I'm not really sure why I'm doing this weekly update (namely, because there's not much to report), but I am. I'm still heavily entrenched in thesis land (I have another draft due tomorrow sometime, and the final will be due sometime next week), and my finals all fall on Monday and Tuesday. That means that in the mean time, meaning this weekend, I ( Read more... )

Today, while at work, I got a call from my father. When I listened to the message, he simply said, in a cold voice, for me to call him. The call was also followed by a text with his number ( Read more... )

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In the next couple days I need to try to call Nick, Rachel, Tracy and Tirzah... and others... and we'll see if that happens. This weekend is full of work, thesis research, and a take- home midterm.

( I'm ranting about girls )

“The only way of full knowledge lies in the act of love; this act transcends thought, it transcends words. It is the daring plunge into the experience of union. To love somebody is not just a strong feeling-it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.”
- Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving

I'm 22 years old and a senior at CU Boulder, majoring in Asian Studies with emphasis on Japanese culture, history and literature. I'm not entirely sure what I'll do with it, but I love it. After I graduate I hope to spend a year or more teaching English to children in Japan, and then maybe pursue a career related to academia (there seems to be a ( Read more... )

Tomorrow, Max is going to teach me some holds, and Friday I'll begin climbing. If I like it, I may have a new athletic hobby (my first one being riding my bike wherever I need to go). I'm feeling a bit under the weather right now, but when I'm back to feeling like myself I'll probably start working out again. I'm pretty excited about it, I miss ( Read more... )

In two days, finals will be over.

( Music of the Moment: Brena by A Perfect Circle )

I dreamed that I was going to all these APC and Tool concerts, and that including the ones I'd already been to they were adding up. Somehow they (I think APC) were playing in Denver more than 3 days in a row, and on the first and second day I was able to go back stage and say hello to Maynard. No questions asked, I just went back and made small ( Read more... )