Boston: July 12 to July 17. Booked!I'm so excited! I've never been to Boston before, and all I hear are wonderful things about it. This should trip is going to be so fun... especially if there is the pre-trip to Averill Park the week before ( Read more... )

nostomania (nos-tuh-MAY-nee-uh, -mayn-yuh) noun

An overwhelming desire to return home or to go back to familiar places.

[From Greek nostos (a return home) + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or
madness).]

this is a fabulous word.

i found something pretty incredible online tonight while on the search for the longest word with my sister. there is a town in wales called (i'm not kidding) Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. go here to hear how it is pronounced. and, to make it even better, this little welsh town's name translates as "The church ( Read more... )

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grrrrrr. student airfare is nothing but a swift kick in the balls! thank you, airline websites, for not providing any discounts for students WHATSOEVER! and thank you, statravel.com, for finding slightly-cheaper flights to illinois that conviently connect in ATLANTA ( Read more... )

i'm back again for summer. it doesn't quite feel like it yet, even though i've had the wonderfully requisite long drive between homes, the trip to the gryphon with jenny and justin, the overview of decorating ideas from my mother, and the nagging feeling that part of me is missing and that that part of me is a bit unsafe ( Read more... )

so, the year at vassar is over. my room is packed up, and my eyes keep watering. this was a very good year. verry goood.

i'll be home tonight!

i've had a pit in my stomach since i woke up this morning, and i want it to go away really badly.

finals start tomorrow!!! shit-crap.

a student died yesterday at vassar. she killed herself. she killed herself off-campus. she lived in the dorm next to me, she was a junior, she was from helsinki ( Read more... )

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