1. listening to high school students speak (with a few that i know as exceptions, of course) makes me cringe and feel kind of...angry? bitter? disappointed? today on the train there were five kids sitting in front of me, ragging on their teachers, complaining about homework, etc. one was saying, "i mean, i'm fine with getting Bs. every parent/ ( Read more... )

being a receptionist is very frightening for me. every time the phone rings, my heart jumps a little as i realize i'm GOING TO HAVE TO TALK TO PEOPLE. and strangers at that. strangers who are often irritated when i tell them that the person they are looking for has "stepped away from their desk for a moment." and i wear this little headset so every ( Read more... )

i should stop listening to so much ryan adams. it makes me feel sadder than i am ( Read more... )

Responsibility and Cultural Memory (lit theory ( Read more... )

so. 20. (well in three hours, technically, but whatever.) i can't say that i'm not a little freaked out. but that's not surprising ( Read more... )

it seems like i should have something poignant to say.
oops.

for some inexplicable reason, i was just very tempted to make a livejournal entry that read ( Read more... )

it's 2 am and i am drinking fake espresso and have never felt this wide awake in my entire life. i have to write 5 more pages of a paper for politics before 10 am. so what do i do? i waste time by looking at useless things on the internet ( Read more... )

i'm done with my moderation paper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if anyone is looking for an 11 page analysis of death in emily dickinson poetry, you know who to turn to. thank god that's out of the way. now i need something creative that's acceptable by thursday. blah. this week is driving me nuts.

it has been over a week since i took to sleeping on the floor. i'm not sure if i will return to the bed.