i didn't have the power to say,"Susan, i saw you in class today as the sun shone with a brilliant light that caught your hair; it was haloed. you turned, your eyes flashed fire into my soul. i immediately read the words of Dostoevsky and Karl Marx, and in the words of Albert Schweitzer, 'I fancy you ( Read more... )

i saw the same person three times in three different parts of Lyon this week. this person is a complete stranger to me, i do not know who she is. i don't think she ever noticed me, but i like to think that we've got an odd connection in this world where so many get lost.

all is well. i will write soon, i promise.

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i'm in a good mood at the thought of spring break coming up. i'm ignoring (conscientiously) my inappropriately challenging biology exam tomorrow morning. oh shame.

so, here's a funny thing. my right hand break on my bike barely works anymore, and my left one has no differential stopping... it's either a screeching stop, or no stop at all. that ( Read more... )

dear life-

now would be a good time to hit me in the face with something really good. i mean, good comes all the time because, well, i'm a lucky girl, you know? but i want something unexpected. like "did-that-just-happen?-oh-wait-it-did,-hells-ya" kinda thing.

i don't like that whole "turning over a new leaf" sorta thing. there's no leaf to turn, ( Read more... )

A wonderful weekend to say the least. There's no better thing than real, genuine love.

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!

The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!

Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;

Labour and rest, that equal periods keep;

"Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep;"

Desires ( Read more... )

the term "emotional rollercoaster" is not an overstatement, or a fiction of interactions. i'm riding it right now. i cannot pick one way to feel anymore. i grow completely oblivious to my moods the whole week, and then the weekend comes when i have time to lay in my bed with the confidence that i can sleep late the next morning. i think best during ( Read more... )

my bio anthropology book is sitting under my arms right now as i type this. it may or may not be wise to read, as i have 4 chapters of 20-30 pages each due. at least it's interesting, somewhat ( Read more... )

well, i suppose i've never been this happy in my life. and that's not a hyperbole, or an overstatement, or whatever.

sometimes, the pieces of life just fit together, and even though that damn puzzle never seems to come together perfectly, at least you've got the corners done so you can fill in the middle.

Merry Christmas, darlings.

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