wow, i haven't written here in ages ( Read more... )

hahahahaha, you guys missed out on the opportunity to make fun of my voice---it's back! Granted, i still sound like an 80-year old chain smoker, but at least i can form audible words now. yesssssssssss

well, first day home and while it's great to see the fam, i truly cannot even begin to imagine what i am going to do for the next 3 weeks ( Read more... )

Well, I had an eventful trip to the airport today. Let's just say I am very lucky to have made it home for Thanksgiving this year ( Read more... )

I miss fall in the north so much. It is absolutely gorgeous up here, unlike anything I have ever seen anywhere else in the world. Yesterday I went for a run and I stopped for a bit on this cliff near my house that looks out over Lake Michigan. It was absolutely stunning. Imagine sitting on a bench atop this enormous bluff. All you can see in ( Read more... )

It's really nice to be home for a while. It's completely different from last year, though....it's not that kind of homesick feeling where I needed to go home, but more of a just "this is nice" kind of feeling. I was really bummed that my friend Ben and I ended up not being on the same flight home, then I could have had someone to talk to for a ( Read more... )

geez, i think these livejournal quizzes are telling me something: GO TO JAPAN!

You Should Learn Japanese
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It's been a really good weekend so far. Too bad I have a bunch of work still to do, and the fact that organic chemistry is kicking my ass. This crap is hard!!! It's one of the first classes in my life where I can seriously see myself not getting it at all in the future. I'm doing ok now, but i can see it slowly slipping by me! I can't believe ( Read more... )

Yes! My grandpa would be so proud :)

You are a
Social Liberal
(61% permissive)

and an...
Economic Liberal
(5% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Socialist

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Oh my god, political science is making me want to kill myself. And not one of those easy, painless deaths either, I mean a long, painful, agonizing, drawn-out one. Okay, overdramatization for effect, but who assigns a 200 page book, then a 300 page book 2 days later, then a 500 page book a few days later???? I'm going to go blind from all the ( Read more... )