Sometimes I take too many things on in one semester. But it's my senior year. It's what you'd expect, right?

Five classes that include three of the hardest classes I've ever taken? Check.
Harpsichord lessons? Check.
Graduate school applications to complete? Check.
Tutoring 2-4 hrs/ week in the stat department? Check.
15 hr/week job at the DOE? Check.

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I'm so excited and I just can't hide it. The production of this has been consuming my life for the past few weeks. Aside from the GRE's, that is, which are now over.

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Questions to be answered. You should probably answer as well.

1. Who contributed the most to make your summer summery?
2. What food(s) characterized your summer?
3. What can you say is your greatest achievement of the summer?
4. What's your summer song?
5. Do you have a summer book?
6. Any notable summer purchases?
7. Life changing events?
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Poll

It were scary how british. So bri'ish. Walking stereotypes, them. Un. Be. Lieve. A. Bullllll. Don't get me wrong. They're quite nice. If I didn't have to spend so much time with them, I'd probably think they were downright agreeable. But since I'm spending a good chunk of this week with the Booths from England, I can't help noticing...

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Ca me fait chier        litterally, "that makes me shit"                 That pisses me off
Je m'en fou/fiche      litt?  I'm making myself crazy about it     Fuck that, I don't care.
N'importe quoi          litt, anything                                                  Whatever!
On se casse?           litt, let's ( Read more... )

I am going to put my life in a large bag and carry it around on my back. This massive sack will get in everyone's way, and I will probably injure at least one person each time I go on any form of public transportation. Which is often because I am being "adventurous" and going all over the place by means of mass transit with basically no aim. Except ( Read more... )

I want to write down things I learned in France. Things that were different, things that were cool. Things that were not cool. I'm going to keep updating this for myself as things come to me.

Things that are pretty sweet.

1. The health system. You pay 21 Euros. Even if you don't have insurance. For any type of visit to a doctor and a bunch of ( Read more... )

I have recently re-discovered how to procrastinate when there is a paper to write. Somehow, it's infinitely easier to do when you have no clue what the prompt for the paper means.

Today, instead of writing, reading, or studying I:
1. Bought an expensive pastry. I mean, I'm probably only going to live in France once. I've got to live it up, right?
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Yes, I witnessed the presidential elections. Yes, I will be here for the beggining of the legislative elections. But neither of those are as important as the voting that I witnessed tonight. EUROVISION ( Read more... )