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What of those things that move me?

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“I cannot remember the books I have read anymore than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Today's Election Day so here's a fun fact about Vikings: three days of the week are named after Viking gods: Wednesday for Odin, Thursday for Thor, and Friday for Freyr. More fun facts in my bio!! #nonsequitur #justignoreit #vikings #electionday #bookreview #funfacts #odin #thor #freyr 📸: @judsongates

Honestly here for it autumn is majestic <> #autumn #leaves #october #november #grass #majestic #fallvibes #andiaintabasicbitchforsayingso

Q: what does moss, the Fermi Paradox, and this picture have in common?? A: they are all some of my favorite things from the month of October!!!!! <> L.I.B. <> (I thought abbreviating "link in bio" might make it sound better but it's definitely worse) <> #october #autumn #fallvibes #weddings #fallweddings #goats #babygoats #fall #goatweddings #dogoatsgetmarried? #unknown #probably #backtohashtags #hashtag #blogpost #writing #blog #moss #FermiParadox #aliensare100%real

This pic was taken during my senior year at Syracuse University. It was March 27, 2016 and the men’s basketball team was in the Elite Eight. They were facing off with UVA for a spot in the Final Four (UVA fan I am not). Naturally, reluctantly, some friends and I went to a party/tailgate in a glorified parking lot called “Castle” (SU fam you kno). There’s a weirdly inspirational video on YouTube of what Castle looked like that day if you google it. Probably comes as no surprise (although it was to me when it hit me in the face) some dumbass thought it would be totally HYPE to hurdle empty glass beer bottles into the air above a crowd of people (I wonder where they will land?!) Well, one of them landed on my face (a little lol) and gave me a beautiful (and badass) gash on my upper lip (#bleedingorange). So I watched SU get into the FINAL FOUR from the emergency room. Did I mention I was 100% sober when it happened? <> The real point of the story is that next day I had an interview for a scholarship in which I was a finalist. I showed up with five gnarly-looking stitches on my face. I was disappointed and only a little surprised when I didn’t get it. What says “I am a scholar” like a split lip from tailgating? <> Recently I learned I didn’t get another scholarship I applied for, one that I had put a lot of time and effort towards. Based on objective criteria, I genuinely believed I had a good chance of being at least a finalist. Nope. The rejection was swift and it stings. But I’m not deterred. So (mostly to comfort myself) I wrote a blog post on rejection and failure (and tried to avoid the platitudes). Hopefully you’ll find something useful in it too. Link in bio. <> P.S. I promise I’m gonna cool it with posting mostly close-ups of my face from now on!!! 😳 <> #Syracuse #castlecourt #goorange #cuse #basketball #tailgating #injury #orangeforever #otto #ottotheorange #orange #orangeagain #failure #blogpost #rejection #scholarship #marchmadness #finalfour #eliteeight

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