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in the spirit of procrastination, i attempted gratin (from pretty cookbook).  that was a fairly miserable fail (according to me), though others had a few good things to say about it.  today, my procrastination brings... freeform apple-nutella tart ( Read more... )

ideally, my life would flow seamlessly from a quick, yet serene wake-up, an hour of personal care/prep for the day, fourteen hours of classes, schoolwork, work, other activities that could be added to a resume, focused personal development, and networking, an hour of boy-time, and eight hours of sleep (to ensure that the wake-up and fourteen hours ( Read more... )

Wild Party callbacks was such a surreal, awesome experience.  Exactly what I wanted out of college life when I was younger.  And so familiar and comforting (once I stopped being intimidated by all the talent around me ( Read more... )

I haven't been posting much lately, under the excuse that I'm too tired and stressed.  I am tired and stressed, but I shouldn't be tired, and I've certainly been more stressed before.  So I'm just a lame, lazy excuse of a human too pathetic to even keep up with her emo journal ( Read more... )

I really ought to read more BOOKS, because the undiluted effect of only having read Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers since January has colored my thinking to a frightening degree.  But one last post (at least, one last post that I've thought up, since I end up not posting or even writing half of my crap) in response to his ideas can't possibly drive ( Read more... )

i wrote before about how, above all, i value my own definition of beauty.  let's play with that ( Read more... )

those of you who know me are aware of my ridiculous lack of confidence in my driving ability.  i will only drive on roads i am familiar with, preferably roads that have one, maybe two lanes (but only if these lanes are in the interest of making turns less confusing), roads where the speed limit is at most 35 mph, etc.  i like to drive after rush ( Read more... )

Reading Malcolm Gladwell threw me for a loop.  An entire book of very convincing essays, making all sorts of conclusions based on statistical correlations, that basically said that being born at the right time, to the right background, and being just-smart-enough and exceptionally passionate and hard-working within your chosen field is the way to ( Read more... )

1) I will work on next semester's singing lesson re-audition.  I guess that's one way they have to make sure you improve.  But goshdarnit, I HATE auditions.  I made such a fool of myself at the last one.  I think I've got to sing "Se tu m'ami", because I used "Caro mio ben" for my last one, and I don't like my English or German songs enough to ( Read more... )