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Archive for December, 2010

Guide to Ruining a Good Deed

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

If you’re Christian1 you know that the holidays are the perfect opportunity to be giving, act extra kind, think good thoughts… you know, be a generally good person. As a cynical agnostic along with being the daughter of an extremely logical atheist, I couldn’t care less about this tradition. You’re either an actual good person2 [...]

Envious For All the Wrong Reasons

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Do you want to know a secret? I admit it, it’s not something of an Earth-shattering magnitude, but it IS something I rarely mention. I’m so very envious of you… and for all the wrong reasons. In case you didn’t know1 I moved out from my parents’ place about 2 years ago. My reasons for [...]

The Mirage Called Elitism

Saturday, December 4th, 2010

Being an avid e-drama craver, I frequently remember having had arguments which disputed the nature of being part of the so-called elite. In fact, in the end, most arguments tended to degenerate into elitism vs anti-elitism-ftw kind of debates. The two parties were generally: team you’re-doing-it-wrong-and-you’re-boasting-about-it team my-opinion-is-obviously-right-gtfo As such, it frequently meant that one [...]