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Living History
Today, I - a 19-year-old female of non-European descent, born to immigrants who only became US citizens 15 years ago - voted for the first time and participated in an election where the outcome will involve either a non-White president or a female Vice President. 100, no, even 50 years ago, this combination would not have been possible ( Read more... ) -
In California for the weekend
I'll be in Santa Barbara until Monday. I have no clue as to what to do there, since my family is neither a beach nor outdoorsy family (that's not to say that I wouldn't say no to hiking, rowing, hanging out at the beach, etc. Just... not with my family. Yeah.), but hopefully I'll be able to snag some beautiful photos (it's California!). Any ( Read more... ) -
I swear I wasn't going to touch this topic...
But after gettting oodles of badgering emails from a friend about how Snape is all warm and fuzzy and loveable, and then seeing lots of "Aww... Snape... I want to cuddle with him" stuff all over the internet, I cracked ( Read more... ) -
The End of an Era / Happy belated birthday, Harry and J.K. Rowling!
To be honest, I’m a little bit afraid of writing my thoughts about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Don’t get me wrong; I absolutely LOVED the book and I think it’s probably best one in the series. But writing this entry is a bit like… oh I don’t know, writing the perfect college essay or love letter (ok, I’ve never written one, but I imagine ( Read more... ) -
SQUEE!
"Tell me one last thing," said Harry. "Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head ( Read more... )
