IsabelJ: Archive

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Feb 22nd

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Feb 22nd

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Feb 14th

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Feb 14th

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Jan 19th

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Jan 18th

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Jan 18th

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Jan 16th

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“Truly decent, innocent people can be taxing to be around.” —David Foster Wallace

Jan 3rd

Dive Bar Etiquette

The fact that my friends and I behave like idiots at bars is nothing new. I’ve had my fair share of drunken moments that have led me to avoid certain establishments for weeks at a time out of pure shame. But something that has recently come to my attention is the fact that people unknowingly behave badly at bars. Now I am no expert on manners or etiquette when it comes to most things. But dive...

Jan 3rd

Jan 1st

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Dec 24th

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One day, I just want to be as pretty and skinny and cool as the girls people post on Tumblr.

Dec 23rd

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Gifts that Scream, "Go Fuck Yourself"

There are certain things that one wants but does not wish to receive as gifts; an example of this is the gift that my mother gave me this Christmas, a gym membership. Really, mom? Are you that desperate for me to get a boyfriend? Last year, I bought her a museum membership, but nothing about that gift screamed, “You’re single and it’s probably because you have cellulite.”...

Dec 21st

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I'm a Goddamn Liar

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve discovered something new about myself: I am a liar. However, my lying isn’t out of a need to make myself sound cool or deceive others—I’ve long since given up on that possibility. My lying is a symptom of me being a lazy fuck. Usually I don’t feel like explaining the details of a situation, so I just take a shortcut. An example was the other day when a new acquaintance...

Dec 12th

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Dec 12th

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December Graduation

I wrote this creative piece a couple years ago. It hasn’t been edited or tweaked. But it’s December, and feelings of loss seem to always surface this time of year. December seemed like an awkward month to receive an undergraduate diploma. You don’t have the summer to soften the blow. You don’t have that time to pad your ease into a life that isn’t anything like the one you’d been...

Dec 9th

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Air's "Seven Stars" featuring Victoria Legrand

Beach House’s frontwoman, Victoria Legrand, is pretty much my biggest girl crush. Today “Seven Stars,” which will appear on the next Air album, surfaced and features Legrand’s vocals.

Dec 7th

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Drake Hates Tumblr

I’m really scared for my generation, you know. The thing that scares me most is Tumblr. I hate what Tumblr has become. Because it like, it reminds me of those clique-y girls in high school that used to make fun of everyone else and define what was cool, but in five years, when you all graduate, that shit doesn’t matter. No one gives a fuck about that shit. Instead of kids going out...

Dec 7th

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I Don't Give a Fuck about Your Horoscope

I’ve never been interested in my own horoscope, so what makes people think I will take interest in theirs? Listening to a friend vent about relationship problems is one thing, but it’s an entirely more involved, painful experience when she brings up her compatibility issues based on the zodiac. “I should have known. He is a Taurus!” is not a legitimate response to the fact that your boyfriend...

Dec 5th

John Waters on Christmas Gifts

“If they give you a book that you asked them for, you fuck ‘em. If they give you a book by a favorite author without you asking, you blow ‘em. And, if they give you a book by a favorite author that you never knew existed, you rim them… To me, that is proper etiquette.”

Dec 1st

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Your Job Sounds Boring

We all have one—that one friend whose job can’t be explained within a reasonable amount of time. A reasonable amount of time to explain a job is one word. I can deal with up to 30 seconds, tops. Otherwise, I don’t want to know. For me this one friend with a really confusing job is Adam, a thirty something investment something or another. The worst thing is I often forget that I’ve asked a...

Dec 1st

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Dec 1st

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Dec 1st

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Watch

Guards: “See It Coming,” recorded by Yours Truly So good

Nov 29th

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Happy Holidays, Loser!

It’s that time of year again—the time of year when we are all forced to mingle with the people who we haven’t seen, mostly on purpose, in a while. These people will all inevitably ask the same question: “what have you been up to?” If you’re anything like me, you will become immediately anxious when this question is asked. I loathe this question. Thoughts like, “What can I possibly say to make...

Nov 28th

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