I feel like it takes a lot to be optimistic about life on this planet some days, especially the more educated you are. It is not uncommon for me to walk out of my "Environmental Planning & Landscape Design" class wanting to jump off the nearest bridge. However, after many a depressing day talking about how humans (Americans especially) treat the ( Read more... )

Sometimes I have the right words, but often I do not. Right now I do not. What I do have are other peoples' words. And for now, they will do.

Now we understand that the blanket really does protect Linus and that Schroeder really does play lovely music on a toy piano, because both of them keep at it. They believe.And when I don't have words ( Read more... )

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At the top of my (very) short list of "Reasons to Return to CT After Graduation" is the name Cut Steve.

I returned Monday from a trip to Seattle that cost me $5. I don't think I will ever be as pleased with a $5 purchase as I was with that plane ticket ( Read more... )

That's right. I have one whole weekend to wallow in self-absorbed activities before kicking it back into high gear for the next three weeks. To sum up the past week or three, I would have to say that my previous suspicions about my class being one large social experiment have proved true. But we pulled the whole thing off, and produced some of ( Read more... )

my alarm clock attempts a duet with Jack Johnson ( Read more... )

"You and I should really switch brains for a day. You'd be........pleasant."
-C-lo

...my dance style is "krumpalicious" and my dance name is Voluminous Boo. This is why I should not be allowed on the computer after 10 pm. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some dance moves to learn...

"There are other aspirants who vie to deface shrines and desecrate sacred cows, but surely it is the highway commissioner and engineer who most passionately embrace insensitivity and philistinism as way of life and profession." -Ian McHarg ( Read more... )