last night my family celebrated christmas - we had a nice family meal and exchanged presents. everyone seems to be happy with what they received. and guess what? i finally got an ipod! this means i'm finally up to date with modern gadgets and stuff. i just wish i had a docking alarm clock for my ipod so i could listen to it without earphones (*hint ( Read more... )

"Snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead." -James Joyce ( Read more... )

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the rain has been freezing on the tree branches, first in clear droplets and then like a fragile curtain of ice. i just want to stare for hours ( Read more... )

today is a good day! i received an e-mail from the admissions counselor at ESU. he said i can enroll as a "special status" student until my praxis scores come back - that way i can sign up for classes and get the ball rolling. this is super exciting! now i just need to worry about finding student loans and housing. HMM.

YAY!

i am in a REALLY bad mood right now. the only thing making me feel even a little better is the fact that i know where allison's chocolate stash is. don't worry, i'll replenish it... maybe ( Read more... )

i mailed out my grad school application today in a surreal frenzy. at this point, besides taking the praxis exam, it's out of my hands. i took a few "sample" questions from the test and they're easy. the only issue, ironically, seems to be reading comprehension. apparently i overanalyze simple paragraphs. my solution for this is to study the ( Read more... )

yesterday morning i used my laptop at panera bread and everything was fine. later that evening when i tried to boot it up, it froze and the screen faded away. so i cold booted it, and tried to restart it, but it wouldn't get past the initial page before everything went blank. it's not a power issue, because the little green lights are on. i wonder ( Read more... )

i just took a shower for the first time since last thursday night. right now i'm in a hotel in wasau, wisconsin, drinking a local beer and eating cheese curds ( Read more... )

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