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what is going on in our country is fucking ridiculous. please listen to the mayor of new orleans, as interviewed last night ( Read more... )

my aunt, who has been obsessively charting the "tyler" genealogy for years, just informed me i am 4th cousin, five times removed, with president john tyler. i'm not completely sure what that means. except for the cousin part. and the president part as well.

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okay, provence kicks paris` ass. for real. we are in st remy de provence, zhich is pretty close to the ocean... it is so amazingly beautiful, i cannot put it into words. they have mastered the senses here... all the colors are pastels, the food is INSANITY, there is lavender growing wild everywhere (pleasing le nez)....our hotel is a villa with ( Read more... )

i am in france, so what do i do? find an internet cafe. sad, but true. it is almost midnight, though, and my travelling companions (mother and grandmother) are asleep, and it's not like i know anyone here, so what else is a girl to do but familiarize herself with the french keyboard ( Read more... )

done done done done done done done done DONE with the semester.

let's all give each other a pat on the back.


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my throat hurts. and i am very cold! and i am so sad that james is leaving all summer.

but.

i am really excited about the shins tomorrow. and sleeping tonight. and school being done friday. and going to france next wednesday. and swimming everyday that it is warm.

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at least it can promote positive social change.

international fellowship of reconciliation
student global AIDS campaign
national conference for community and justice
equality now
yes! magazine
american civil liberties union
the heifer project
nashville peace and justice centerwith so much bad, there sure is a lot of good being done. (so just do ( Read more... )

too many damn decisions. let's please just go to the beach. i think it would be a lot of fun. and we could stay up late talking again. and sleep and swim. countdown.

i should just draw instead. acting on emotions is really scary. but the scarier bit would be never acting on it and missing the fantastic act.


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