Certain events have led me to believe my dad might be a closet democrat:

Exhibit A: Last year he met Hillary Rodham Clinton and--wait for it, wait for it--said he liked her a lot.

Exhibit B: TODAY MY DAD HAD BREAKFAST WITH BARACK OBAMA. And Mayor Daley, Gov. Blagojavich, Jesse Jackson, Jesse Jackson Jr, and others for an Operation PUSH civil ( Read more... )

Really intense and powerful photojournalism piece on Iraqis affected by violence ( Read more... )

My sister's new ringtone ( Read more... )

Hey, wanna hear a funny story? It's called Harvard Business School inviting Kat "I want to work for a humanitarian non-governmental organization" Bawden to attend a week-long forum called Getting Global Strategy Right to help "align corporate strategy with the realities of globalization." So bascially, a lot of things I am adamantly against. ( Read more... )

earlier today: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/12/national/12-tookie.htmlRead more... )

Things I love about U of M to keep my stress and dislike of academia under control during the most stressful portion of the most stressful semester ever ( Read more... )

Song of the weekend: Fantasia "Baby Mama"

HI MY NAME IS ---- AND I'M A BABY MAMA I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY BABY I LOVE YOUUU
THIS GOES OUT TO ALL MY BABY MAMAS
I GOT LOVE FOR ALL MY BABY MAMAS

Ode to Natalie ( Read more... )

Good ( Read more... )

I'm pretty sure this is my favorite painting. Looking at it is simultaneously like reading my own journal and that of a complete stranger.