i suppose, if i were to take my web-vanity to the extreme, i would entitle these journal entries "The Quest for Employment." and maybe in a fashion this is a bit of an adventure, but i promise you i'm not thrilled ( Read more... )

whenever i get really into a book, i start thinking like the author writes. a. s. byatt has this very sensual way of describing things. her characters notice things like the curve of lips, the delicacy or roughness of someone's hands, the way a shaft of light highlights hair. they observe their relationships with the other characters, and have ( Read more... )

here's the long and the short of it: i'm busy figuring out my life. applying to grad schools, looking for a job, probably moving out of atlanta, maybe having to break my lease ( Read more... )

i was DREAMING about oranges.... off the trees, peeled by our orange guru, freshly squeezed juice, deseeded by a mysterious father-like figure. oranges.

oh and i just got the spring email from the walking company and of course the only shoes i like around upwards of $300.

why i love all things considered: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5323593Read more... )

in washington, d.c. of course. the walk was lovely yesterday--the weather is unbelievable out here. i got so lucky. i spent the entire morning in the hirschhorn gallery, but only made it to the second floor. i got to see another sculpture by the fabulous henry moore. the museum was mostly quiet, since it was monday, and the collection is so ( Read more... )

as soon as you cross the VA border, there are large, forbidding black signs proclaimed that speed is checked by aircraft. and radar detectors are illegal. and they will charge the maximum fine for traffic violations. and parking on the shoulder only if you are dying. for an added bonus, the roads are cut through the mountains, so you are ( Read more... )

people can do all sorts of wicked things with just your name and your birthday.

isn't all that information public record ANYWAY, even if i don't put it on my facebook, etc? the university sent out a *campus-wide* mailing about putting your information on facebook. identity theft, and all that.

i've already planned out who i want to see and when at festival internationale. i'm so excited, it's painful.

sorry, y'all, but i just can't resist


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