yay Iowa!

watching Pedro on MTV....

so hello, journal that I never update.  I am sorry I neglect you.  I can't promise to stop doing that anytime soon ( Read more... )

ok maybe just tipsy but life is good.  If you haven't seen this you need to watch it.  It's the SNL take on the VP debate.  Honestly, when did our political system become such a circus (or did I just notice this?)

One of my friends came over for dinner tonight and we had a delicious dinner (and wine!) and solved a great many world problems.  It ( Read more... )

so I don't update much anymore... life is busy but good.  I'm in Chicago running around with AmeriCorps and the National AIDS Fund, busy with trainings, settling in to work and the city, and figuring out office politics ( Read more... )

I studied abroad in Argentina with Hanna Upp, and now I hear she has been missing for over a week. Originally from Portland, OR, she has gone missing in NYC. Have you seen her? Please send any and all information to the authorities.

photo can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=-3&id=794215076#/group.php?gid=86887660472
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how is it life always surprises you when you least expect it? suddenly I have all kinds of friendships coming together as school winds up. I think its great that I'm meeting new people and making new friends, but sometimes I wonder why the timing always works as it does. (here's to this not kicking me into sentimental last experience mode ( Read more... )

i'm writing an extremely mediocre paper for a class and i'm completely okay with it. w00t. i have so much going on right now i feel like i might explode - multiple deadlines for papers and projects, program applications and resume tweaking, out and about month, sexual assault awareness month, and of course the rest of my social life ( Read more... )

yesterday one of my professors told me I was "too progressive" of a thinker when I tried to question the notion that "no matter how you cut it, gender can always be defined as either male or female" It took all of my self restraint not to bite her head off when she told be that because I feel so utterly frustrated with this department and their ( Read more... )

#1. qwantz.com = the best thing ever. "people will definitely pay for a robot that 'accidentally' steals all their girlfriends" right on, trex ( Read more... )

why am i already getting emails from profs about textbooks for spring semester? um hi, no, i am on vacation and i don't want to think about that right now. i am suddenly realizing i am going to be really busy with school next semester and i am not excited about that. boo ( Read more... )