She Owns the Night

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My boyfriend.
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Final.

There’s something final about realizing that someone has de-friended you on Facebook. And knowing that it’s not accidental.

It’s difficult because one day long ago, they used to be part of your life. They meant everything to you. And then changes took place, feelings became jumbled, and now here we are in the present,with an oddly, unsettling feeling of an unsatisfying permanent resolution.

Can we talk about it?

No.

This has been over long before I noticed that it ended.

But now knowing it, brings a whole new meaning to our distance. That I no longer mean anything to you, that you won’t so much as wish me a happy birthday this year, nor fathom acknowledging the fact that I still exist in real life. I’m barely even an acquaintance to you anymore.

The action was a solid “I just don’t care about you anymore”.

It should be no surprise. We’ve mutually acted this way for awhile. And yet it stings. It’s frightening to me. Because I’m not used to severing relationships. I’m not used to someone wanting absolutely nothing to do with me.

Because somewhere deep down, I know I still care. I know that if anything were to happen to you, I would hurt, I would cry, I would want to know you’re okay.

But I feel like when you went through your friends list, saw my name, these same thoughts must have passed through your head, and you must have made the conscious decision to end whatever friendship that I was hopeful could have one day been salvaged.

So I guess it’s final then.

There’s nothing to be saved.
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Boyfriend of the Year.

English Professor: Question of the Day: If you could be the dictator for a day and instill one law that would remain intact even after your day was over, what would it be?

Boyfriend: That teachers would get paid more.

English Professor: Ohhh .. is this your way of getting bonus points for my class?

Boyrfiend: No. It's just that .. my girlfriend is a teacher. And I see how much time, money and effort she spends into her kids and how underappreciated she is for all the work that she does. She devotes so much extra effort into what she does for her kids and I don't think people realize just how hardworking teachers are.

TEARS I TELL YOU! TEARS!
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Love, Poetry, and Fingerprints: Date A Guy Who Reads

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Date a guy who reads. Ever seen a guy spend thousands of bucks at a bookstore. Bookmark him. He is probably the kind of guy you’d like to marry.

Find a guy who loves to read, and I can show you a philosopher, a romantic and a brave-heart. You’ll know him the…

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kingstonhonkers:

3 minutes. You won’t regret it, I promise.

The Emotive, written by Chris Wong, filmed and directed by Kevin Guiang and Diana Kim

“Words are nothing in the absence of emotion. They can be read, they can be recited, but few can really deliver the feelings behind words printed on paper.”

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Jan

“Atlanta Doesn’t Deserve a Win”
Read this article first:

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/7429623/the-city-atlanta-worst-sports-town-america

I almost can’t believe that I’m warranting this article with a response. It definitely bothered me more last night when I first read it than it does now and this could have something to do with reading the comments after the article and realize how much support there actually is for Atlanta.

While some of the things he speaks of are unfortunately true, a lot of it has to do with the way Atlanta is set up than anything else. Atlanta is a business city. People travel in and out and seldom stay for very long. 50% of the people I knew from high school couldn’t wait to leave and it seems that few would venture to even call this place “home”. A lot of people in their mid 20s and 30s that I know view it as their “transient” city and in the end, when they think about “settling down”, Atlanta is not their first choice.

Which is a shame because I love this place.

I also disagree with the article in a certain area and feel that though we have several out-of-state Braves fans, we have very few Falcons fans who don’t have any ties to Atlanta. It’s a bummer though. If anything, I’d love for the Falcons to pull through a victory on Sunday. Lord knows that we’re overdue for one and in the south here, football takes precedent over any other sport. It also doesn’t help that our team has only recently been good enough to make it to the playoffs two years in a row.

Clearly though, it seems that we have many more loyal college football fans (heck, even high school football fans) than NFL fans. UGA fans are probably about as passionate as they come. It’s a shame that there’s a disconnect and it doesn’t translate over to the pro teams though.

A lot of the comments that Parker made though were based off of complete ignorance (the generalization about barbeque and sweet tea, really?) with obviously very little research done. Granted, I only recently became a NFL/Falcons fan, but I know enough about my city to understand that it’s not even fair to make some of the ~~arguments~~ assumptions that he does.
- “Atlanta’s the only city to have lost two NHL teams”
I’m sorry, but whoever even thought that having an NHL team in Atlanta was seriously delusional. We’re in the south, it’s not even something we grow up with. And where is the argument about L.A. losing two pro football teams? Not existent because they’re much more “deserving”?

Anyway, frustrations aside, I leave you with two of the best responses I saw from this article:

mallen0707: Have you ever visited Atlanta on a Saturday in the fall? Do you know what everyone is doing? There’s a reason they are moving the college football hall of fame here. Now, to your points - you’re dead wrong about fans not being pissed about the Braves collapse this season, F. Gonzalez’s attitude towards the season was unacceptable. You and I both know the problem with fans expectations for the Braves, Hawks & Thrashers all has to do with ownership, they simply don’t care what product they put on the field/court/ice. Also, this city has about 420,000 people living in the city. The city’s population grew by all of 0.5% over the last decade while the population of the suburbs grew by 25%. Have you noticed where Turner Field is located? Not exactly convenient for 88% of the population. The Falcons draw and you know it, which really discredits your article, especially since the Giants playoff game hasn’t sold out yet!

