My Tok broke a nail. After the snow (which, I will never stop complaining about, in Northampton we only got 2 inches while the rest of the puto state got 2 feet. Talk about the Smith Bubble), the pups ran outside and Tok came hobbling back- apparently he somehow cracked one of his claws close to the root (or quick? I don't remember what it's called ( Read more... )

I had a star-studded dream last night. It was the eve of my graduation, and who knew the celebrities flocked to Northampton to see it? First, there was Star Jones, who was short and stood uncomfortably close to me. Then there was Jack and Kelly Osbourne, who we were taking photos with. Then later on at some gathering with students and parents, ( Read more... )

Crepusculo and bacalao are two of my favorite words in Spanish ( Read more... )

I went and visited my mujer, and it was dandy. The drive home through the Berkshires was gorgeous. So I sacar'd some photos and maybe I'll put them up some day. Anyway, it was nice- no, wonderful- to be able to chat about last semester and the people and not have to say "well, see, there was this kid Mischa who..." and have to explain everything to ( Read more... )

My one J-term class is over, I hardly know what to do with myself other than take lots of pictures and experiment with my camera and avoid looking in my empty inbox. I took three books out of the library (Capote, Wodehouse, Christie. nothing terribly high brow I guess) and have reserved two others from Amherst. I guess I should try to read a lot, ( Read more... )

So for the past half hour - hour I've been looking up stuff about working abroad next year. BUNAC has one for England... then on jobsabroad.com there's a bunch about teaching English in Spain etc etc. So I think either I work in a bar or I teach English in Europe next year. Oh well. Then I started wondering what Evelyn and Monica are thinking about ( Read more... )

This kid who i went to elemetary through part of high school is now a rapper. I hope he does well, and regardless of anything I'll always remember him as he was when we were growing up. The chorus to one of his songs is stuck in my head. Good sign ( Read more... )

1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before ( Read more... )

I'm in Brockton.
It's almost Christmas.
They're picking up recycling in the street now.
Me duele Espanya.
I'm going out shopping with my mother soon.
Ian is probably somewhere near Worcester now, on his way to New York.
Ya lo echo de menos.
I think I saw grafitti in Boston that said JRJ.
It was very apt.

Me duele todo.

So Ian is probably now in Boston. He left here about 11:30 after spending two and a half days in merry ole Smith College. Last night after going out for Thai, we (us two + mis chicas) made gingerbread houses in the dining room downstairs. I don't expect he ever thought he'd be doing that in all of his travels. His ended up falling apart so Marie- ( Read more... )