Today I decided to bow to conventional fashion demands and purchase a pair of black trousers to wear to the various grad school visits that are upcoming. You may find it bizarre that I don't already possess a pair of black pants; indeed, I do not and am most likely the only person in the universe who does not own such a pair. People (meaning my ( Read more... )

So I finished all of my graduate school applications that are due in the January 1 and December 31 range. I still need to finalize my Rutgers application, but that's not due until February 1. I think I'm okay on that front, but I want to get it sent in here soon because I think it's a rolling application. Kind of weird to be done. I did my best ( Read more... )

Tonight marked the first real night of being home. The other nights (Friday and Saturday), don't count because on Friday, Lindsay and Lindsey were here and we were sooooo tired and cracked out from finals that nothing made sense. Then, Saturday, I was comatose for most of the night ( Read more... )

I'm such a visual person. Instead of writing one of my three papers tonight, I chose to take about an hour and redo the color scheme/photo background of my computer. I was feeling a bit stressed before and, after changing it to a wonderful scene from New Zealand that a friend who studied abroad there sent me, I was actually more calm. I then ( Read more... )

Two things involving the clemency (or lack thereof ( Read more... )

1. Finals ( Read more... )

Today, as I was reading for my capital punishment class, a spider dropped from my ceiling and landed in my book. As I'm deathly afraid of spiders, I slammed the book shut, promptly killing said beastie between the pages of "When the State Kills."

I find this highly ironic.

It's December 1 and it's snowing! So wonderful ( Read more... )

So here are my final choices for grad school ( Read more... )

...I propose that anyone who reads this comment with something that makes him or her happy and something that is going well in his or her life. It's so stressful to be at Whitman and the work is winding up, so take a moment and think of something that is going particularly well ( Read more... )