I'm so excited for the rest of my life! I registered for classes today, and next semester will be easy enough that I can possibly get a part-time job in order to save up for post-graduation-type bills. My thesis is going well, as are my classes (I think), and I'm finally talking to my dad again. The impending holidays look to be less awful than ( Read more... )

Phew! I finally have my room the way I want it. It'll take a bit of cleaning and creative organizing, as well as an epic search for a vacuum that works to make it perfect, but I'm looking at a much larger floor space and full access to my desk! Now if only I could get my various electronics working...

Wow. I thought 22 would be weird, but I don't really feel any different. Even though I'm now ancient ( Read more... )

I stayed up almost all night writing a short story. I had gone to bed when I came upon the idea, and I was just going to do an outline, but once I got my computer running the whole story unfolded on the screen. I'm tired, but it was worth it ( Read more... )

Today I had one of those moments that validates the path I have chosen for my life.  It was not the first of such moments for me, and will not be the last, but it was significant, and I will be riding the high for days to come.  For Keesey's class we read Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" in which the narrator refers to themselves as 'we'.  They never ( Read more... )

My best friend almost got eaten by a shark today ( Read more... )

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So I didn't get to go to Avenue Q, but I did spend a few days in Portland with the boy, and we saw the Incredible Hulk, which was NOT Incredibly bad like the last one.  We also made my D&D character, which I am so excited about.  Mock me if you will, but we are the coolest kids in school.
Then tonight I stayed up late (meaning after eleven) playing ( Read more... )

I'm finally living the life of a college student as I always dreamed it would be.  I'm confident in myself, happy, and surrounded by diverse and interesting people.  But the best part is all of the cool (and by cool I mean really, really nerdy) things I've been doing lately.  I went to see Salman Rushdie read from his new book, which is awesome, by ( Read more... )