I found out last night that I'll be transferring to U of O next year due to the fact that we can no longer afford Lewis and Clark. It turns out that my dreams do have a price on them and that price is simply too high ( Read more... )

That's become a bit of a cliché, but, the thing about clichés and stereotypes is that they're based in some truth (as much as we often times don't like to admit it ( Read more... )

Productivity. When did that happen? Let me just revel for a moment in what I've done today:

-all homework due tomorrow
-homework due for my morning class Friday
-started significantly my homework for my afternoon class Friday
-worked out
-got a massage

Grand!

Now it's just time to finish the first half of my assignment for my afternoon class on Friday, do ( Read more... )

I was in Powell's yesterday when I found out. We had all been watching the internet feeds religiously but we hadn't clicked refresh before a boy, probably about 15 or 16, stands up and shouts, "Obama is the president! Everybody, Obama is the president!" Then tears start to well in his eyes. He tells us that his brother left the country four years ( Read more... )

As my friend Ali said, "If for some reason you missed the elementary school experience, all you would have to do is come to college."

Happy Halloween!

Watching rain drift down outside never makes me want to do my work. I would love to (and often times do) sit bundled in my cozy room, listen to some good music, drink coffee, and watch the rain. This week has been the start of the rainy season and it's been wonderful. I love sitting with friends, playing guitar, staring outside at the wet grey ( Read more... )

I'm so ridiculously sleep deprived. As in past the point of fun. If I'm getting 6 or 7 hours of sleep during the week I can at least hold off until the weekend, but I've slept 7 hours the past two nights. Doing astronomy homework with two other people who are just as if not more sleep deprived as I am was not a very productive study party ( Read more... )

Shared cigarettes and beer ( Read more... )

I am exhausted from goodbyes. I've spent all day running around to various people sending good wishes for the future. One that I will not be a part of for them ( Read more... )

Paradigm shift complete.

I'm not sure I like big life lessons.