

BusiaI learned my great-grandmother died today. She was my dads grandmother. I called her Busia, everyone did. She was the last great-grandparent I had, and now shes gone. Shes with my great-grandfather, Dziadzia, in heaven now, he died when I was in third grade. She lived and saw a lot of things. She saw her children get married, saw her grandchildren be born, saw them grow up and get married, she saw her great-grandchildren be born, she lived to see me and my oldest cousin graduate from high school, and to see our first black president. The last time I saw her was on Thanksgiving. I didnt see her much, so I wasnt thBusia


November 24th BirthsNovember 24: Births 1784 - Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (d. 1850)November 24th Births
1853 - Bat Masterson, American gunfighter (d. 1921)
1868 - Scott Joplin, Ragtime Composer (d. 1917)
1888 - Dale Carnegie, American writer (d. 1955)
1897 - Charles Lucky Luciano, gangster (d. 1962) 1925 William F. Buckley, American author (d. 2008) 1942 - Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian
1946 - Howard Sheldon, American astrologer and radio host 1947 - Dwight Schultz 1959 - Arundhati Roy, Indian social ac


Courtesy of the R, W, and BOn August 25th, I was driving home with my mom when the Toby Keith song Courtesy Of the Red, White, and Blue started playing on the radio. When the second verse came on, the one about the US fighting back with a black eye, I told my mom that it was true. I said that America is like one of those inflatable clowns that people punch, because no matter how hard people hit us we get right back up. Because were too stubborn or too stupid to stay down. It depends on how you look at it. America doesnt let anyone push it around. Were strong in spirit. When I talk about what happened on this day seven years ago, I cry. I aCourtesy of the R, W, and B
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viva el idioma de Cervantes!
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There are two kinds of people: Those who look for funny things to put in their signatures, those who come up with funny things for their signatures, and those who purposely don't keep track of numbers to make whatever they write seem funny.
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What a blast to feel your head explode.
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Vi Veri Veriversum Vivus Vici
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"Love... It's a double edged sword..." ~Serori
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If you are conscious of the fact that you are having a dream, and you can actually say that this is just a dream, then can you really be sure its even a dream at all?
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People who don't know me think I'm quiet.
People who do wish I was. ^_^
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