1. 15 June 2013

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    yenta: Falls.

    yenta:

    Falls.

  2. Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

    — Louisa May Alcott, Rose In Bloom (via bookmania)

  3. I first made a mental list of all the parts of the movie I couldn’t cover for National Geographic: it was long and graphic and involved many different bodily functions and fluids.

    — ‘This Is The End’ Has Everything Nat Geo Loves, from Sinkholes to Milky Way (Bars) – News Watch

  4. One victim of Google Glass: watch tans.

    — Nat Geo let me live blog a Google Glass presentation. Here’s the result.

  5. My interview with Alex Trebek, in which I phrased all questions like questions and Alex Trebek phrased all answers like answers. (via Alex Trebek: On Hosting the Geography Bee)

    My interview with Alex Trebek, in which I phrased all questions like questions and Alex Trebek phrased all answers like answers.

    (via Alex Trebek: On Hosting the Geography Bee)

  6. This is a trippy little piece I wrote about color-music associations. Basically: happy music triggers a happy area of the brain, which then makes you see happy colors. You might say, “Well, yeah, that makes sense.” But now there’s research to back it up. (It could be useful for non-drug-based therapies.) (via When You Listen To Bach, What Color Do You See? – News Watch)

    This is a trippy little piece I wrote about color-music associations. Basically: happy music triggers a happy area of the brain, which then makes you see happy colors. You might say, “Well, yeah, that makes sense.” But now there’s research to back it up. (It could be useful for non-drug-based therapies.)

    (via When You Listen To Bach, What Color Do You See? – News Watch)

  7. I cannot believe they featured this…. on Flickr. This makes me laugh every time I see it. Mainly because Penn only features one alumni snippet at the top of this page and I’m guessing it was the first time schwetty balls ever appeared in the alumni mag, no doubt.

    I cannot believe they featured this…. on Flickr.

    This makes me laugh every time I see it. Mainly because Penn only features one alumni snippet at the top of this page and I’m guessing it was the first time schwetty balls ever appeared in the alumni mag, no doubt.

  8. An Update

    I’ve been remiss in posting here lately, mostly because I’ve been so busy. Let’s recap. Since I decided to drop out of med school, I have:

    • Traveled to Boston (once), New York (twice), and Washington (six times!)
    • Attended two journalism conferences (in New York and Philadelphia)
    • celebrated my rolloversary (May 24)
    • consumed falafel in New York, Mexican food in Cambridge, and pho in DC. Slept in Somerville, Greenwich Village, Van Ness, Friendship Heights and in my apartment in Philadelphia.
    • moved to Washington DC
    • hosted several stoop chats in Philadelphia
    • written about 10 articles for National Geographic, my current place of employment
    • visited the Tidal Basin in DC, the public gardens in Boston, and Williamsburg in Brooklyn (it was my first time in Brooklyn)
    • crashed with many friends from college
    • won a “hair makeover” essay contest that’s taking place next Friday in Philadelphia.
    • definitively decided that I shouldn’t go to medical school ever again (this was something I contemplated for the better part of a decade, so it’s good to know.)

    This summer, my plans are to bike around Washington, enjoy living in the present, cook healthily, read 10 books and write something that’s bigger than a tweet and smaller than a Robert Caro tomb.

    Not everything is super, but life seems to be chugging along on an upward path. I was so unhappy in school and it just wasn’t getting any better — and I couldn’t see a way out of that unhappiness. It wasn’t the workload — that was tough, but manageable. It was the fact that I really couldn’t see myself doing what I was doing — and being happy.

    In many ways, I wish I had never left my gig at Fresh Air. I regret that decision. But wallowing in regret is not healthy nor does it help in any way. And this summer is a chance to try a new publication (National Geographic) and a new city (Washington DC) and really just enjoy life.

    So far, so good.

    -Mel

  9. Arrested Development Inside Jokes (Spoilers below read more)

    I just finished watching the entire new season of Arrested Development. I need to rewatch it, but here are some of the clever things I noticed. (Enjoy, Internet/Buzzfeed.):

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  10. everydayafrica: Boats finishing off Likoma Island in Lake Malawi on May 10. Photo by @glennagordon in Malawi. #nofilter

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    Boats finishing off Likoma Island in Lake Malawi on May 10. Photo by @glennagordon in Malawi. #nofilter

  11. 7 May 2013

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    she-works: RMO, Brooklyn, NY Maybe it’s time to find a new office.

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    RMO, Brooklyn, NY

    Maybe it’s time to find a new office.

  12. she-works: kdc, Chicago, IL We want to hear from women: What’s your note to self – a piece of advice that’s helped you at work? Share your advice at http://she-works.tumblr.com Clearly the entry from Talk of the Nation.

    she-works:

    kdc, Chicago, IL

    We want to hear from women: What’s your note to self – a piece of advice that’s helped you at work? Share your advice at http://she-works.tumblr.com

    Clearly the entry from Talk of the Nation.

  13. she-works: Melody Kramer, Philadelphia PA We want to hear from women: What’s your note to self – a piece of advice that’s helped you at work? Share your advice at http://she-works.tumblr.com damn gurl, you meta.

    she-works:

    Melody Kramer, Philadelphia PA

    We want to hear from women: What’s your note to self – a piece of advice that’s helped you at work? Share your advice at http://she-works.tumblr.com

    damn gurl, you meta.

  14. she-works: MG, Dallas,TX We want to hear from women: What’s your note to self – a piece of advice that’s helped you at work? Share your advice at http://she-works.tumblr.com Unless you have a clotting disorder.

    she-works:

    MG, Dallas,TX

    We want to hear from women: What’s your note to self – a piece of advice that’s helped you at work? Share your advice at http://she-works.tumblr.com

    Unless you have a clotting disorder.

  15. she-works: LJ, Columbus, OH We want to hear from women: What’s your note to self – a piece of advice that’s helped you at work? Share your advice at http://she-works.tumblr.com Either this is decent advice or this person is warning you of a possible serial killer in your apartment.

    she-works:

    LJ, Columbus, OH

    We want to hear from women: What’s your note to self – a piece of advice that’s helped you at work? Share your advice at http://she-works.tumblr.com

    Either this is decent advice or this person is warning you of a possible serial killer in your apartment.