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“It all really began when I got an invitation from a gentlemen I...

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:38:27 -0700

“It all really began when I got an invitation from a gentlemen I had not met just yet.”

(by herax)

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(by herax)

“Seniors gather on the lawn for Class Day, the last time before...

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:02:00 -0700

“Seniors gather on the lawn for Class Day, the last time before graduation that the class meets as a group, 1895.”

(Vassar College Archives)

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theliteralheartofjesus replied to your post: I’m talking to this fellow upcoming freshman...

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:47:00 -0700

theliteralheartofjesus replied to your post: I’m talking to this fellow upcoming freshman about…

we have a sailing team?!? like besides crew?!? (don’t join crew. join any other sport. seriously.)

According to the official list VSA has up online! :-) And haha, no, not crew.

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Fri, 24 May 2013 21:46:45 -0700

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I’m talking to this fellow upcoming freshman about being potential roommates and we start...

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:21:00 -0700

I’m talking to this fellow upcoming freshman about being potential roommates and we start discussing our interests in terms of clubs and organizations.

Vassar is a pretty liberal liberal arts college and the student body it attracts is for the most part quirky and hipster, with some exceptions here and there. I’d like to think I’m a touch quirky and hipster, hence my own attraction to the school but I’m for the most part relatively “preppy,” so I’m always a little cautious when talking to other students about my interests since I know I must pretty sound obnoxious to them.

Anyway, on the other hand, there are a lot of nice little clubs and organizations at Vassar that I’m very excited about. I’ll be on the varsity fencing (foil) team for sure next year, but I’m hoping to either join the equestrian or polo team (for the record, I’ve ridden a horse once in my life, so I’m hardly an expert, but still…) and the sailing team (I’ve always loved being on a boat all day, though being in Arizona limits this desire as you may imagine).

Not sure what prompted me to talk about this! This is my second day of summer and I’m bored out of my mind, so that may be why.

Surgical things from the miniature of Stephen Maturin’s...

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:33:00 -0700

Surgical things from the miniature of Stephen Maturin’s sickbay.

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“Just a few days after Nabokov’s death, there was an invasion...

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:43:00 -0700

“Just a few days after Nabokov’s death, there was an invasion of butterflies out in Springs, Long Island. It probably happens every year. But the reason I noticed the butterflies this time was the presence—or the absence—of Nabokov.

“While I was riding my bicycle, in fact, I had the pleasure of traveling with one of them: a monarch, one of those orange-and-black butterflies that migrate from Canada down to Mexico. It was right beside me, we were moving at the same speed, and the butterfly was at the same height as my head. The proximity of the butterfly transformed me into an airborne head, a cherub or a seraph, one of Raphael’s angels composed solely of a head and wings.”

—Saul Steinberg, from “Portraits and Landscapes”

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On the Edge (2001)

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:53:45 -0700

On the Edge (2001)

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IMG_0021 (by astralkid)

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:47:00 -0700

IMG_0021 (by astralkid)

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