PlonyTush: General Sherman’s popularity in Atlanta right now > Rob Parker.

http://atlsports.tv/general/rob-parker-doesnt-deserve-his-job/
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jessatr0n:

This is a homeless guy who lives on a bridge in Dublin City. Last week his rabbit was grabbed from him and thrown into the river below.. the River Liffey. Which is one of the most horrible rivers in Ireland. The currents are really strong and it’s filthy.. Anyway, as soon as the rabbit hit the water this guy was already hurdling off the bridge and towards the freezing river to save her. After hitting the water and successfully locating her, he proceeding to pump air back into her, making her regain consciousness and basically come back to life. I was talking to him today along with another woman and she asked “Why in the name of God did you jump into the water? Did you not think about it?!” and straight away he replied with “No. I didn’t stop to think. I just jumped. It was an instinct.. I needed to save her.”

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[Pandora’s Box] 06. Self-Worth

I wish I had a better sense of self-worth.

As hard as I work and as often as I give, I don’t always feel like I deserve to be loved as much as I am.
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I Want a Christmas

I’m jealous.

Certainly not a very Christmasy attitude, that’s for sure.

Then again, nothing seemed very Christmasy for me this year. The holidays came and went with very little excitement, and it seems to only be dwindling as the years progress.

I’m envious of the Christmas spirit. Of traditional celebrations that run in families. I want some of those. I want the feeling that everyone equates to when they hear “Christmastime” — special and magical moments with people they love. It seems to be so lackluster in my family. Granted, there are definitely cultural reasons behind it — the spirit of Christmas was never even brought into my household until I started elementary school.

That’s when we got our first Christmas tree and began the notion of giving presents. Over the years, I’ve tried to adopt little traditions, whether it be watching Miracle on 34th Street on Christmas Day, having everyone buy a new ornament for the tree every year, or opening only one present on Christmas Eve. Little things that I thought would just add to and preserve the magic.

Sometimes, certain practices will pick up and last a few years, but not without the constant pushing, nudging, and reminders from yours truly. And what sort of Christmas spirit is it when people only participate in it so begrudgingly? (Have I ever even gotten a gift from you, Dad?)

So this year, with a broken Christmas tree, no new ornaments, and no desire to watch Miracle on 34th Street alone again, all Christmas Day was to me was an extra workday (and a $6.29/hr tip rate) at Starbucks.

And I’m envious. Discontented with how little need for tradition my family has for this holiday, or with any holiday for that matter (What do we do for Chinese New Year again?).

Granted, my family isn’t Christian, so the reason we choose to celebrate Christmas has nothing to do with the religious aspect of it. Rather, it’s more of a representation of family time and the bandwagon jump to the whole “season of giving” schpeal. But I can’t possibly be called greedy for wanting this holiday to mean something to us, can I?

I want a Christmas like how they are in movies.

With a 10-feet tall Christmas tree decorated with beautiful lights and sentimental ornaments. Stockings by the chimney with names stitched on it and filled with little stocking stuffers (hell, even coal will suffice).

I want there to be awful Asian-accent-donned caroling to Christmas tunes as loud as we possibly can, taking goofy family photos to send as Christmas cards. (Actually having people that we would send those cards to.) To spend time and effort searching for presents (and not have the adults act like it’s an annual chore). I want those presents beautifully wrapped, not stuffed in a bag simply because they’re cheaper, more “cost-efficient”, or for the sake of being able to reuse the same bags and tissue paper again next year (probably the only consistent tradition we’ve managed to preserve).

I want strings of lights decorating the frame of our house and lighted candy canes along our driveway. Windows with snowmen clings and snowflake decals, frosted garlands and shimmery tinsel dangling from the ceiling. The smell of chocolate chip cookies baking in the oven, and not having Mom worry about how bad they are for the hundredth time. I want us to have a traditional Christmas dish that’s only made once a year. To have a family reading of an all-time favorite Christmas story about Santa, elves, his reindeer while sipping on hot chocolate with gigantic, puffy, marshmallows.

I want to host an ugly sweater party, a game night, or a gingerbread decorating contest with the company of friends. Laugh at our white elephant gifts, guess our Secret Santa presents. In short, to have a house simply overfilled with merriment (cliche, I know) and laughter.

I realize that the ability to be able to spend time with family should just be enough. And it suffices, I guess. We do have a larger-than-normal dinner that my mom, aunt, and uncle annually put some extra effort to.

Where afterwards though, everyone resorts back to their area of comfort — my dad, my brother, and I on the computer; my cousins on their latest handheld technology; my uncle downstairs in the basement for an action movie; and my mom and aunt in the kitchen cleaning up. It’s a very consensual well-I-guess-we’re-sick-of-each-other’s-company-already feeling.

I simply just long for the magic and spirit of Christmas.

Not the sound of three isolated computer keyboards clicking away at 8:00 PM December 25th.
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[Pandora’s Box] 05. Expectations

I need to stop holding people to these high expectations.

I just end up getting disappointed.

I'm a 2nd grade teacher by day, Starbucks barista by night. Ninja by late, late night. (And special services offered on holiday weekends.) Ha.

I'm a Monica and a Ross with a touch of Chandler mixed in. Part Hufflepuff, part Ravenclaw, but some online quizzes will beg to differ.

I'm also a lover of coffee (it says so on my resume), children's books, and big, giant, bubbly bubbles.

I am someone with (at times too much kindness) too many hopes and dreams to fulfill, and not enough time. Like Santa Claus.

I am also slightly sarcastic.

(We enjoy long walks on the beach together every now and then.)

Oh. My name is Queena.

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