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I am Ema. And nothing more (, nothing less).

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Back from Russia and Writing Letters!

Meera

Tess

Danielle

Emily

Shiva

Let me know if you're not on the list and have been expecting a letter from me! Anyone else who is interested in my penpal project should check out this page. :)

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Russia in t-17 hrs!

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The Bachelor

Talk is cheap, so he gets by,

Cheap to charm a lady

Cheap to chat some guy.

A business not too shady

That was what he liked,

Pasting people into new lives.

A craft somewhat sticky

But he was looking for a good wife

And a good groom,

Two who’d make room

For each other in this world

Predisposed toward self-interest.

A happiness to him over many.

This job, it never cost him a penny.

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That Escalated Quickly

I've been really, really sick this past month - like, I missed 4-5 days of school  - but I'm alive and recovering! For all of my penpals who are awaiting letters, I'm terribly sorry that you have had to wait this long. I thought I would get started with them again after I'd finished my college applications, and then I got sick, and it's just now that I can really say I feel better. 

BUT DON'T YOU WORRY, MY FRIENDS. I have a surprise. After all my midterms are over by Wednesday this week, I will be rushing to the airport to get on a plane to... Russia! Yes, really. My robotics team was invited to a competition there, and I never really expected the trip to actually happen, but here we are, just three days away. I cannot contain my excitement! I hope to send you all some memories from there, whether they are through this blog or personally through my very late letters. 

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I love you all! See you later on the other side of the hemisphere.

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Also posted here

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I don’t want my heart anymore so I’m going to trade it in for anything. 

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Heima - Sigur Rós

Why has it taken me this long to find this song?

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© Ema

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Everything is so happy right now even though it kinda isn't.

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Bubbles, Buttercup, and Blossom

If we blew our troubles away in bubbles,

They may land upon dry daffodils and cultivate invasive fields,

Seep into the dirt and enrich the soil with poison,

Or evaporate and collect into an acid rain cloud.

Are we heroes then, to swallow them whole?

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Hearing

Unfunny jokes are the only kind I say But I find you laughing anyway, a laugh So full and hearty and true; and all the while A magic, a disappearing act robbing Me of my heart; for that split second, I am a carcass standing, staring at that stretch of song Enveloping me in its sweet suffocation.

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My life satisfaction has just increased ten-fold upon discovering a Teavana that is within 5 miles from my house.

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Taste

Rapid eye movements and hope - The ingredients for more dreams about you. Sometimes, I didn't need hope, just sleep To keep you coming back to me. And it was there, in the security of my mind, We formed a love so pure not even I could mess it up.

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A Gentle Step Forward

Because that's the only way to go. I'm going to write more frequently - I've noticed it keeps me a little more sane. And that's exactly what I need right now. And it will be poetry and express all that is going on with me currently (which is not many things, but a lot of very few things).

Letters Written

Codi Ann (sent by email)

Stephen - sending it out tomorrow

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I’m just so in love with you that there isn’t anything else.

Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms (via flentes)