being able to spout random intelligent-sounding stuff definitely helps with writing papers, but not so much in real life. It's kind of a relational power struggle. In the same way that fashion allows people to feel like they're above or below some one, speech and the consistency of brilliance etc are just another way to stand out from a crowd. And ( Read more... )

I read a book today! It's been hard for me to relly dig into books since the summer has been so crazy thus far. I was beginning to get this feeling that I was no longer a book reader, and the course of my life was changing completely. Ha. I realized the other day that five weeks is not enough time for a complete lifestyle makeover. It's scary to ( Read more... )

I am always hestitant to write freely in this journal because I have the lingering feeling that it will come back and bite me in the butt someday. c'est la vie. I love the interesting turn my kife has taken lately. I'm definitely moving toward independence, although its more in mindset than actual capability. I think that getting an hours/boss/ ( Read more... )

Things have been good. 
I've been talking to my sister and my brothers all the time.
School is staying in its subservient place, where it belongs, and not making me crazy.
I read a few verses from La Biblia de Las Americas this morning, which I haven't done in a while, and I learned the word for stork. It's interesting to see certain words pop up all ( Read more... )

1. Thanksgiving was enjoyable.
2. I have to write an essay of sufficient quality by... soon.
3. I have to finish East of Eden. 
4. I'm glad we have a four-day weekend. 
5. Some friends and members of my family were discussing the disadvantages of blogs and myspace and aim. They were saying it decreases accountability and is generally unhealthy. I don't ( Read more... )

Life has finally balanced out now, I'm back in equilibrium. This is the first real Saturday i've had since school started. I woke up when I felt like it, ate, read, read some more, went for a walk in the freezing cold, had some tea, and read more. Oh, and I just saw a gigantic frog on animal planet. It's like the size of an adult cat. I read the ( Read more... )

I think I know at least five people with birthdays today. Party hard.

I've got to sort this out before college. Actually, before Nov 1st. I've been having the most horrible writer's block of my entire life, and the worst part is that I keep imagining that I can just start something and go with it and it will be fine. But every time I am faced with a blank document, I have absoutely nothing to add to it that doesn't ( Read more... )

All right. I guess I'll use the school schedule format for kicks. Stolen from... everyone.

Spanish- It's a good class but my love for it is compounded by the fact that it isn't physics. It's so much easier to get out of bed in the morning, knowing that I don't have to go straight to prison.

Chorale- I was afraid that I would get sick of chorus if ( Read more... )

The Eagles are doing better than I expected of them this season. Noice. But unfortunately, I am not doing as much homework as I expected myself to do this school year. I think that I've changed since ninth grade, now I can find more interesting things to spend time on than school. Perhaps a paradigm shift. Heck, it is what it is. I'm not trying to ( Read more... )