Author: Issa
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Elan Gurl
Look at the girl, isn’t her smile so refreshing? That familiar face, Filled with expectations, Of great things about the future, Without care in the world, Unburdened, Undisguised, Nostalgic. When she cries, she’s unstoppable. So it is when she laughs. Contagious. When I’ve seen this picture, I feel like my essential self, the child in…
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The Winner Stands Alone
Igor wants nothing but enjoy a life of financial freedom with his wife, Ewa, whom he’d destroy worlds for. He simply wants to build a home with her in Baikal lake- undisturbed, unperturbed. Yet the arduous path he had to go through transformed him into an “evil one” in the eyes of his angel, Ewa….
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Why I Love Lisa Simpson
PATTY: It’s almost nine o’clock. SELMA: Where is Homer anyway? PATTY: It’s typical of the big doofus to spoil it all. LISA: What Aunt Patty? PATTY: Oh nothing, dear. I’m just trashing your father. LISA: Well, I wish that you wouldn’t. Because aside from the fact that he has the same frailties as all human beings, he’s the only father I…
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On Board the Nautilus
I forgot to be amazed. I’m sure that’s the reason I get bored. But on board Nautilus, who can ever know ennui? Not me, probably. My daily commute is spiced up by Jules Verne’s company. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, translated from French Vingt mille lieues sous les mers always overwhelms me with indescribable pleasure….
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My 26th Birthday
Dearest Blog walkers, Greet me as soon as you land on this page. Yes, I just turned 26! Sad I’m leaving 25th? Not really. If we scientifically approach birthdays, each is just a revolution of earth around the sun. What’s the big deal?! Coming from a poor home (if “poor” means having no faucet in…
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Miss Universe 2011 Final Contestants
Tell me honestly. Haven’t you heard all these questions from previous pageant jurors? Have a look at these queries for the top five Miss Universe contestants: MISS UKRAINE: If you could trade lives with anyone in history, who would it be and why? – Amelia Vega MISS PHILIPPINES: Would you change your religious beliefs to marry the…
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Vengeance Is…
Vengeance Is not Ours, It’s God’s Alms, alms, alms. Spare me a piece of bread. Spare me your mercy. I am a child so young, so thin, and so ragged.Why are you staring at me? With my eyes I cannot see but I know that you are all staring at me. Why are you whispering…
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What Kind of Woman Do You Wanna Be?
Julia Child – A Woman of Cheer and A Fine Cooking Guru Funny that her surname is Child when she happened to be childless. Julia did not throw herself into despondency instead devoted her time learning and teaching the Art of French Cooking. (I’d love to be her child.) Kato Lomb – The Language Genius Lomb…
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31st Century Suicide
Suicide rates have increased in the year 3000. Futurama foretells.