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well the richmond trip officially begins at 5pm central time tonight :) in just a few minutes i'll be heading to blue chair, closing with megan, and then loading up the car after that and preparing for a 7 hour car trip to NC. if we're lucky we'll reach my parents' house by midnight or so...we can sleep in tomorrow morning as late as we need to ( Read more... )

anyone will get a kick out of the below website. it's takes a fairly good connection, but if you have any affintity for *any* kind of music out there - this one's a fun one. it builds a radio station based off of your favorite artists and has the capacity to adjust its playlists based on your responses to each song played. so much fun! enjoy!

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well, i can finally now say that i have indeed read the entirety of the lord of the rings trilogy. *phew* it took forever but it was well worth it :) honestly, it feels like a real accomplishment somehow, lol. don't ask me why, but i feel particularly pleased at the moment.

p.s. sam gamgee *is* the best character ever!

last night i went and saw a man by the name of juan melendez speak to a group of sewanee community members. his puerto rican accent was thick, tattoos visible on both arms, and when he looked around the room i couldn't help but think his gaze reminded me of the gaze of a caged wild animal, recently set free. juan was there to tell us a story - ( Read more... )

well, i finally got confirmation that UTK has accepted my residency appeal to be classified as an in state student. they originally took a quick, careless look at my application and assigned me to be out of state based on my parents' state of residence. there is no way in hell i could afford being classified this way, so this notification has ( Read more... )

so i guess it's time for a good update. this weekend, kevin and i made another trip out to knoxville to hunt for apartments. we looked at three places, the last of which i do believe we have decided on. the place is called sunflower apartments. they allow pets, have lofts available for a good price, have nice new major appliances, and were ( Read more... )

the church of scientology scares me...

right now i am craving a strawberry milkshake. yes, it's true ( Read more... )

me. christy. kevin. liz. last night. exit/in. i was *this close* to the band.


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