I got a really good scholarship from Agnes Scott, and a doable-but-not-excellent scholarship from Grinnell (my top choice). The problem: Grinnell is substantially more, and my parents keep asking, "Is it worth the extra &60,000 over four years?" Grinnellians are crazy, intellectual, diverse in interests but all interested in living- rather like ( Read more... )

Sweet vi-o-lets, o-oh! sweeter than the roses ( Read more... )

Things I want to do this spring break ( Read more... )

'Lo. First off:
(Thanks, Kristin. ^_ ( Read more... )

4,700 years ago: Egypt is coming into the Bronze Age; cuneiform is catching on in Sumeria; Europe is laboring through the Stone Age... and Methuselah, a bristlecone pine tree, first raises its tasseled head in what will eventually (very eventually) be called California ( Read more... )

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I got a 90 in calculus on my progress report! *is ecstatic* We've had a pair of tests (he always gives one free-response followed the next day by one multiple-choice), on which I got an 85 and an 88. Looks like I've defeated the psychological demon of last semester! *runs around in circles cheering ( Read more... )

Note of news first: I got into Agnes Scott. Yay! ^_^ Actually the only reasons I'd go there instead of my top choices are money and keeping in touch with friends and family, but it still makes me happy ( Read more... )

Maybe it was just a bad night. Maybe I just need to make sure I have at least a skeleton plan for the entire Dungeons and Dragons game next time I DM. Maybe I should back up and tell you what happened. ^^ I could tell it wasn't going so well; we'd gotten through the planned portion, I'd had to improvise when my friends decided to spend the night ( Read more... )

YAAAAY! I got my first acceptance letter! It's from Earlham, one of my top three choices. ^_ ( Read more... )