I'm really sad about the way that memory fades. Even the moments of your life that you know were the most spectacular, and it's so important to you that they happened . . . the actual details get fuzzy and all you are left with are the main points and impressions of how things felt most of the time ( Read more... )

When the post office closes on Saturday, April 30, we are having an end-of-the-college-admission-process party. Let's gather any leftover college propaganda from the past two years, as well as drafts of applications, Christmas vacation to-do lists etc., and burn it all.

Mishi convinced me to go to UMass ( Read more... )

Since we are so stressed and confused about my college decision, later my family is going out to have a big piece of cake. I told everyone I was going to Hampshire, but then I went to the accepted students day, and I hated it. But I saw Daria and Oren! Also I almost really hit it off with a cute guy who wants to change the world. Today when my ( Read more... )

Look I made an icon that actually is a picture of me! But my monitor sucks so my nose looks really bright and the rest is dark. So I desperately need someone with a good monitor to tell me if it looks ridiculous or not. If you say it looks ridiculous I'll change it I promise.

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
-Harold Whitman

I'm going to Hampshire and I am absurdly happy about it. When people ask me if I know where I'm going to college, I feel like I am in the middle of a really awesome party when I answer, "Hampshire!" It's even better when then they say "oooh I can totally see you at Hampshire!" It's also fun when people come up to me and say "I heard you're going to ( Read more... )

How long is the AP Euro exam? If it starts at noon, will I have to miss a 3 o'clock Russian class ( Read more... )

Since basically everyone on my friends list applied to Oberlin, I'm doing a poll. Did you . . .

a. get accepted to Oberlin
b. get waitlisted from Oberlin (or deferred, or put on an "alternate list")
c. get rejected from Oberlin

I myself got rejectedI have another poll question. This is more psychological ( Read more... )

So, delay? If it's cold enough ( Read more... )