today was convocation, so we (the class of 2009) are now officially alumnae/alumni of vassar college. except...we still have to do work ( Read more... )

hokay so. there's only 2 days left until we know how this presidential campaign saga ends, and the nervous anticipation is killing me. i still think the only way we (obama/biden, DUH) lose this one is if something all kinds of suspicious happens with voting machines/voter supression etc. (AGAIN ( Read more... )

vampires are totally the new pirates. there's the new hbo show true blood (which is highly habit-forming), and this teen thing twilight, which i know nothing about, except that the guy who played cedric diggory in harry potter is in it and he's cute ( Read more... )

here's all i really feel like doing:

going back to russia. like, now.

my cat is dead. he got a fatal blood clot in his leg. he just turned 13 on the 27th. i've had him since i was 8.

i am very sad.

when i was getting into the city early this afternoon, i saw something that made me very happy: grafitti on the back of a truck had been changed from "jesus is the answer" to "obama is the answer." i smiled.

as i left, i saw an awful 16 year old boy wearing a shirt that said "save a cherry, pop a collar." a little part of me died.

i realized that i only ever write about bad things here, so i decided to switch to positive things--at least for today ( Read more... )

tomorrow afternoon, i go to russia. so, so, amazingly hot. i cannot wait.

bye america, see you in six weeks. or never.

i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care

and if i keep telling myself that, maybe it'll even be true.

oh well. i suppose all good things must come to an end.

guess i'll translate a skit about a sick prostitute and try to take a nap now.