'She had a stare that stretched to infinity. She was, in that moment, not my mother but something separate from me. I looked at what I had never seen as anything but Mom and saw the soft powdery skin of her face- powdery without makeup- soft without help. Her eyebrows and eyes were a set-piece together. "Ocean Eyes", my father called her when he ( Read more... )

Had my first lecture for the semester at nine yesterday. It was a two hour lecture that ended at eleven.
I woke up at eleven-thirty.

What a way to start third year.
Thank goodness I woke up in time for my lecture at noon today.

Three isn't tree. Salmon is really Samon. Almond is really Ahmond. And plural for fruit is, Fruit!
My aussie friends are beginning to insert Haiyohs and Lahs where appropriate. It's very amusing both ways.

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I know it's that time of the year,

when the numerous photos on my wall are all curled up along their four edges, sliding, dropping, hanging on,
because it's that time of the year when it is officially cold, and my darn sticky-tac just won't hold them up any longer.

Now I could take the time to stick them back up, (you know, all that sticky-tac hassle ( Read more... )

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One presentation, two friends arriving, three assignments due immediately after- spread over two days, (two papers), and four weeks of winter break. First things first, I can't wait to get that presentation done and over with. Well that's a first. Won't say it's the perfect ending to the semester. Worse, it only speeds up the process of getting ( Read more... )

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