i'm in colleyville and i'll be here til next saturday morning. so come visit and whatnot.

i'm soooo exhausted. i slept through part of my mom's graduation party today. she's having another tomorrow for different people and i have a feeling i'm going to sleep through that one too.

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don't speak often, please post a comment with a memory of you and me. It can be anything you want -- good or bad. When you're finished, post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) about what people remember about you.

i always wanted a different kind of life

Sexism May Shorten Men's Lives: Study ( Read more... )

my latest culinary creation:


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oh how the rain sounds as light as a lover's word
and now and again she's afraid when the sun returns


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i'm doing an internship in atlanta this summer that deals with an area that used to be the worst housing project in atlanta [called "little vietnam" by some people] and has now been torn down to build mixed-income housing. my group went out today to check it out and the new development is really cute and all the houses have little white picket ( Read more... )

( new pics i finally uploaded )

"The hot subject of the day was Mohammad Khatami and his recent candidacy. Khatami, mainly known to intellectuals for his brief stint as minister of Islamic Culture and Guidance, had within a few weeks become a household name. In buses and taxis, at parties and at work, everyone talked about Khatami, whom it was our moral duty to vote for. It was ( Read more... )

Arabic-style writing prompts flight cancellation ( Read more... )