I have abandoned thee. Sooneth, this abandonment will be for good. Until then, we will continue this little affair.
Signed,
your lover.
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Mumblings…
It’s my stepdad’s bday today. No clue how old he is, because he’s been lying about his age for the past 15 years now. #ClearlyInDenial
Will I be in denial at age 45? Probably. But what’s with the obsession over getting older? I’m 22 dreading the day I turn 25. Is this normal? LOL
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My Life As a Post-Grad Intern…
…coming soon to a Tumblr near you!
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» Black Student Barred from Being Valedictorian, Says Lawsuit [Racism]
What’s today’s date again? Oh.
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Yes, those are condoms. #ThatsHowWeRoll @collegecandy
We love our interns like whoa, but sadly we can’t keep them forever. If you think you’d like to join our dysfunctional family this fall, click here for all the deets.
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#inception
or #LargeMcDonaldsFries?
Take your pick.
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MTA musings
I wonder if people who take the train in NYC (specifically MTA) for the first time are frightened.
Of course these would have to be people from somewhere where trains aren’t the norm. The poor tourists. Between the cat-sized rats that are now ballsy enough to climb up the legs and onto the faces of sleeping homeless people, to the full-on brawls, to the solicitors (who sell everything from candy for their imaginary basketball teams to incense to AA batteries to Nutcrackers of every flavor) to the groups of boys who put on gymnastic performances even in the most crowded train car, mid rush-hour. I watch these flipping kids, by the way, not because I’m interested in seeing them twist their arms out of their sockets as they flip into the air triple twist and land on two feet, arms still contorted, but because I am positive that they will accidentally drop kick a train passenger, and I secretly hope to witness this inevitable atrocity.
Future train dwellers: consider yourselves warned!
-Kim
P.S. - Don’t fall asleep on the train either. Or else you will be the next YouTube star…but for all the wrong reasons. Like this man.
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Read this. Be outraged.
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"If I was to succeed in a profession that is all about truth-telling, I couldn’t tell the truth about myself."Jose Antonio Vargas, former Washington Post reporter, on his aspirations to be a journalist as an illegal immigrant. Powerful!
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» Each Execution Has Cost California $308 Million Since 1978
(Thoughts on capital punishment? Who knew it was this expensive.)
Capital punishment is expensive! Since California reinstated the death penalty in 1978, it’s executed 13 people and with a grand total of $4 billion in related spending, that works out to a cost of $308 million per person, reports the Los Angeles Times. The new findings come from a study by U.S. 9th Circuit Judge Arthur Alarcon and Loyola Law School professor Paula Mitchell. The goal of the study was to present options on how to curb state budget costs. “The authors outline three options for voters to end the current reality of spiraling costs and infrequent executions,” reports Carol Williams, “fully preserve capital punishment with about $85 million more in funding for courts and lawyers each year; reduce the number of death penalty-eligible crimes for an annual savings of $55 million; or abolish capital punishment and save taxpayers about $1 billion every five or six years.” The Times notes that a “death penalty prosecution costs up to 20 times as much as a life-without-parole case” with the least expensive death penalty trail costing $1.1 million more than the most expensive parole case for life-without-trial.
