10 marvelous days (and one marriage proposal) later, i'm home from Italy.  Milan and Padua were lovely, but Verona was perfetto!

My luggage, however, is apparently living it up in London.

10 weeks till Moscow.  A few weeks till New York.  D.C. on Monday.

1 day till Italy kicks France's ass.

Not sure what to do about the man from Jamaica (who lives ( Read more... )

so i finally heard back from the Eugene O'Neill Center, and i was accepted by the study abroad program, so...

i'm going to be spending next semester at the MOSCOW ART THEATRE!!!!!!!

i'm so surprised and happy and excited - they only accept 10-15 people and so many people apply from all over the country and the fact that i was one of those accepted ( Read more... )

Why English Teachers Die Young ( Read more... )

i'm seriously considering studying at the Moscow Art Theatre next semester.  however, it's kind of a big decision to make, and i've been conducting some informal polls on the subject.  my teachers are all very much in favor; my mother is rather opposed ("you want to go to Russia?!?!").

what do you think?  here's a link to the site - i'd really ( Read more... )

as winter break comes to a close, i thought i'd reflect on my activities for the past month. so what the hell have i been up to? here's an abbreviated rundown ( Read more... )

A chicken and an egg are lying naked in bed together. The chicken turns over in bed and says, annoyedly, "well i guess that answered that question."

Two South Texas farmers, Jim and Bob, are sitting at their favorite bar ( Read more... )

visited sean in martha's vinetard. ended up falling down stairs, fracturing wrist and bashing face up real good.

i know it doesn't sound like it, but it happens to be a really funny story. but it's too hard to type it now w/ only 3 working fingers.

The world never looks brighter and more beautiful than after a migraine. In a strange way, I'm kind of greatful I'm prone to them.

On a different note, Dalton Trumbo's JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN is one of the best books ever written. You should all read it.

I probably should have entitled this entry "The 7th Inning" or something, but, I like horses and I don't really like baseball (particularly since that fateful day in '57 - c'mon, you know what I'm talkin' 'bout ( Read more... )