i had a fantastic weekend in fredericksburg ( Read more... )

for the last five days i have been living in some kind of netherland i'd probably call post-collegiate stress syndrome. in the days leading up to tonight, when i finally took the GREs, i crammed several years of public school math, a couple dozen antiquated vocabulary words and lots of vegetarian empanadas into my head, all in an effort to score ( Read more... )

there were more gunshots last night. the first one was just after i finally crawled into bed around quarter to one. elvis and i had just negotiated a truce over the few square inches of bed space not devoted to a pile of unfolded laundry. BAM! it echoed and i thought this time that maybe i was hearing things. elvis ears perked up ( Read more... )

oops! i forgot i'm being auctioned off tomorrow at Traction's Annnual Festivus for the Left of Us! apparantly my ability to speak a modicum of Spanish means that a conversation with me is worth paying for. haha! and here i was planning a quiet weekend of not doing anything but playing on the computer and studying for the GREs. so how much am i ( Read more... )

The new documentary studies classes have been posted on the Duke Continuing Education website, which means it's time for me to start thinking seriously again. Am I here to get this documentary studies certificate or not? If I'm not in Durham for that, I need a better reason for being here, because otherwise I am simply isolating myself. The ( Read more... )

Here is what I've got: a slight headache and a dog sleeping at my feet. I also have the last two sips of a mug of tea sitting on the computer desk, but I hate drinking the last two sips of tea because the tea bag is still laying at the bottom making everything too strong, probably, or too dusty. I've got to get out of the house and get something ( Read more... )

This morning, Fernando was coming into work at the same time as me, and he had a plastic bag. Being nosy me, I asked him what was in the bag. He pulled out a huge bunch of tiny bananas, which he called "platanos dominicanos" and a pomegranite, which he called "grenada". He gave me a little banana and the pomegranite and insisted that I try them ( Read more... )

The Walmart movie is premiering this week, and I am really looking forward to checking it out at the Carolina Theater this evening! It looks like there are screenings where all my loved ones are living... hooray! For example ( Read more... )

me: "I feel like I'm chained to my dog, I swear. It's driving me crazy."

jim: "Well, it's better than being chained to a hot wood stove or something."

me: "Hey, that's a good point."

i have to say that i am very unhappy to be in durham right now. no, no... what i mean is, i am unhappy not to be in fredericksburg right now. fredericksburg in the wintertime. fredericksburg where there are friendly faces. fredericksburg where taylor and i walk the streets laughing. fredericksburg where the christmas lights light up downtown ( Read more... )