Summer Vacation, Day 1

Dear Diary*,

Right now I am in Palmyra, PA (mapquest!) which is where my good friend Johanna lives with her mother, brother, dog, and six cats. Yes, folks, that's right, six cats. They're all quite darling though (mother and brother included!) and I like it here a lot. Everything is so peaceful and unrushed and manageable. ( Read more... )

1) Select 5-10 (or so) favorite books ( Read more... )

A recent Ratemyprofessor.com review of my beloved literature professor, Madhavi Menon:

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Why Menon is getting good ratings, I don't know. I hate Shakespeare because of her. Romeo and Juliet is about Anal Sex, according to her. Lectures are a joke, the papers ( Read more... )

Every little bump in the fabric of my life seems to have finally been smoothed out, at least for the time being ( Read more... )

Well, I've done what I always do: gone from a totally shitty mood to one that's actually pretty cheerful and content. Sometimes I think I'm just a tad schizo or something. It can't be natural to be so flighty in one's emotions ( Read more... )

I NEED BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS ( Read more... )

The semester is *so* close to being over. This one girl on my floor, Ashley (she doesn't talk to anyone, but that's something for me to talk about some other time, if ever) has a countdown going on her wipe-off board. As of today it says 11. That is, that's how many days of regular classes are left. How did this happen? Not just a semester but an ( Read more... )

This is what happens when you leave a 6-7 page paper until the last second - you get frustrated and allow yourself to be distracted by links that random people post to the communities that show up on your friends page. Go figure ( Read more... )

Maybe this is a stupid question, but I figured I'd throw it out there anyway:

Why on *earth* is Adrien Brody, an Oscar-winning actor of very high caliber, lowering himself to the point of doing a lame Diet Coke commercial???

( um, yeah, i rule? )