I was told to post, and make it snappy. So here it is ( Read more... )

Lacey stole this from me a long time ago. I just found it among her old posts and I'm reclaiming it. So ha.

In a field
I am the absence
of field.
This is
always the case.
Wherever I am
I am what is missing.

Mark Strand

... enjoy this wise (and timely) Google Quote-of-the-Day.

"Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.
- Philip K. Dick

The upside of working a $6.75 an hour desk job on campus is that I can surf the internet and make posts while on the job.  Your tuition dollars at work, thank you very much.

Every Tuesday when I work in Admissions, one of my tasks is to go through the visitor cards that prospective students fill out (which we call LEAD cards, for a reason unknown ( Read more... )

"Until some gang succeeds in putting the world in a strait jacket, its definition is possibility."

- Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison

Today was my first day of summer. I don't care if the calendar says it doesn't start until June 21; today was my Summer Solstice. I lay out on the beach with Christy, sipped green tea, snacked on pistachios and strawberries, and rotated under the sun, rotisserie style. Instead of reading a feminist essay on The Awakening, I relaxed with The ( Read more... )

You Are the Investigator

5

You're independent - and a logical analytical thinker.

You love learning and ideas... and know things no one else does.

Bored by small talk, you refuse to participate in boring conversations.

You are open minded. A visionary. You understand the world and may change it.

What number are you?

My dad came home from the mall tonight with faded jeans from Pacific Sunwear and a long-sleeved shirt that has "Abercrombie" plastered across the front of it. God help us. I think this might be the start of a mid-life crisis.

This morning's discussion on Faulkner led us to the question: Do you understand your relationship with your family's past?  As I think about it, I don't think I do.  And, sadly, I don't know if I ever will fully understand that relationship ( Read more... )

Hello, lovely roommates. I'm not yet even an hour old in this little LJ world and I already feel at home. Thanks!