Ahahahahaha! I got into Indiana. I'm so happy today.

I woke up this morning at 3 am in a sweaty panic because I was convinced that I'd sent the email that I wrote to my mom to everyone and the mass email I wrote to everyone to my mom. I couldn't get back to sleep and spent the next five hours fitfully thinking of ways to fix the major blunder I had just made. I practically ran to school, sure that ( Read more... )

Ahhh, the joys of living in Russia ( Read more... )

I just got an email from the University of Wisconsin accepting me to their MA program.

I'm actually going to grad school.

Today is the best day ever.

I might cry.

I don't know what to say ( Read more... )

So, of all the things that I left in the hostel in London (my iPod, my glasses), the one thing it looks like I will not be getting back is the one absolutely irreplaceable thing. I left the book where I keep my photos there. It's the first thing to happen during the last 3 months that makes me want to cry. My favorite photos of my brother and I ( Read more... )

Reasons why I dislike the 60 year old Canadian in my Russian class ( Read more... )

There are lots of things that I like about Russia. I like that they deal with inefficiency, inaccuracy, and unnecessary hardship everyday and not only do not complain but don't even consider changing anything. I like that their food sucks but they just keep making it. I like that they hate foreigners but don't feel hypocritical about wanting ( Read more... )

It's so fucking cold. You don't even know. Last night my face was so numb that I was crying but I couldn't tell and I only knew when my eyelashes froze together and I couldn't open my eyes. It feels gross to have snot frozen to your face. Everytime I breathe in the inside of my nose freezes. I can't wear my face moisturizer because it's water ( Read more... )

Er, didn't mean to cause confusion (or maybe I did, it was sort of fun and made me feel very spontaneous and globe-trotting). At any rate, I am indeed in London for about 10 days. I'm getting my shit together to go to...dun dun...Moscow. I'll send out an email telling the WHOLE story in it's very fascinating detail, but I'm here. I arrived with ( Read more... )