what do you do when something you wanted so much for so long happens... when you don't want it anymore ( Read more... )

that's what my room is. like, not the-heater-is-turned-down, 60degF kind of cold. no, I mean the heater-doesn't-work, drafty-window, same-temperature-as-outside kind of cold. now, I generally can deal with cold. just throw on some more clothes, curl up under a blanket with some tea, and it's fine. I am currently wearing, in addition to my normal ( Read more... )

I am not living at home next summer ( Read more... )

I have created a blog that will not have incriminating archives, so that my parents et al can read it. You should read it too, because I am aiming to actually update that with what is going on in my life! omg, what a concept. Anyways, this is the first step in a complicated plan to actually stay in touch with people, because so many of my friends ( Read more... )

I'M GOING TO ENGLAND!!!!! I got accepted to the year-long study abroad program to study at King's College London! I'm so excited. of course, I still have to apply to the college itself, but we're basically guaranteed to get in once we're in the program. so, yaaaaaaay!

also, there will hopefully be a post about my life, the universe and everything,

I love this comic strip. it is amazing, because it dances along the line of inappropriate, but somehow gets the best insight into the world around us. today's comic for example, is like the movie Dogma: so wrong, and yet so right.
http://www.sinfest.net/
also, there will be a real post,

Got this from Elizabeth, and since it's about books, I couldn't resist posting it.
These are the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing's users (as of today...). As usual, bold what you have read, italicise that you started but couldn't finish, and strike through what you couldn't stand. Add an asterisk to those you've read more ( Read more... )

I'm home! kind of. most of the time ( Read more... )

and that's problematic on this kind of trip, because if you're visiting friends, you aren't really allowed to mope in your room at all, without someone bugging you to make sure they're entertaining you properly, when the best thing they could do is let you breathe for like 5 seconds ( Read more... )

children, even in some of the worst circumstances, have this wonderful way of placing trust and affection in the adults around them. I just got back from the domestic violence shelter where I volunteer, and despite the conditions for these children, they restored some of my faith in humanity. There are all the usual petty squables, but they are so ( Read more... )