April 2012
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Apr 29th
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Apr 27th
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Including this.
Everything looks better in writing because it’s read in the tone and voice that we want with the pauses and moments of contemplation right where we expect.
Apr 26th
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“Football is more popular, basketball is more marketable, hockey is more...”
–  Bill Simmons  (via kayakingupstream) Wow.  Yes. (via evangotlib) I love this quote because it’s true.  Baseball is a total life metaphor. (via stevewoolf) All the people with which I’d ever want to watch baseball would rather not, but I have always wanted to watch baseball.
Apr 24th
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Connections between talking and thinking.
Paraphrased from textbook: No Speech does not equal no Communication. Lack of Speech does not equal lack of Thought. In cultures with more tendency to engage in holistic thinking, thinking out loud actually hinders their performance in cognitive tasks. This is because holistic thinking focusses on relationships between many pieces of information and articulation of ideas forces one to focus on...
Apr 13th
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“The closer the relationship, the more people are likely to rely on nonverbal...”
–  Cultural Psychology; Heine. Referring to a study by Azuma (1986) and Clancy (1986).
Apr 13th
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“After all, even though identical twins share the same genes, the same...”
– — Cultural Psychology, Heine. One of the most optimistic statements I’ve ever seen regarding psychopathology.
Apr 12th
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On the mindset of a sojournor.
There are two possible approaches to social relationships when you know you will eventually entirely leave your current location. First. You can be future-oriented. You know this place is not your home so you don’t make it your home. You keep in mind the inevitable departure when you interact with others, making sure to keep some distance so as to minimize the pain of separation....
Apr 10th
Few things are as satisfying as gaining a little more understanding of someone’s actions. It’s such a simple moment of both peace and sadness as you begin to see things from their perspective.
Apr 10th
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Apr 10th
“A study with British children showed they were better at identifying Pokemon...”
–  Cultural Psyc (Study by Balmford, Clegg, Coulson, & Taylor, 2002).
Apr 10th
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Wonderful personalities.
On using the free drink voucher from Starbucks. Barista = B, Me = M B: Happy birthday! What drink are you gonna get? M: Don’t really know. Feel kind of bad. B: Feel bad that it’s your birthday, or that you’re going to get a $7 drink for free? M: The second one. Feels weird doing that. B: Psh don’t feel bad! You’ve earned this; think of all the drinks...
Apr 9th
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Paradoxical poem from 'Community'.
Pillows, but no sleep. Feathers, but no birds. Pajamas without children. Violence without purpose. I saw Mommy kissing Exxon-Mobile.
Apr 6th
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Apr 5th
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On the THIRD day of the week.
22 on 04/04.
Apr 5th
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“There’s a lot of you to like, and sometimes there’s no need for a...”
– KN; unconditional love
Apr 1st