I spent the evening out with my mother watching Blood Diamond. I then proceeded to come home and spend the next two hours reading about Sierra Leone, the Ivory Coast and Darfur ( Read more... )

So, I have made a potentially temporal executive decision. I am going to further my future poverty level by self-designing my own Peace and Global Studies focus. Instead of getting a minor in Outdoor Education, I am going to design a focus that includes it within my degree ( Read more... )

Spinach and artichoke dip ( Read more... )

I thought saying goodbye was going to be more difficult. I really did. I thought that leaving Earlham was going to come to a huge climactic finish, where I realized just how much I love the tiny academic haven ( Read more... )

Carol Hunter will rue the day she gave me a B+...rue the day.

Bitch is going down.

I am at home. Laid up for most of break. I just want Nora to get here. Home has stopped being fun on the friend front.

Editor's Margarita Night. Best. Idea. Ever. We put the last issue to bed with plastic glasses in our hands and smiles on our faces.

It is tuesday. I have four papers (two of which are over ten pages) and a group project due on Thursday. I have not started  the twelve page research paper yet ( Read more... )

Last night, the street collapsed in on itself
In fact, it broke right in two
And I fell in
The strawberry vines
Into a pool of strawberry wine
Strawberry wine and clouds

Wine and Cheese. Aren't we classy?


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The campus is still. There is minute flitting, but mostly it remains pleasantly quiet. The weather is the picture of perfection. The vast azure encompasses farther than the eye can see, a sky this serene hasn't been seen since the days of early fall. Brown leaves crunch satisfyingly with every step and the mild breeze serves as a reminder of an ( Read more... )