In response to a suggestion from this entry...

What's the first thing you think of when you see/hear the words "Mount Holyoke"?This was actually a tough question for me to answer, mainly because there are so many things that I could write, so many things that I want to share.  My first thought is always, "The Valley."   Mount Holyoke College was ( Read more... )

Stolen shamelessly from dalbino83"I'm feeling terribly uninspired...but I want to make a post ... so help me out here. Ask me a question or make a suggestion, so that I can have a topic for posting. You can comment anonymously, and comments are screened, so you can be as outrageous as you want to be. If the subject is personal, I'll answer it in a friends- ( Read more... )

Stolen from vanilla_milk...A little bit about a grrl and her taste in music...

( Loooooong Music Meme )

One fall evening, I was discussing the Dresden Dolls with myburningviolin.  She was playing one of their CDs and raving about a recent show.  I like "Coin-Operated Boy," but that is the extent of my knowledge of their music.  While we were discussing what I perceived to be the limits of gothic cabaret, I commented, "And I can't imagine listening to Rasputina on a ( Read more... )

If I see one more news channel warning me about the "dangers" of MySpace...It's the same story we've heard since the boom of the Internet.  With each new personals/friend-making website, with each new chat program, we also get a million pundits on a million pulpits proclaiming the dangers.  Unsuspecting children will reveal too much about ( Read more... )

"The great grey beast February had eaten Harvey Swick alive."
-Clive Barker, The Thief of Always

_stormwolf_ asked me for some book recommendations, and I am happy to oblige :).
1.)  The Thief of Always by Clive Barker.  It's an incredible dark fantasy novel for adults, young and old.  I read it when I was 12, and my love has not wavered with time.  It's ( Read more... )

I feel as though I have done absolutely nothing of merit this weekend.  And I'm trying to be okay with that for a change.  Being on-duty means that I'm always "ready for action," or more accurately, constantly tense and listening for the ring of the office phone.  I realize that I spend plenty of time worrying about what I should be doing when I ( Read more... )

I was standing in line for lunch when I saw a woman wearing a Mount Holyoke College sweatshirt.  I immediately dropped all pretenses of professionalism, introduced myself to her, and began asking her about, well, her.  Yeeeeeah.  She looked less than thrilled about the interaction.  I had the smarts to back out of the conversation before I looked ( Read more... )

Since I was tagged by sylvariI will list 5 Guilty Pleasures (what?!?  only 5?!?).  I will then tag 5 of you lovely folks to carry the torch if you so desire ( Read more... )

I have a headache that is so ferocious, it will not allow me to sleep. BUT this unfortunate turn of events will allow me to give you, my wild and crazy and ever-so-intelligent LJ readers, a little entertainment...

So I give you the lyrics, you tell me the song and the artist. I won't give up the answers until Tuesday.

( This Should Wear Me Out for Sure ;) )