December 2011
4 posts
November 2011
8 posts
Children with high IQs more likely to use drugs as... →
The results may seem surprising at first glance, but the researchers noted that they do fit some established patterns. “High-IQ individuals have also been shown to score highly on tests of stimulation seeking and openness to experience,” they wrote, and it could be that “illegal drugs are better at fulfilling a desire for novelty and stimulation.”
October 2011
13 posts
Geography of weed: Why marijuana is so much... →
Maybe I do want to stay 21 forever.
September 2011
1 post
8 tags
August 2011
4 posts
On Letters I'll Never Send
If I write another one I swear I’ll explode.
July 2011
7 posts
I lost my phone. I feel I lost a conjoined twin.
this is why I'm popular
*phone rings*
Friend: Let's go to the bars.
Me: Umm...nah...I'm spring cleaning and it's kinda hard to get out of my room right now...
Me: ...etc etc...(more excuses).
Friend: Is that TLC's No Scrubs I hear playing in the background?
Me: Wait what no... *turns down speakers*
Friend: Is that the *instrumental* version???
....
Friend: You're karaoke-ing to No Scrubs aren't you.
Me: *hangs up phone*
How Comfort Foods Work Like Prozac →
“Food is also the friend who never disappoints or ditches us. Psychologists call comfort food a “social surrogate” — in other words, not quite replacing real companions but reminding us of them. Participants in yet another recent study felt less lonely after writing about — and not even necessarily eating — comfort foods. The psychologists who designed that...
June 2011
4 posts
Don't Write This in the Application Essay
dearoldlove:
So, I’ve decided to go with the whole med school thing. Maybe it’ll keep my mind busy enough over the next five or so years to keep me from missing you so much.
May 2011
3 posts
April 2011
5 posts
March 2011
12 posts
Not Having or Keeping
dearoldlove:
The intention was never to have or to keep you, the intention was always to love you. And I did. And I do. And I always will.