I live in a stairwell, so I hear lots of juicy tidbits from people as they walk by my room.

This time, it was a girl on her cellphone: "It's just so frustrating that they like forget that the majority of the people on this campus are still straight!"

You know what? Fuck you. Yes, the majority of the people on this campus are "still" straight. I know ( Read more... )

I've applied to Teach for America. I'll know in mid-November whether I've got in and where I'll be exactly. I have a strong preference for the San Francisco Bay area (East Bay), along with probably 99% of their applicants, but I've got a reason, and if I get in and they don't put me there then I probably won't take the offer. Basically, my ( Read more... )

Place: Car, on the way to dinner
Cast of characters: Grandpa (driving), Grandma (passenger seat) (Hannah and I are in the back)
Situation: Quarrel about the speed limit on Middlefield Ave.

Grandma: "Sam, you're driving too fast, you always do this to me."
Grandpa: "Dear, I am not driving over the speed limit."
Grandma: "Yes you are, the speed limit is ( Read more... )

Today I celebrated my fake 21st birthday with my family. (My real 21st birthday is on Sunday the 26th ( Read more... )

Since getting back from Munich three weeks ago, I've been working on a local organic farm several days a week (when I'm not travelling, that is, to various places like New York to visit Tracy and Amherst to visit Liz, Tanya, Carmen and Katie).

I've never had to do manual labor for work before. While I can't say I'd seek it out again in the future, ( Read more... )

My two best friends from this year are now gone ( Read more... )

YAY!!!! I love Hermione. AND I ADORE Emma Watson.


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funny thread in the German-English community:

http://community.livejournal.com/denglish/819832.html?style=mine

Note the top three... "Agnosticism, Satanism, Atheism". I'm glad the one that came out on top was the one I most associate with.


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Today, I learned that in summer in Munich, you should always carry an umbrella.

It was a perfectly sunny, beautiful day, and then suddenly around 5 the sky blackened, it started pouring, and it turned into a thunderstorm!! I love it. It's the BEST kind of weather.

Still, having an umbrella with you is very, very useful unless you don't mind taking ( Read more... )