February 2012
31 posts
1 tag
musings of [frustration]
Sometimes I just post images that reflect my emotional state of mind, because I’m sick and tired of talking. Tired of speaking and representing a voice that makes me feel so alone and vulnerable. I hate that I feel some odd, indescribable purpose to talk so that others realize that they are not alone in the thoughts and desperations that consume them. I hate that I feel like an open book to...
Torn
My friend posted this on her blog and it’s incredible… exactly how I feel and I think it’s the reason that I even joined Develle Dish in the first place. I need to vent, I need to voice my frustrations, and I want others to know that I can empathize with them…. It’s so normal, but for some reason Duke just doesn’t see the worth in being vulnerable and REAL....
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Effortlessly Duke
“So how’s Duke?” “Do you just love it there?” “Wow, what a great school!”
I’m never quite sure how to respond. It’s not because I don’t love being at Duke, but it’s not that simple.
The truth is…
Coming to Duke was both the best and worst thing that I have ever done. I feel as if I have spent more time questioning myself than celebrating who I have become, but in a pragmatic sense, Duke has...
so fucking sick and tired of rejection letters. if...
“and another valentine’s day bites the dust….”
“Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself.”
– Breakfast at Tiffany’s
“It is no secret that ignorance is bliss. I walk around Duke every single day and...”
“I look at the scars and see the physical marks of years of shame-for not...”
“While I consider myself an individual and could describe countless aspects of my...”
“just want to live through tomorrow… do okay, feel okay about...”
January 2012
101 posts
3 tags
6 tags
“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to...”
– http://dukegroups.duke.edu/develledish/2012/best-imitation-of-myself/
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of...”
– (via shit-girls-say)
4 tags
“Showing cleavage is a request to be engaged in a particular way. It...”
– Washington Post
“Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.”...”
– (via shit-girls-say)
“Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.”
-Whoopi Goldberg”
– (via shit-girls-say)
“Dear Claire,
“What” and “If” are two words as non-threatening as words can...”
– Letters to Juliet (via lostinthesounds)
