Ashes.

No, seriously.

Back in third grade, we were studying the cultures of the world, and after each unit we'd get to do something fun. After we'd finished studying China, we got to learn how to make fortune cookies. We got little strips of paper to write fortunes on ("Nothing bad," the teacher warned, "No put-downs!"), folded the dough around them ( Read more... )

*bangs head against a wall a couple dozen times*

That is all.

EDIT: And before anyone says a word, because I know somebody's going to, yes this is about the chat tonight. No it is not entirely about the chat tonight. Far, far from it. That was just one of those last-straw kind of things. Maybe I'll rant later, but there's too much going on at the ( Read more... )

( Read more... )

And now for something on a far less depressing note.

A few friends and I were discussing our class schedules for this semester. All four of us are journalism students, so we're required to take JMC 201 (News Reporting and Writing). The four of us managed not to get put into the same section of the class (that's what we get for all registering at ( Read more... )

Lately when people talk to me, they're asking after my father's health (that makes sense, as I posted somewhere else a few months ago that he was about to have some surgery and I was worried for him). I realize the most I've said has been something along the lines of, "Better than he was yesterday," and that isn't much. Now I actually know what's ( Read more... )

Things I need to do this week:

Today
-Math final (please, just kill me now)
-Laundry
-Start packing
-Figure out how/when I'm actually going home
-Last Spanish assignment
-Update GP scorecard
-Start editing System Crash
-Study group for Spanish

Tomorrow
-Spanish final
-Mail Christmas presents
-Sell textbooks back to bookstore
     -Get ripped off
-Make housing ( Read more... )

So I'm pretty sure I accidentally threw my debit card away a few days ago. Go me. And of course I figure this out the day I'm supposed to start doing my holiday shopping. I've got some cash, and a credit card for emergencies, so I'm good.

However, mom's not going to be happy if she sees that I've been using my credit card to buy presents. Guess I'm ( Read more... )

Because this guest speaker in JMC 110 is alternately boring me to death and freaking me out.

Ganked from cleolinda.

01. Answer each of the questions below the cut using the [Flickr] search engine. (ETA: I've changed the URL so it will automatically search "Most Interesting" for you.)
02. Choose a photo from the first three pages.
03. Copy the URL of your ( Read more... )

My friend Christine and I went to Starbucks after English class this morning. We do this pretty frequently, since Starbucks happens to be on the ground floor of our building (a fact that I'm beginning to hate since, even though it means I can get my hands on a chai tea Frapuccino pretty much whenever I want to, it also means my money gets sucked ( Read more... )

Went to the Grand Opening ceremony at the Cronkite Building today. Chris Callahan (the dean), Phil Gordon (the mayor), Michael Crow (the president of the university), and someone from the board of regents (whose name escapes me) spoke, and Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil of The News Hour were special guests.

I brought my camera (as usual) and took a ( Read more... )