I happened to look at a couple of my posts from way back when, and I realized: some of what I wrote was just terrible. Nearly unreadable, especially if anyone was unfamiliar with the people and places I encountered and the way my time was scheduled. Obviously part of this reaction may be overly self-deprecatory but there was definitely a lack of ( Read more... )

I think one of my worst weaknesses is how tied I am to the past. I may have mentioned in a previous post how I think one of the most tragic things is to forget - whether it be someone with Alzheimer's forgetting everything that ever meant something to them, or something less extreme but still quite sad like how friends 'forget' each other and drift ( Read more... )

I've been really unhappy with myself lately, and I hate that I find it so hard to articulate the reasons.

Life has been either rushed panic or bored, in-denial procrastination.

After a hiatus, I always find it very difficult to write something I'm satisfied with. I try and be all succint and meaningful, but end up feeling that whatever I put down is just trivial ( Read more... )

Accents and Dialogues of the UKI've only worked through maybe a quarter of the material on here, but it's a fascinating cross-section of the various accents of the UK. But this site is not only intriguing linguistically, but the sound clips give some cool insight into the lives of the ordinary people being interviewed ( Read more... )

In the span of a week, my summer plans changed completely ( Read more... )

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I'm sure most of us have done it at some point. There's someone who you'll probably never see again, but as you leave you instinctively blurt out "see you later". As embarrassing as it can be after you realize it, at the same time it's always been something that piqued my curiosity. I was reminded of that all when I had someone say it to me a few ( Read more... )

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October 7, 3:45 am: Victoria Hall - Don reported smoke on the 5th floor. Source was determined to be a toaster placed in a microwave which was then turned on.

October 5, 2:30 am: Residences - A Residence don contacted Campus Security to report an incident that happened at 8:00 am the previous day when a student woke up to find an ( Read more... )

Finished reading In Cold Blood. I wanted to read it before seeing Capote so I would have a good foundation to go off of (and also so I could avoid the movie if the book ended up being terrible). A very interesting read - almost reads as though it were fiction. Assuming his elaboration was at a minimum he had a pretty amazing level of access to the ( Read more... )