so, apparently a girl I went to high school with is now an American Idol-ish pop star in the Phillipines. and apparently has been for a couple of years ( Read more... )

this past week has been crazy/fun/enlightening/relaxing/stressful/a sign that my summer is going to be great ( Read more... )

I was messing around on myspace, and on piper's profile he posted "the last supper" picture. oh, those boys.

memories of NBNY make me smile. (even though the fact that Bryan's in CA makes me sad :( I hope he visits soon)

why do I get so pissed off so easily sometimes? saying "so are we paying for cable even though we won't be living there?" seems like some sort of jab, almost a threat of a fight if I said yes. except I won't, that's not fair. and yes, we *are* getting internet here because it's wrong for me to be stealing someone else's wireless ( Read more... )

so here I am, sitting on my couch in my new apartment!!monday and the first half of yesterday I was feeling very blah. I was having a hard time with the flexibility of this whole research thing and not feeling like I was getting much accomplished. plus I was feeling kind of lonely and isolated. when I got the keys to this place yesterday, it was ( Read more... )

I am such an incredible nerd.

reading medieval literature is quite possibly the best way I could spend the summer.

I found early editions of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's translation of Dante in the library this morning. that means nothing to any of you (unless you've read Matthew Pearl's The Dante Club, which is a fabulous book) but I get ( Read more... )

why do I always feel obnoxious when I talk a lot in when I'm a little drunk in front of people who don't usually hear me talk?

I suppose I still need to learn to be ok with myself with people who knew me when I was super-quiet.

what a weekend ( Read more... )

FINALS ARE OVER ( Read more... )

I have a short fuse when I'm stressed ( Read more... )