thoughts

ever since moving to chicago in april, i find myself constantly confronted with racism. my friends and people around me constantly make judgments, jokes and comments based on other peoples' races and frequently consciously label themselves as different/the object of discrimination if their skin happens to be a colour other than white.

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steinbeck on love

apparently in 1958, john steinbeck's son wrote to him that he had fallen in love at boarding school. steinbeck wrote back with this beautiful letter about love to his son. what a dad.

steinbeck the stud. 

(east of eden is officially back on my to-read list.)

2013

Here's to a new year. I always sort of like the prospect of resolutions, even if most people never keep them. It's a nice time to, as my grandfather would say, reflect, as well as to highlight the things I already like doing and could do more of.

My resolutions...