Blaine showed up around 1:45. Faraaz showed up around 2pm. And so we sat cross-legged, with overcast skies looming above. Blaine. Me. Faraaz. Andrew. Maya. Derek. Devon. Simon, Cathy, and Stephen had just taken off. My eyes were red because I had already cried before, with Maya on the marble staircase. Putnam joked that he was like a famous ( Read more... )

I was just looking at a chart called the "Real Threat to Americans." It is a standard bar graph, with it's legitimate sources listed underneath. It shows how many deaths in the United States occurred from 2000-2005 due to various causes. At the very lowest is terrorism, with 3,000 deaths, essentially all caused by the 9/11 attacks. Next is ( Read more... )

What a strange weekend! HA.. Seriously, this weekend was one of the most up-and-down, amazing-terrible weekends that occurs occasionally. I'll just sum up each day in a concise sentence, for I am tired and I need to get more than 4 hours of sleep tonight ( Read more... )

Haha I LOVE wikipedia. Say what you will about user-edited content, but listen to this. I just studied botany in Bio 2 for 2 weeks and sort of got it. I spent 90 minutes reading all the Wikipedia entries, and seriously everything tied together! It's amazing how clear the entries were, how they alluded to one another ! I could see the micro and ( Read more... )

This was certainly an incredible weekend. In fact, it was in someways legendary. Now I just wrote a 5 page journal entry to myself so I don't feel like going into extreme detail, but I'll skim some of the main points in a shitty bullet point list ( Read more... )

I was just reflecting on everything I heard about the retreat this weekend and it really made me realize that not having a camp experience is the only thing I regret about my childhood. Anyone who has talked to me about my childhood knows that I think quite highly of it. In many respects, I believe it was as perfect as a childhood can possibly be ( Read more... )

What can I say about perfection? It's subjective, yes, but that doesn't really do it justice. Perfection is a feeling of completeness ( Read more... )

Today was an absolutely wonderul/overwhelming/confusing day. I sit here questioning the principles of space and time. (just kiddin.) I awoke at 7:30, took a shower, shoved an Eggo in my mouth and drove to Moorpark. Running off of CSUN time, I gave myself 1.5 hours to pay tuition, buy 2 books and walk to class. However, in actuality, this took ( Read more... )

Today was like a cold leftover meal from panda express. The components were sweet, fried, and meaty, but they were still cold and breeding bacteria. The best part was conversing with kait kait about her life and eating vegan cookies. Hopefully tomorrow is 'better'. Oh shit, nevermind. the bessssst part by far was Derek and Devon telling "The ( Read more... )

Tonight was a great night. Ethan, Maya, Kassi and I conversed, drank coffee, sat with blankets together, tried to go to Carrows, told stories in Yum Yum, and watched Concert for George. It was very different from usual. We moved around and talked about fresh topics. Mmmm chemistry. P.S. Next time anyone sees kait, ask her how making out with a ( Read more... )