In the cutting cold, skate slowly. Now think about him, skate harder, weave between people, stop hard, turn the other way, skate a small circle and feel your inside skate slip out from under you as you fall and slide recklessly into the boards. Think about why you lost control of that outside edge. Don’t [...]
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“Why are you so far away?” she said
“Why won’t you ever know that I’m in love with you
That I’m in love with you”
You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Strange as angels
Dancing in the deepest oceans
Twisting in the water
You’re just like a dream
- The Cure, Just Like Heaven
So one minute you’re geeking out around campus with an iPaq, collecting wireless network connectivity percentages and GPS data, and the next minute you’re asked to do a photo shoot in front of the CFA building for the MBA Viewbook. My masters project partner in crime and I were wandering around with an iPaq when [...]
I understand that empathy requires an element of personal experience in order to work. When nothing bad ever happens to you, or when your bubble of bliss is so thick that it would take a power drill to put a hole in it, it makes it difficult to empathize with people who seem, in your [...]
Daisies in the sun outlined against the cool brick. Why do beautiful things make me sneeze? I watched you tie your shoes ruthlessly. I was 2600 miles away and two years back, riding Bandit to the top of Windy Hill. He and I saw the trail curve steeply upwards as we turned the corner. He [...]
Alice looked round her in great surprise. “Why, I do believe we’ve been under this tree the whole time! Everything’s just as it was!”
“Of course it is,” said the Queen, “what would you have it?”
“Well, in OUR country,” said Alice, still panting a little, “you’d generally get to somewhere else — if you [...]
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