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A Particular Resonance.
The streets of London have a particular sound. Clicking staccato, the sound of high heels and hard soles (souls?) of Londoners matching onward, to work, to play, to live, to die, to sandwich, to soup. Some steps are clomps! They bellow, “Move out of the way, this is my time, clear the sidewalks, clear the way.” Others are petite, soft, ( Read more... ) -
Minutes.
Every day I find myself a little bit happier with the location of our flat. It seems that every time I look up where such-and-such cool thing is located, I find to my delighted surprise that it’s almost always a very walk-able ten or fifteen or twenty minutes away. I’m particularly enjoying the walk to Leicester Square (15-20 minutes) where there ( Read more... ) -
London Calling
Goodness, but it's been a while since I've updated here. So much has happened since March--thesis defense, graduation, Phil's visit, tonsil surgery, travel to Ireland, Germany, Austria, and Italy and now I've finally settled down in London, England to await the start of the next fall's term. Where to even begin one wonders?
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A year has past...
This time last year was a very awkward and nerve wracking time in Dublin. Over a month prior, I had decided I need to make more friends. My roommate Kelly was moving back to the US and my other good friend Helene would be leaving for a long trip to Italy. I didn't care for any of the other American exchange students as their idea of a great place ( Read more... ) -
What a long strange trip it's been...
Augh. So with the edits on the third part of my thesis, it's probably going hit about 70 pages long. Awesome. I'm so sick of looking up random details about people who aren't even that important to it. I think the problem is that I'm finding out with each and every edit, I'm not into the people so much as the structural and political factors of the ( Read more... ) -
Only a framer will understand...
So, you know you worked in a custom frame shop for too long, when you're in the library working on a paper and can look up at the art work on the wall and identify the frame as Larson-Juhl (one of the ugly "splinter" frames) and mat board as a Nielsen Bainbridge tan suede--both poorly chosen for the art within them. It gets even more pathetic you ( Read more... ) -
Photography Public Service Annoucement
I'm now using Flickr for my photography portfolio thanks to a generous gift a paid account by Phil. So if anyone wants any of my photos, they can get them here. There are several new photos up there and in the future I will be posting all my photos there, including from my latest trip abroad. I know some of you (mainly Nicole) collected some of my ( Read more... ) -
Excitement! :)
So it's official, Phil will be coming here in May for my graduation. He gets in May 2nd--we're going to try and go to Disneyland before he leaves on the 17th. I'm super excited. Karla and Nicole Q, you are required to meet him this time--you are top priority in our book. Karla, how do you feel about maybe going back to the German restaurant for ( Read more... ) -
Two-thousand-and-eight: a review
Two-thousand-and-eight will always be a year dearly remembered in my heart. It was a year of closure, healing, love and hope. It began quickly and stressfully for me; the rush of trying to find a place to live in a foreign country while working full-time to cover shifts for a manager after a rollover car accident broke her husband’s spine. There ( Read more... )
