I just met Stephanie D'Abruzzo. Shook her hand. Told her my name (she also told me hers..."I'm Stephanie!"). Talked about puppetry. Saw some of her old student films and watched her joke with other kids and alumni. And she's giving 2 more presentations and another small fireside. And I'm going to all of them ( Read more... )

Being here makes me realize, completely and absolutely, just how very very little I know. I'm like a Babe in the Woods...

It's so exciting.

It's so terrifying.

It's so inspiring.

It's so depressing.

I swear I can do this.

...

I need a vacation.

Or maybe just someone to tell me that I'm still amazing... ;)

Oh, how I adore Mary Poole. She can always make me smile...even when I'm as upset and cranky and downright pissed as I've ever been ( Read more... )

I have such an inescapable urge to carve some pumpkins....and drink lots of hot cider...and eat fried dough...and dress up in costumes.  But mostly I want to carve pumpkins.  And see lots of carved pumpkins.

Awwwww Pumpkin Fest....

Be sure to give me a full update, guys!


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A-.  A-!!!!  ON MY FIRST PAPER!

I'm so proud. And happy.  And RELIEVED.  Even though I worked my butt off on this thing and stressed about it and edited it like 15 times...I was still not expecting anything this good.  Especially after the TA was like, " many of you may be quite disappointed..." as he handed them back. but YAY!  This is wonderful ( Read more... )

Just finished my very first real paper of college...plenty of lovely Shakespeare goodness. A whole paper written on the word "rage" in Merchant of Venice...a word that only appears once, and then only in some editions. Yeah man, hardcore. I would like to thank Nameless Shakespeare (best search engine EVER!!), the Oxford English Dictionary Online ( Read more... )

I love my alpha hall ladies.  So much.  Only my Chapinos and Chapinas can make group study sessions this fun.

The best part though, is that after a quick Will and Grace break I come back to find:


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So yeah, updating...after that last cheery entry, I figured one was in order ( Read more... )

Right now, this sucks. Because I'm simply not good enough. And that sucks.

Damn it.

ahhhh registration was nuts. BUT I was miraculously victorious. Here's how it looks ( Read more... )