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now that i’ve given up on sleeping early

the feels bring me back to tumblr. remembering every big thing and every little thing is making me cry

smoke signal things i’m going to miss

-BSI

-pitches

-approaching anyone and everyone for voices

-DSLR around my neck

-tiptoeing into the backroom 

-being awed by aamir and gen during J1 discussions

-elevator speeches

-looking up to editors

-whiteboards

-walking Riley

-SF adventures 

-Broadway shows 

-singing Newsies with Cat

-backroom EDM 

-ridiculous graphic ops

-editing amazing spreads

-painting M2

-bagels

-alcohol editorial with Soup 

-sanitation jokes 

-emergencies

-smokie memes

-Mrs. Cohen bringing Riley to workweek

-Riley

-Mrs. Cohen

-stuffed monkeys 

-delivery guy walking in with papers on a trolley

-”bazinga”

-thumbtacks and post-its

-alums coming back

-opening the issue for the first time 

-black fingers

-beautiful people

-the people

-the people

-the people 

i may be crying now but i know these are things but i’ll never be able to think about without smiling

nostalgic and almost ready 

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Learn to see the absence of diversity; learn to understand that absence as a failing and a weakness of social organization and a loss of creative potential. Lastly, learn to resist and to challenge that absence, to demand inclusion - not because you are doing any one a “favor” but because it is the better choice. Difference is to be recognized and embraced rather than the thing to be beaten back, beaten down and transformed into something less.

Prof. Allison Dorsey’s speech for the Graduating Class of 2013. (via iamasebastard)

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1. Make mistakes. Make the same mistakes your roommates made. Make the mistake you made last semester. Make different mistakes. Make the same mistakes you’ve already made until you understand how to turn those mistakes into successes. 2. It’s not a sign of weakness to ask for an extension or...

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Why does it hurt when I write?

Either because you are doing it wrong, or because you are doing it right. Depends on the hurt.

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wait, but...

...I don't want to know my AP scores

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allisa tran aka ariana grande

RADIOACTIVE

Sorry it’s very common but it catches onto me and I have been meaning to do this for a while!!

Please watch this it would mean a lot to me yay

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I believe in body positivity, feminism, and always using your turn signal.

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people who give committed hugs <3

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humming mothers are the best

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darn it i'm going to miss you guys so much 

i didn't realize how painful this was going to be 

i feel so torn between not wanting you to leave and knowing you all are going to go places 

and only 8 school days left to spend with you guys

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lol we know, this was an inside joke from our brucker class :d @philosoptimism

people talkin like “I thought this was supposed to be the future where are my flying cars”

yall do know that surgeons recently 3D printed a new skull for a woman and that we have...

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LOOOOOL you guys are cute

if outfit repeating was a crime I would be sentenced to life without parole 

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i'm just going to read in bed until we have to get ready this is such a great day

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SOLAR FREAKING ROADWAYS

people talkin like “I thought this was supposed to be the future where are my flying cars”

yall do know that surgeons recently 3D printed a new skull for a woman and that we have machines who learn and recognize themselves in mirrors and recently we found a galaxy that SHOULDN’T EXIST

like

fuck flying cars, guys