Which of these qualities do you value the most in your friends?

intelligence
strength of character
friendliness
kindness
being outgoing
being able to have a good time
altruism
sense of humor
sense of duty (pietas)
talent
honesty
loyalty

Feel free to add more or rank these qualities if you wish.

As sad as it sounds, I can't wait till graduation so I can move on to bigger and greater things. School has turned into a monotonous routine. I don't know exactly what's ahead, but it's going to be different, and that's mainly what I need ( Read more... )

I'm leaving for the Kenyon Young Writers Workshop tomorrow morning! If you would like to contact me, here's my mailing address:

(my name, which you hopefully know!)
Kenyon Review Young Writers
Walton House
104 College Drive
Gambier, Ohio 43022

Thanks! :-)

I just finished reading the book Mr. Emerson's Wife. Great historical fiction, especially for someone obsessed with Emerson, Thoreau, and Transcendentalism in general. The ending was sad though, especially when Thoreau died ( Read more... )

Am I the only person who finds it really ironic that George W. Bush is the third president of the United States named George? Oh the similarities he has with George III...ruling practically an ocean away, depending almost entirely on his ministers...life is irony, no?

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All right, I've decided: if I were to learn a second instrument, it'd be the viola, and if I were to learn a third instrument, it'd be the flute - but since I'm going to have no time next year, I should probably just wait till college. I love how all my other entries got comments except for the one asking for advice on a second instrument; I guess ( Read more... )

Hey y'all! I'm still in Spain, and I'll have a full-blown Spain entry when I get back (next Sunday!), but I need y'all's opinion on this. I really want to learn a second musical instrument, but I don't know what. I already know it's definitely going to be either a woodwind or string, but I'm having such a hard time deciding. I LOVE the violin, ( Read more... )

( I finally learned how to do this! )

If anyone wants to read a really good book that doesn't take very much time to finish, read The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. It's an amazing reflection of the "Lost Generation," post-WWI society. In my opinion that society, depressingly enough, resembles our society in many ways as well...so read it; it's definitely worth your time ( Read more... )