i'm still alive. making plans. studying spanish (first class was yesterday). made crabcakes for dinner. the gre is coming up. fall is upon us - yay for cold weather.

i could swear that i saw two people here today that i knew at vt. i think that they were probably just doppelganger sightings, however. while waiting at the 89 bus stop so that i could catch the 84 to a reasonable metro stop because of 'perturbations' due to demonstrations, a moto stopped on the road in front of where i was standing. there were ( Read more... )

i got another rejection letter today, this one from george washington university. it's funny, i never received a rejection letter from a university after applying to be a student, so it's rather odd to get one saying, "we received over 70 applications for this position and we regret that we were not able to interview you, blah blah". I view this ( Read more... )

no job yet ( Read more... )

after being screwed today for the umpteenth time by a french person (no pun intended), i was upset. instead of dwelling in my recently found disgust for people, i did what any nerd would do - i went to gibert jeune (paris' multi-floored answer to barnes & noble and office max combined) and bought a cool pen and notebooks. the semester is almost ( Read more... )

i had two dreams last night. in the first, i was coming home to blacksburg. i was sitting outside of bollo's and looking in. i found a table and sat down with some people that i knew and addie from here. the barista motioned me to come to the counter where he/she offered me a coffee and asked about how i had been during the past year. we ( Read more... )

i'm out for blood. my thesis director totally dissed me today, the day he was supposed to give me the 'green light' to turn in my thesis. first, he made me wait 45 minutes after our meeting was supposed to start to see me. then he tells me that the he couldn't open the attachment of my THESIS in the email i sent him on SUNDAY (3 DAYS AGO). so ( Read more... )

so this is sort of what my life is like.


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i'm a lover of hummus and justice, of beauty and art. i believe in freedom and music, colorful plates and smiling faces. don't step on my oven-warmed pita or my people's monument to peace. i don't have to explain that all we need is peace, understanding and chocolate, especially on a rainy day. choose your future, and if you're feeling sly, ( Read more... )

smitten as a kitten in a mitten, that's me.

things really aren't as complicated as they seem, sometimes. it's good. i'm happy. i hope that you're happy too. happy people are better than sad people.

maybe i should get back on a regular sleep schedule soon. that would be a good idea. it would also be a good idea to finish my thesis.