There was much rejoicing as I finalized all the personal statements, essays, rec letters, and portfolio pieces, and turned in applications for NYU and Columbia!!  Oh, this is especially good as my brain teeters on the edge of sleep madness.

Congratulations to everyone surviving these last days!

In Cincinnati right now.  Home to Bloomington this evening.  Have figured out one excellent thing about this.  Those of you who either (a) have lived with me or (b) have spent more than 24 hours straight with me know that when I wake up is the time when I like to crawl to my computer, check my email, and wait for the Mr. Coffee to finish making the ( Read more... )

New sport: wall watching!  What lovely light pollution, we all thought, gazing at the pretty lit up art museum cement wall.

And happy 21st birthday to everybody ever!  Celebration continues tonight.

Dear diary,

Today at the Taste of Cincinnati I saw the Naked Cowboy.  He was mostly nude.  His mother lives here.
AMERICA: Welcome back, darling!  Here you go.
ERIN: Uh....well, then, thank you?


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WHAT a terrible way to end my last days in France!  After a lovely goodbye with Jessica and Christine, who, bless their generous souls, were up at 7 to help me move via metro and save me 50 euros of cabfare, I spent some time alone on the RER before arriving at Charles de Gaulle.  I expected to have a few hours to myself, to muse about my ( Read more... )

Well.....I am not ready to go home.  Although I miss most of you and would love to talk, I love it here...it's becoming harder and harder to imagine coming home.  Traveling, adventuring, exploring, all seem right for me.  I don't imagine myself coming back to live in Paris unless I'm married or engaged or something (basically translates to I have ( Read more... )

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Well, folks, if you're wondering why I'm not around, online or in the real world, it's because I'm leaving for two weeks of spring break in Greece and Italy.  So....in three minutes, no more Erin contact until Saturday May 3rd.  Cheers!

They paved over the giant pink fish on the sidewalk.  Sad!  Fortunately, though, someone has painted "Je t'aime" in giant white letters on the slate wall right next to the fish.  And since I know, after watching the construction of another section, EXACTLY how long it takes to construct new slate wall, I am suspecting that it will be there for a ( Read more... )

http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/quantum_of_solace/news/1719930/

How, HOW awesome.