Count up all the people you know or know of who have found the love of their lives, or will very soon realize they have. Do not feel happy that all this love exists in the world. Eat processed foods. Eat these foods mindlessly and quickly. Do not talk to anyone you know. It’s better [...]
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March 10, 2012
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One Dozen Ideas for Disaster, or How to Feel Miserable About Yourself
By Alisa Wilhelm in Ideas, Lists
December 28, 2011
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Significant points of 2011
By Alisa Wilhelm in Life, ListsJordan and Dubai East Asia New roommates, twice Growing as a leader Developing and maturing with my intuition, as an individual, and in discerning a situation New job that I love at Girl Scouts Lots of new friends Taking a major paycut to work with Americorps, and figuring all that out Cutting gluten out of [...]
April 3, 2010
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Dear Diary
By Alisa in Arizona, Crumbs, Life, Lists, UofA, WorkToday someone broke into my house. Today I collected a burglar’s footprint and will now look at all Nike wearers as though they are burglars. Today I thought it would be fun to be a set photographer for a film. I wonder how that works. Today I ate five cookies, two rice crispy treats, a [...]
April 1, 2009
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Dubai
By Alisa in Lists, Photography, TravelI went to Dubai over spring break. After looking back through my journal, I found ten impressions of the city. There is no old, no ghetto, no broken, no ugly. Everything is under construction and I’ve only been to one place so far that is complete (Madinat Jumeirah resort). On paper, [...]
October 21, 2007
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Lessons learned
By Alisa in Life, ListsNow that midterms are over I finally have a chance to sit back and think about things. Things that are finally allowed to sink in and soak up a while. I’ve reached the point where I can be compared to a sponge, saturated in every pore, and now I must start letting the stagnant water [...]
October 11, 2007
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Searching for expression
By Alisa in Lists, Photography, SwimmingOver the weekend I went to a swim meet with my camera. Swim meets are good to practice photographing because: You have to not only be quick with your finger, but you also have to practice anticipation and timing. Swimmers only breathe every so often, and unless the swimmer’s face is out of the water [...]
September 10, 2007
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How to get into a UA football game for free
By Alisa in Evil Plans, Lists, Photography, UofA1. Go as a press person with a big camera lens. 2. Dress impartially (i.e. don’t wear red). 3. Find the media room. 4. Be sent to the media will-call booth. 5. Be denied media access, but be sure to get a hint of where to go to gain access. 6. Find a sympathetic gay [...]