So: it has been a dull summer break so far, I'll admit. Today I actually accomplished a little bit-- working in the nursery at church as a sub for the regular teacher, and now I'm about to go take care of some more kids in exchange for some clay and access to a pottery wheel and kiln.

Which is exciting, but really! I'm ready to start work, for

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Paper due tomorrow and all I can think about are the places I'd rather be than Davis library, like here:


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Dear girl sitting in a carrel the floor below me:
I would advise you to look up. DId you notice the giant round hole in your ceiling/my floor surrounded by a railing? No? That explains a lot. Listen, since you've been communicating with me (albeit unintentionally) a good deal in the past three hours, I'd like to shoot a few words back at you. I'll ( Read more... )

Lately my life is starting to resemble Poland. My jackets all have holes, and besides, today I ate absolutely nothing until six, save for a piece of Polish fruitcake, and I also had to sing (and endure) a Polish song about some girl and guy doing something or other. 1.5 of these things have to do with my Polish class more than anything, but still! ( Read more... )

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From today's paper:
But some older alumni said [the dating scene at UNC] was much different when there were more men than women.

Lambeth said that women always had to wait to be asked out but that sometimes women would have one date Thursday night and another one Saturday night.

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Cross your fingers that things will go okay when I spend the night at a homeless shelter tomorrow (for poverty awareness week-- the shelter and the DTH want me to write an article about my undercover homelessness) and before that, when I try to convince my dad to let me study abroad all next year. Oh god, I have to tell study abroad office by the ( Read more... )