the average gatsby.: Archive

When Obama endorsed same-sex marriage...

whenobamaendorsed: … Michelle was like “I TOLD YOU SO.”

May 9th

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raise your hand

if you could have gone home with a dude from one of those “Cosmo Most Eligible Bachelor!’ issues but were too distracted by his creepy dancing.

Apr 22nd

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definitely cried on the metro home because a coworker told me he thought I was fat this winter

Apr 18th

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I’ll look for you in old Honolulu San Francisco, Ashtabula

Apr 13th

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I'm starting a dating blog. God help us. →

Apr 11th

“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever...”

– The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Mar 3rd

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who gets dumped on valentines day?

the same person who is drinking a bottle of wine (jug) and watching annie hall in bed right now.

Feb 15th

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“If it is right, it happens—The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets...”

– John Steinbeck (via rulesformyunbornson)

Jan 22nd

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best day ever.

morning sex. playing with a dog. attending three brunches. browsing a killer used bookstore. four hours of charades with the funniest people I know with snow outside.

Jan 22nd

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“You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place, like you’ll not...”

– Azar Nafisi (via kelefler)

Jan 10th

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“He’s quite as nervously broken down as I am, but it manifests itself in...”

– F. Scott Fitzgerald on Ernest Hemingway (via pulsifers)

Jan 8th

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Tmi

I’ve got a UTI…leading to the age old question - do I lead my mother to believe I have questionable hygiene or that I’ve been having lots and lots of dirty sex?

Jan 4th

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Dec 25th

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Dec 24th

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“i like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles...”

– ee cummings

Dec 12th

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A Woman's Annual Guide to Holiday Dating

Inspired by this timely blog post, this is a compilation of advice gleaned from the dance floors of The Thirsty Turtle, crack of dawn walks of shame from Frat Row, and the impossibly cheap prices of alcohol in the state of Maryland. When they handed you your diploma, we hope you were given some standards as well. Here’s your guide to holiday dating in the “real world,” whether...

Dec 11th

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Having someone help you move two weeks after you start seeing each other is the ultimate test of if this is going somewhere.

Dec 9th

Dead Presidents: One Final Note →

deadpresidents: I don’t hate Ron Paul. I am opposed to Ron Paul’s political beliefs. One of the big problems in this country is that we confuse political opposition with personal enmity. You know, in 1858 when Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas battled each other in their historic debates throughout Illinois,…

Nov 27th

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“There are things you do because they feel right & they may make no sense...”

– storypeople (via imready-iam)

Nov 25th

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Nov 14th

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Subways, Sex Offenses and Penn State Football

This morning, I put on my standard skirt and blazer for an entirely different purpose than work. Instead of packing a lunch, I picked up my subpoena and made my way to the local court house. About two months ago, a creep on the subway exploited my affinity for sundresses and took a picture up my skirt. Luckily, a police officer literally caught him in the act. In the grand scheme of things, it...

Nov 10th

Oct 26th

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Oct 26th

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Oct 26th

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Oct 25th

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“Even if we are occupied with important things and even if we attain honor or...”

– Dostoyevsky

Oct 20th

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Oct 20th

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Oct 7th

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Oct 7th

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Oct 7th

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“Youth is like having a big plate of candy. Sentimentalists think they want to be...”

– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via fuckyeahfitzgerald)

Oct 5th

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Squashed: That didn't take long ... →

squashed: Every time I have written about bank malfeasance in connection with spurious fees charged to the most vulnerable customers, I get a mutton-brained response like this one: Or you could, you know, track and manage your expenses. What a novel concept… Let’s have some real talk. If you can… I just think at the end of the day making a more equitable system has...

Oct 4th

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Squashed: That didn't take long ... →

squashed: Every time I have written about bank malfeasance in connection with spurious fees charged to the most vulnerable customers, I get a mutton-brained response like this one: Or you could, you know, track and manage your expenses. What a novel concept… Let’s have some real talk. If you can… You also ignored my second and probably more valuable point - a charge for a debit card...

Oct 4th

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JasenComstock: Debit card fees are a step in the... →

squashed: There is no free lunch. But there is lunch somebody else pays for. There’s nothing wrong with somebody else buying your lunch—so long as they know they’re buying it and you know what they’re going to expect in return. Prior to the passage of the Dodd-Frank bill, some of the large… Or you could, you know, track and manage your expenses. What a novel concept… What it WILL...

Oct 4th

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