I like it when I remember the dreams that I have, so I'm going to document this one because it was oh so rich. Events may not be recounted in order of occurrence ( Read more... )

i've always wanted to give a gift that is wrapped in its own shape ( Read more... )

Let's hear it for the blood orange, or in French, orange sanguine (I think it's prettier)! In a recent poll taken by me of. . me, the blood orange was voted the best spring fruit. When passing by fruit markets on sunny springtime streets in the city of Paris, the speckled, warm peel of the fruit stands out next to the small, seemingly quiet ( Read more... )

I feel like doing this list rather than working ( Read more... )

so ted kennedy showed up at my house to break up the rockin' party that i was having, what a pooper. after some arguing with him, our conversation turned amicable and he offered me a position with the ___ Voters League. Wow! I was so shocked and excited, but he said that I first need to brush up on my Form 112s, naturally. Well, by the end of ( Read more... )

as i'm sitting here contemplating my future, my thoughts brought me back to last summer in blacksburg. i was just thinking of what a great year i had my last year of college, and i think that must be pretty universal. the thing of it is, though, everyone was in sort of a stagnant journey. our minds were all seeking something different, and we ( Read more... )

you know, it's friday and friday is normally the day of finishing things and getting excited about the weekend. me, i'm just dreading the work that i'll have to do starting yesterday. . . hm, maybe i should stop dreading it and just do it, damnit. i went to the midd center earlier to get a student card for my class at l'institut catholique and i ( Read more... )

*dusting off the pages of my journal ( Read more... )

Well, I've decided that I should start updating my journal again to let everyone know what's going on with me while I'm gone. I just left Blacksburg on Friday and I'll be leaving Williamsburg on Monday to go to Middlebury, Vermont. I'll be taking classes there for 6 weeks, while immersing myself in French. So, consider yourself lucky (or unlucky ( Read more... )

I was in the produce section of a nice grocery store, and I had the urge to get some yogurt and put all kinds of good fruit in it. I began walking around looking at all of the fruits and vegetables that were available to me. There were so many different kinds of berries that I had never seen before, and tons of other kinds of fruit on top of all ( Read more... )