It's been a rather lovely Friday afternoon. I'm camped out at The Beanery, sipping tea and filling out fellowship applications for this summer. Something about the fickle weather and the cozy scarf I'm wearing is making me feel so at ease. It's the perfect blogging moment. I have a hankering for Norah Jones music and a lemon bar (pretty doable).

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Thanks to everyone for tonight. It was a lot of work, but I had so much fun! I forgot to give people copies of my Christmas Mix, so if you didn't get one ask!

And for everyone that's wondering about the awesome Chicken Cacciatore, the recipe is thanks to Emeril. That's all for now, Happy Holidays!

and yayyyy for thanksgiving break starting...tonight!

"American kids, dumber than dirt"
http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/morford/

"Southern California blazes add to global warming"
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/24/BADISUPJ6.DTL

"Human species 'may split in two'"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6057734.stm

"Russia 'chessboard killer' guilty"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/ ( Read more... )

I am reminded of the old saying, "WTF Claire do your paper!" I've come to terms with the fact that I'm a last minute person. I work well under pressure. I get comparable grades as people who finish a week in advance. Still, the habit is bad and so am I for still working on a paper assigned three weeks ago ( Read more... )

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so today i was outside and i saw this duck hanging around my house. i thought that was cool, i've never had a duck in front of my house. well, it was a mother duck, and it was standing over a drain where eight ducklings had fallen in. they were so cute! so i called animal services, who took forever to come. elyse, erik, my sister, and i decided to ( Read more... )

yesterday was crazy, tiring, and awesome. erik and i braved the mostly high school crowds, survived the sum 41 mosh pit, and remained constantly hungry until in n out at 1am. i have fallen in love with the matches because they are SO cute and amazing live. the bravery had tons of technical difficulties and threw a tantrum on stage, but i still love ( Read more... )

Oh, 13-19 have been darn good to me. At the risk of sounding overly sentimental, I'm going to miss so many things about being a child, and sometimes the thought makes me cry. I'm so utterly surprised at how fast things are moving. Pretty soon we'll be bragging about careers, houses, families of our own. Life feels raw and so spontaneous. In the ( Read more... )

The best winter break ever. And I want to go back to Berkeley, but then I don't.

<3 Josh Melissa Jerrod Lauren Dan Erik Kat

Thanks for hanging out with me! And thanks to everyone that came to my party!

Time to pack.