And therefore I can make pointless lists and characterizations whilst reviewing Latin American fiscal policy. Yay, finals week.

Things I have learned this finals week:

- Milk chocolate-covered pretzels are much better than dark chocolate-covered ones.
- Boris Yeltsin is a pretty good dancer.
- The UCSD online directory is really sketch.
- Turkmenistan ( Read more... )

GAVIN NEWSOM WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!?

Ellen is leaving tomorrow and Danielle and Audrey returned to the States last week, apparently. Time goes fast fast fast and national borders are stupid excuses for boundaries. To say I do not miss that country and those people and that person would be the worst lie.

This must be what it feels like to ().

There must be a special place in heaven for anyone who works in budget food service ( Read more... )

Today in Spanish Lit it was oral presentation day. I blabbed for a few minutes on the Fiestas Patrias in Chile, mostly random drivel about how it is funny that they are so close to the Allende assassination, since I didn't *actually* do any research or preparation for said topic. Then I watched freshman-boy sleepily explain in broken español, why ( Read more... )

Case in point:

"Iraq's PM to US: You don't own me."

AND DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO
AND DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO SAY
AND WHEN I GO OUT WITH YOU
DON'T PUT ME ON DISPLAYYYYYYYYY.

Ok, I thought it was funny.

This French paper is ruining my life.

Sometimes the right song plays at the right time and makes you tap your feet. Today was an astounding day, not for any dramatic occurrence but for a billion tiny reasons. I woke up late, ate and went to work, yadda yadda. I trodded up to campus just before sunset; FALL is here. As much "fall" as can exist in San Diego, anyway. The sun was orangey- ( Read more... )

My French literature professor is so adorably cute, I can almost forget that his midterm essay is going to rape me senseless. Today we were discussing Baudelaire, and all of a sudden he got excited in a way that only old, nerdy French people can get. When he gets excited about a certain aspect of literature, which happens quite frequently, he ( Read more... )

The spam I've received recently is so poetic, I kind of hate to delete it.

I had more to say but my mother is snoring and my sister is doing her deep breathing thing and the TV is on so you will have to live in what I'm sure is very painful suspense.