i always forget that when i come home from college all i do is shop and have long late-night conversations over coffee with high school friends.  it's nice, but leads to inevitable caffeine-induced insomnia (and eventual bankruptcy).

my parents have stopped waiting up for me when i come home at night, which is liberating, i guess, in a way.  or it ( Read more... )

my friday and saturday nights this weekend= quality time with john cusack ( Read more... )

well, it's happened again.  i've saved all my work for one terrific, late-night session of coffee, inspiration, delirium, and sleeplessness.  i've decided to allow myself a "regulated break" now that i've reached page 5 (of 10) and have been wasting time online. i'm often alone in the house, but there's nothing quite so still as the feeling that ( Read more... )

regardless of whether or not i actually have mumps, i've been quarantined to my house as a "suspected case" and am not allowed contact with people for at least a week.  great.  they also sent out a broadcast email to the entire student/faculty population, just to let them know mumps may be on campus.  thanks, guys, thanks ( Read more... )

i may or may not have the mumps.

did you know that pluto is no longer a planet?  i was listening to npr's "science friday" with ira flatow last friday when they dealt with the convention in prague to discuss pluto's status, but it wasn't until monday's washington post headlines reached my email inbox that i knew-- there are only 8 planets!  is this getting a lot of press and i ( Read more... )

today i had the most bizarre and wonderful feeling of european-ness. i rode my bike to the grocery store without any real plan for supper. i didn't have a euro for the cart (i never do) so i began picking things off the shelves in a more and more awkward fashion. i settled on cheeses i had never tried (german and swiss), german chocolate, a ( Read more... )

first exam tomorrow morning and turning in my first paper, as well! no real qualms as i'm not getting any credit for the exam, but i do need to work on the paper a bit more.
have been radically up and down a bit recently, but mostly up. beginnings may be hard, but endings are sadder.
trying to be positive, but mostly just sleepy.
over and out.

i haven't updated for a while and the longer i wait, the less motivated i'll be to actually do this, so here goes...

germany has been great, the world cup was the perfect background for me: the excitment, the patriotism, the celebration in the streets and the overwhelming, stifling disappointment, all centered on one of my favorite pasttimes and the ( Read more... )

i'm in the host nation of the world cup ( Read more... )