this past wednesday, i completed my last credited class. i'm now officially in level 2 of my doctoral program. i never quite thought that the three years would come and pass so quickly. it's a milestone, really. and at the end of that class, i was where i needed to be. i felt proud. i felt beat down. i felt out of place. and i felt challenged. the ( Read more... )

someone has seriously broke something in the boiler room.
hot as all kinds of burning hell in my apartment.

why didn't i think of this first?

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I was total body combat with this today:
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hello blog friends,
it's been a long time, i shouldn't have left you. without a dope beat to step to. here's to makin up.
love,
val

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how i feel everyday in the academy.

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from my friend, nato, in his words, "an almost perfect love song." i agree fully.