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In which Joanna whimpers a little
I don't know if I can do it. I don't know if I can care enough to actually put enough effort into re-writing my final paper. And I'm afraid to read my classmates' critiques of it. I've put it off for a week while I finished two other papers, but I have to do it now. I think I'm tired of holding my breath, wincing in advance and then reading. ( Read more... ) -
Life of Jo
Two months till the end of my university career. Eep. It wouldn't be scary at all if people didn't keep on asking me what my 10, 15 and 25-year plans are. The easy answer is that I have no idea, however it makes me feel like a dork for having gone to school for so long and still not knowing what I'm doing. And the following answer doesn't seem ( Read more... ) -
Home soon
Today is another study day and I'm just completely ready to be done it all. I am no longer interested in George II's uncertainty vs. George III's insanity (or was that George IV?), nor do I care that recreational sports become more common in the Victorian era. I want light. And air. And sun! No more school... please ( Read more... ) -
Real courage
I’ve been really inspired this year by the courage of some of the people that I’ve stumbled across while reseaching term papers. Last semester I learned about a man named Duch. He was the head of Tuol Sleng, the most notorious prison and torture centre in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge era (in which 1.7 million people died, in case you haven’t ( Read more... ) -
Onymynymy. Nymy.
Semantics is either steadily getting better or worse, and the funny thing is, I can't really tell which. Maybe it only feels better because I get to use cool words like "lexicalizibility" (Eight syllables, people. Count 'em- eight!!). The best words, however, are the following ( Read more... ) -
Poison, my pet dart frog
Have just been informed by Ellen that no, I may not have a poison dart frog or a blue-ringed octopus. Didn't ask about the pufferfish. Have got to stop watching Animal Planet (either that or watch more ( Read more... ) -
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I tell you, after a 17-page paper on a country so corrupt that it outstrips Pakistan, a six-pager on Thailand, with its 11 military coups or so, is nothing. I'm almost looking forward to writing it. Just have to get it done by tonight so I can leave tomorrow ( Read more... ) -
This strange world of coincidences we live in
So when I came home a few nights ago, a couple of Ellen and Leo's friends were visiting. The woman had just told them a funny story: A week or two beforehand, she'd heard someone outside at 9:30PM or so, opening their mailbox. She thought it was a kid stealing the paper money, so she yelled at them really angrily, "Don't you be doing that!!". ( Read more... ) -
Good morning
This spilled out of me while I was reading about Cambodia and its culture of impunity. No idea where it comes from, but it expresses how I feel in the mornings fairly well ( Read more... ) -
Loads of good news
1) I won the linguistics prize for last year! Horray! It may only consist of a book, and there may only be six of us or so majoring in linguistics, but I'm still excited ( Read more... )