Welp...got a term paper rough draft due tomorrow.  But the way I write papers, this is like turning in a final draft, since I edit as I go.  I know this is a terrible idea.  Oh well ( Read more... )

What gets me is the moment at Grant Park, in the crowd waiting for Obama's victory speech, when a dozen supporters, people who had fought and hoped and struggled for this moment--together they raised up an American flag, and they looked like the soldiers at Iwo Jima...

This is our country.  These are our voices and our dreams.  We are America, now ( Read more... )

At the grocery store just now, this middle-aged black guy came into the produce section literally singing hallelujah and declaring that today is the day we're gonna change this country.  He kept saying, "You have no idea how long I've waited for this day."

We high-fived.

I've been walking around all day, because it's gorgeous out, and because I had ( Read more... )

oy...taking the LSAT tomorrow at 8:30.

whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

I made kung pao chicken according to a recipe I picked up in Beijing.  "Drench everything in chili sauce," the recipe said.  I thought I mistranslated "drench."  But no.  This is not nearly spicy enough.

Also, I'm now considering teaching Latin?  As well as 129348 other things.  Teaching English in China first, though, maybe.  Possibly work for the ( Read more... )

Hellboy II had absolutely no right to be as good as it was.  But it was part lush gorgeousness, part snark, and part wuxia film.  So yes, I'm recommending it.  Batman next week for me, though.  Yay for paying $10 a pop to see light on a screen!

Favorite cousins Friday, home Sunday, Canada week after.  Then back home, and then?  Fucking school.  Eesh

Me: "I'm not too upset about not having a job now, but what worries me is that the economy is going to be so horrific next year that it'll be that much harder to find a real job, one that matters."
Dad: "You could consider going to grad school right away, you know."

End result of this conversation: it is two in the morning and I am looking at law ( Read more... )

A bunch of us--students, teachers, guests--went to Teacher An's house today to make dumplings and talk in Chinese.  Here is why it rocked: because after about half an hour of struggling with the language, I suddenly realized I understood everything people were saying, and everyone understood what I was saying, and all the teachers thought I was ( Read more... )

It has been a long time since a music teacher has said anything so nice about my playing.  Mostly they just tell me what I Need To Fix Now.  I'm so excited for Stephanie's recital, though, where our quartet's playing this gorgeous Beethoven slow movement (redundant?  very.) which has all this quiet tumult and chords that pull at your heart and me ( Read more... )

My research paper is going horribly wrong and I'm stressed about medical things so I decided to do a meme instead.  This is a rare, guilty pleasure.  Swiped from Lauren.

Here is the deal:* Pick 15 of your favorite movies

* Go to IMDB and find a quote from each movie
* Post them on your blog for everyone to guess
* Fill in the film title ( Read more... )