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re: honors proposal
I never wanted to do this anyway.
I always wanted to be...
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The original plan was to ride our bikes to John Barleycorn's, a pub past the I5 that brews delicious, delicious beer (Erin likes the Ruby raspberry ale, and I like the Copper Moon summer ale). But then we realized that it was rush hour, and that trying to cross the freeway on/off ramps on bikes through shoddy crosswalks was a bad, bad idea. Instead ( Read more... ) -
my priveleged, academic white girl travel thoughts: let me show you them
I finished all my school work yesterday and executed a successful research blitz this afternoon, meaning that with twelve days left in the country, I can no devote all nine hours of daylight in Cape Town to being a tourist...er...Really Seeing and Possibly Understanding a Foreign Place.
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thoughts?
Often, political prisoners write letters to their friends and loved ones. These letters get published as emblems of the human spirit--look at these men, who conjure dignity from within themselves in labor camps and prison cells, creating and sending wisdom. This is a triumph of the human spirit to be sure; yet, what about the letters that friends ( Read more... ) -
yeah, still alive
It was 35c today, and humid. I guess that's not as bad as it gets in Oregon during July and August, but the sun here is much more intense ( Read more... ) -
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I think I just got the worst haircut in the history of bad haircuts. And I am the last person on earth who can pull off a bad haircut ( Read more... ) -
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I watched the movie Amadeus last night and was absolutely blown away. The premise looks not-exciting (it's about Mozart) but it's just...fantastic. And the first thing I did afterward--apart from get trashed and improvise arias about cupcakes I mean what--was poke around for some the music from the movie ( Read more... )
