Archive for July, 2009

“Mason wählt”: Getting Quoted in German

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This is totally random and has nothing to do with my week in New Orleans or my continuing attempts to kiss a penguin. However, it’s awesome.
Last fall, a group of foreign correspondents were brought to George Mason University during one of the Mason Votes watch parties for a presidential candidate debate. I talked to a [...]

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Please Help Me Go to Antarctica and Kiss a Penguin

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I am entering the Blog Your Way to Antarctica Contest from Quark Expeditions. The deal is, you write up a little bit about yourself online, post a picture, and try to get people to vote for you to win this prize. The person with the most votes by September 30 will win a free expedition/cruise [...]

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On Needing New Photos, Or, Rachael’s Changing Hair

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Looking at the profile yesterday got me thinking. I seriously need to get some decent photos of myself with my current hair cut and hair color that I can send to potential employers, profilers, etc.. One in which I’m not posing in front of the Colosseum. I love that picture, but I’ve honestly sent it [...]

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I’m Featured on College Media Matters : D

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Dan Reimold of College Media Matters contacted me a while ago for an interview - He posted a J-Student profile on me July 11.
Amusingly enough- I’ve checked his website regularly for the last few months to see when it would go up, and then the week I forget to check- it goes up! Oh [...]

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GMU Law Professors to Testify at Sotomayor Hearing

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Two George Mason University Law Professors will be testifying at the Senate hearings of Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama’s nomination for the Supreme Court, this Monday. Neomi Rao and Ilya Somin are listed among the Republican witnesses. Both have published articles on Sotomayor’s nomination in the past few months.
Assistant Professor of Law Neomi Rao recently [...]

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Seriously Cool Foreshadowing in Grey’s Anatomy

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I’m going to be a big nerd here and dissect all the foreshadowing in the first episode of season five of Grey’s Anatomy. I rewatched it today and I was just amazed at how many plot points and twists were hinted at or joked about in this episode. Shonda Rimes, the writer of Grey’s Anatomy, [...]

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First Guitar Video: Attempting to Play Free Fallin’

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Don’t make too much fun- a few weeks ago I didn’t know a single chord. I’m pretty proud that I know this song now. Working on a couple other songs too - I figured out pretty quickly that I get the chords memorized a lot faster when they actually go with songs.
Hoping to eventually get [...]

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A Dinosaur from Erianny: Sponsoring a Child in Poverty

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I don’t know if I ever mentioned it before, but I sponsor a little girl in the Dominican Republic through Compassion International. The approximately $400 I donate a year helps feed Erianny, send her to school, and takes care of her family. Although I’m a pretty poor college student dependent on my parents’ love right [...]

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