I finished "The Waves" today, and it was so amazing. It's in the form of dramatic soliloquies by six characters interrupted by descriptions of the sun rising and setting over a house on the ocean. As the sun rises, the characters age; not only is the writing beautiful and supremely intelligently formed, but the development of the characters as ( Read more... )

It was utterly gorgeous out this weekend. So sunny, and you could smell the spring coming. It's that taste of freedom, that glimpse that school is ending. Or at least that school is almost ending and that it'll be so warm that you can't resist spending time outdoors every day, homework be damned. Heaven ( Read more... )

Yes. I'm listening to Sweet Home Alabama. I'm in THAT sort of mood ( Read more... )

last final at fieldston ( Read more... )

I hate the word "existential ( Read more... )

I got second semester senioritis and I got it bad. Unfortunately, it is not second semester. With three essays to write and two finals (one of which I have to get an A on in order to keep my average), it's no good for me to feel like grades don't matter. But who has time for Jane Austen, corrupt Native American tribal leaders, or the Rainforest ( Read more... )

I finished Turgenev's "First Love" during lunch today. It was just utterly amazing. I'm making Ben read it. Well not really making him, he sorta asked me for my book, but you know. I would have made him ( Read more... )

i'm so close to being done with college applications i can taste it. except... i can't really. Even when i do finish, i still have to write that native american studies paper. and that ms. mace paper. by the by, antonia, lakota woman totally blew. did you read it yet? i really felt like i could edit down her stupid book a lot, college-essay ( Read more... )

i do so many things other than write the last two essays i have left.
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