i've been spending infinitely more time on the phone and in the presence of my mother. i'm sure this has something to do with the getting older process but the more i chat with her the more of a friend she becomes ( Read more... )

i have $8000 to spend next year on bands to come play in the attic. i'm limiting/cutting the silly "board game" and "let's color" nights since only two people participated in them anyway and a big goal of mine is to increase the variety of people that hang out in the attic. and no, sga still won't fund a flat-screen tv for the space ( Read more... )

opening credits: sandrine kiberlain- m'envoyer des fleurs
waking up: piero umiliani- crepuscolo sul mare
average day: feist- mushaboom
first date: joe strummer & the mescaleros- mondo bongo
falling in love: ian cunningham- dreamers
love scene: broken social scene- hotel
fight scene: april march- chick habit
breaking up: arctic monkeys- do me a favour
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i'm back guys and i'll warn you: i don't want to be here. i have many incredibly justifiable reasons but given that i have one year of schooling to finish, i'll do that, and be gone. i don't want to seem harsh but when you are on the edge of everything you wanted you wish to jump off and into this amazing future that stares you in the face ( Read more... )

while watching my "sick" little sister today i heard the most wondrous quote ever made. and it wasn't like i was trying to pull something like this out of her. i didn't even mention politics. more precious, perfect words have never been spoken.

george bush got shot in the tummy and then he died on the cross.

i almost fell over i was laughing so hard ( Read more... )

concert season: round 2.

zydeco: wild sweet orange
workplay: preston lovinggood of wild sweet orange & jay clifford of jump little children
bjcc: modest mouse (tentatively)
the tabernacle: arctic monkeys

and i'm sure i'll see wso about a thousand other times between now and when i leave for perú.

the arctic monkeys have managed to mix the dark with the ( Read more... )

I hope all my days will be lit by your face
I hope all the years will hold tight our promises
I don't want to be old and sleep alone
An empty house is not a home
I don't want to be old and feel afraid

~despite opposition~

what do you think about necessary mistakes? be as objective as possible.

~i need you so much closer~

As one of the two Latin American Studies majors at Birmingham-Southern I highly anticipate the upcoming Latin American Studies Symposium to be held this weekend. I have been involved in this event since coming to the Hilltop and have gone from volunteering with sign-ups and menial program assembly to working diligently with Professors Barbara ( Read more... )

good, because that's our natural state of mind. we won't accept anything less.

i love wild sweet orange.

~knock it down, pave it over~