I was accepted to Pitt Honors, University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins, Cornell and Brown!!!!!

Ahhhh, this was so much more than what I ever expected. I finally feel like all my hard work has paid off; I'm so grateful for everything. But now I have to make a tough choice, and although I share a birthday with George W. Bush, I never did seem to be much ( Read more... )

"Sampling variability strikes again ( Read more... )

There it was, a pleasant Saturday afternoon, and I sat alone, a solitary figure in the shadows of my room. My best friend had left that morning for her cultural exchange program in Ecuador. I would not see her for another ten weeks. Chances for communication were looking rather scarce; my parents were unwilling to fund an ( Read more... )

It can be startling to see someone's breath, let alone the breathing of a crowd. You usually don't believe that people extend that far.

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Me: It could be like.... one of those things dogs wear around their heads when they've got fleas.
Adam: A condom?

 cygnesontnaphele: yarrr!
cygnesontnaphele: are ye drinking yer rum?
supersara135: international speak like a pirate day, already?
cygnesontnaphele: 12:22, lass.
cygnesontnaphele: 'tis 22 minutes past the 12th bell
supersara135: ay, mate.
cygnesontnaphele: ye shewd dress like a pirate too if ye have the capabilities.
supersara135: eh, i be verily busy ( Read more... )

Oh, and I'm on a new mission to compile a list of all "Sunshine" songs with my surname playing a prominent role in the chorus, title, or an infamous stanza. Help me out, please!

The list thusfar:

The Temptations - My Girl ("I got sunshine on a cloudy day")
Various artists - You are my sunshine ("You are my sunshine// my only sunshine// you make me ( Read more... )

Open the window
Let the sunset in
If only for the last time
Let me see you smile again

I'll take my records
You can have your books
I'm sorry I never read them
But it says so much about us

Always trying
To make love out of care
The perfect recipe
But something wasn't there

Sunrays and Saturdays
Perfect starry nights
Sweet dreams and moonbeams
And a love that's ( Read more... )

Why I can't multitask (a sentence from a paper I wrote while chatting on AIM, listening to music, and eating):

"In Adams, we see this character, our sympathetic antagonist, in the trapping of a modern society, trapped in this same trap that so vexes George Berman."

Yes, I write real good.

P.S. I have never been so happy for such a prolonged period of ( Read more... )