It's a gorgeous day in Austin. Cool, sunny, and Friday. It's one of those days when you feel so optimistic about your life and its possibilities, just by the suggestiveness of the weather. Maybe it's also because I'm listening to Voxtrot, whose show is 15 long days away. I still love our Voxtrot issue from The Bearchat last year ( Read more... )

I've never lived this far inland. The sea has always been nearby, whether I lived in Istanbul or Houston. Now, the ocean is the better part of a day's drive away, which isn't so bad, I suppose. It's just not feasible anymore to think, I want to be near the sea, and go. Being born in Istanbul and spending my earliest years in a coastal city has made ( Read more... )

Over the weekend, I decided to register to vote as an Austin resident. I had thought about going back to Spring every November, but then I realized that I am going to be here for the next four years (or longer...). I think this last act has cemented my transition from Houston to Austin, and perhaps also from high-school kid to college adult ( Read more... )

"Too late. The queen is caught between love's pain
and press. She feeds the wound within her veins;
she is eaten by a secret flame. Aeneas'
high name, all he has done, again, again
come like a flood. His face, his words hold fast
her breast. Care strips her limbs of calm and rest....
within her breast the silent wound lives on."

The Kovac-Lockhart baby survived!!!

"He who loves you will follow you."

I nearly got hit by bird poop today ( Read more... )

I just remembered who I am.

I've been losing myself, I think, for the past year or so.

But I remember now.

I stumbled across this:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=esin

?

Which language should I take in college?

French?

or

Turkish?

This is the biggest dilemma I've encountered in some time.