I cannot believe my freshman year of college is already half over!! Winter break was fabulous, it felt SO GOOD to see my friends again and sit around in Reema's kitchen and talk about nothing and have random midnight adventures and laugh for hours. Like legit laughs. Sometimes I feel like I never laugh the same way with other people as I do with my ( Read more... )

I'm beginning to find that I truly like it out here. Although at times, it's weird and lonely because I know all my friends back home are having such a good time together and I'm just...not there, there's a relief in being so far from home. I'm truly on my own out here. The perpetual ache in my heart for my bedroom, the house that I grew up, never ( Read more... )

College is ridiculous ( Read more... )

So...this is it. I'm done. I have graduated and officially received my diploma from Barrington High School. It's sad, but at the same time, I am so ready to move forward with my life and everything in it. Sometimes I think about what would've happened had I chosen to stay closer to home for school; yes, I would probably get the same quality ( Read more... )

"Know thyself - and thou shall know all the mysteries of the gods and of the universe." - incribed at the temple of Apollo at Delphi

There are some people telling me that Northwestern is the right place for me. It's close to home and an amazing school. "It would be crazy to even think about going anywhere else!" I once thought this myself, too. For ( Read more... )

It's down to Northwestern University vs. University of Southern California. Where am I going to spend the next four years of my life??!!?! I have approximately THREE weeks to decide =\

Loyola University Chicago: Accepted, with $40,000 scholarship ( Read more... )

I just saw The Other Boleyn Girl with my sister. Amazingly twisted and entertaining...Scarlett Johannson and Natalie Portman both gave really good performances. I seriously loved this movie, especially because it's based on all fact. The only reason that the world is the way it is today is because Anne Boleyn is a sneaky conniving whoreface who ( Read more... )

And since yesterday was SUPER TUESDAY...

Snow day today! Love my life ( Read more... )