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I spent most weekends in college watching the entertaining and fabulous Friday night lineup on the assorted networks. This is how I saw the '89 earthquake that shook Oakland and Frisco during the Word Series. The people in the A's stadium were all like, "hey, this is what we do, we have earthquakes!"
I digress. Digressing kept me from having fun for so many years. Who knew Family Guy would raise it to a lucrative art form?
At any rate, staying home/in the dorm is what almost all college kids and young adults do. The few out there having fun make it look tilted. Life pretty much follows this continuum - shit, I'm 30, if only I had known at 20 what I know now. Shit I'm 40, if only I had known at 30 what I know now. Shit I'm 50, if only I had known at 40 what I know now. Shit I'm 60, if only I had known at 50 what I know now. Shit I'm 70 and I pee'd myself.
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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