I applaud Maggie Gyllenhaal for endorsing fruit. Just kidding, but has anyone seen the latest issue of Marie Claire? I don't subscribe to any fashion magazines because who has the energy to keep up with fashion? But the green of the apple and the blue of her eyes contrasting with the darkness of her hair and paleness of her skin was inspiring! ( Read more... )

Daisy just pooped in Esin's study. She called me up from downstairs to clean it up. Those kinds of tasks are assigned to little sisters. Just kidding, I let her come to Esin's room in the first place. She was in bed with us. I was reading Things Fall Apart, part of required summer reading, and Esin was reading "the new Juliet Marillier" book ( Read more... )

Mysterious cut on my right hand. I only noticed it when watermelon juice dripped onto it. I had several spoonfuls of Nutella today, perhaps not a good idea. A headache soon followed and I was sorry! I sat outside with my mom, and we read while the sun went down. Either the fresh air or concentration cured my headache ( Read more... )

Today, while at the Bradleys, their basketball goal fell on Harriet and dented her. It's not very noticeable ( Read more... )

This time of day I'm happiest. There's a certain tiredness in my legs and in my mind, and the sun is encouraging my drowsiness.

Maybe someone recorded wrong and today is my birthday. I look forward to a birthday feeling, and this is it. I'm reminded of Robin Hood. I should ask for a bow and arrow.

Saturday morning I had SAT subject tests in literature and history. "Liz" (her real name's Elizabeth, I think Liz is what she goes by) Tsai sat behind me... I've never talked to her before in history, but somehow we talked as if we knew eachother well. Her words flow together in a very non-American way. Then we did newspaper interviews for several ( Read more... )

Almost, I think, the unreasoning, bestial purity was best ( Read more... )

(Again I am compelled to state how I believe that attitude is everything-how the blind, neutral dripping of the trees which I enjoyed intrinsically this early morning is now, suddenly, by mental magic, transmuted into something infinitely rich and ineffably strange, how the dismembered sound fragments integrate suddenly into a unity of music ( Read more... )

Hmmmm... the light in this study is fading, foreshadowing the storm! Arm yourself with flashlights, water, skittles (if you're Abbxe) and you should probably disconnect your computer. These Voxtrot pictures don't do them justice. I read in a review that they might get tambourine girls ... a la Belle and Sebastian. Ahem, Anne, is there something ( Read more... )

Hmm... I'm living in a dream. Being a student is a dream in many ways... let the structure leave your life and feel the unbearable pressure of no pressure. Sixteen is such a brilliant age... still going through the renaissance, but I feel more mature than this time last year (still too emotional and easily swayed). When I was reading my english ( Read more... )