I don’t make a habit of posting on Livejournal, as you know well, but this seems like too important of an occasion to miss. I will be embarking on a journey to Europe within days, where I will make my home in France for the good part of four months. The rest of the time (roughly one month), I hope to be traveling to various locations around Europe ( Read more... )

Do you ever have those dreams that randomly star a person about whom you haven't thought about in ages? And then you wake up with unusual affection for that person and want to contact them or in some way act upon that feeling? I just had one of those last night/this morning. It visited both the past and the present: first he was writing ( Read more... )

Ay me, why do I have to worry so much? Life would be so much easier if I could just turn off the voice in my head that constantly says "But what if..." or generally makes me feel somewhat worse than otherwise ( Read more... )

There is nothing quite so bizarre and draining as a funeral. I have been to a few in my lifetime, but only when I was young and not particularly close to the deceased person. This time, however, it's a little bit closer to home. Scratch that - a LOT closer to home. My grandmother was an important presence in my life. Even though I only knew her as ( Read more... )

I held a human brain for the first time last Wednesday and thought it was the coolest thing ever. I did find it rather disturbing, however, that I had the urge to take a bite out of it (and I call myself a vegetarian...). It wasn't as squishy as I expected it to be. Admittedly, I did have a moment of squeamishness when a small stringy chunk ( Read more... )

Mmmmm, I haven't felt this good in a while, or so it seems. I slept for a long time yesterday, and got paid for two hours of library Jeopardy (surprisingly fun), and had a two-hour conversation with a sort-of stranger who turned out to have a lot in common with me, and watched a melodramatic Ewan McGregor movie, and talked about sex with my ( Read more... )

Really, you haven't lived until you've had a snowball fight at midnight. :D It's light enough outside to see everything clearly, because of the reflected city lights from the sky, yet it still has that marvelous Christmassy romantic flavor of snowy nighttime ( Read more... )

Soooo... I know there aren't nearly enough reviews of the new HP out there on people's livejournals. :) Since I'm feeling particularly magnanimous tonight, I will bless you with my humble opinion. I will also be equally nice and put it under an lj-cut, in case you can't stand reading another one.

( Gobbledy gobbledy Goblet of Fire )

I've decided that frathouse parties are no fun, but I love to dance and let loose around a bunch of people I know who are drunk/stoned. I myself do not participate in the drinking/smoking/what-have-you, although I may eventually break down and give it a try. Perhaps not until next year, when I will be legal and will not be living on the substance- ( Read more... )

Romeo and Juliet has done well so far. I don't know why, but I find it vaguely surprising that people seem to like it so much. I feel like something is missing from my general theatre experience. Maybe it just doesn't feel as close and magical and inspired as I was used to in high school. Lots of little things are different, like the warm-ups we do ( Read more... )