyone with anxiety knows, there is a difference between daily minutiae and the things about which you are extremely anxious over an extended period of time. The thing about anxiety is that it comes in waves. No matter what I’m worried about, I’ve learned ways to distract...
Expectations for my weekend at lollapalooza
I’m flying to O’Hare at 4:30 to go to the second two days of Lollapalooza in Chicago. Having never been to a music festival before, let alone Lolla, and having anticipated this weekend since May (when I left college— i’m also visiting my pseudo-boyfriend on this trip, so it’s extra anxiety-inducing/exciting) I’m going to write about what I envision this weekend...
July 2011
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Denver Weed Critic's NPR Interview
http://www.npr.org/2011/07/10/137729422/denver-newspaper-hires-professional-pot-critic
But the question is, how productive could he possibly be writing reviews of medical marijuana dispensaries when he’s high all the time?
NPR covered the story of William Breathes (sic), a pseudonym which allows him to “remain anonymous to the businesses he reviews,” in this article— in...