It's been an inebriated weekend. Appropriate for the first weekend back, I'd say. Especially after all the work I did last week. This semester is already so much more intense than the last: it probably helps that I'm taking 5 classes and two of them are upper division humanities classes, so lots of reading ( Read more... )

There's snow outside but it's decidedly over freezing. After watching Blue Velvet, I walked from the dorm next door to mine wearing only a sweatshirt and sandals. I would have lingered and admired how clear the sky was but it was getting damn cold ( Read more... )

I am so happy right now because I just got back from a wonderful vacation, nay, road trip, up to santa cruz and the beautiful people there, AND the crossover cable that I had my dad buy when I was gone worked and I was able to transfer all of my music to my new laptop ( Read more... )

I've decided to update because winter break is nearly three quarters over and I've been reading so much that I'm having trouble concentrating on printed words. I've been reading my Friends page all along and I decided to even things out a little ( Read more... )

Two of my favourite compliments here so far have been "You're the shit," and "You're fired." The first was from my frisbee captain, and it made me happy for the whole night because I really want to do well, and was thinking of myself as pretty good for three days but it was great to hear it from her. The wording, which does have it drawbacks, also ( Read more... )

College Bowl: a little slice of acadeca right here at Swarthmore. The questions were (sort of) harder, and the people's knowledge was more specific, but it was like coming home. They even had The Judge! The same jokes, the same "defer to (the kid who always knows)", the same too-lengthy explanations of thought processes. A little scary now that I ( Read more... )

Sophie told me to update, and she's right, I really should. I'm nibbling on a carrot a la Bugs, somewhat satisfied with myself because I think I've figured out what my English paper should be about. Now I just have to write it ( Read more... )

This is really getting good. After a few days of the highly individual social system that is Orientation Week of college, I'm settling in. Found a few people with whom I feel I can have a real relationship, and quite a lot of others who are good to joke around with, party with, make lewd comments with. Almost all boys, can you tell ( Read more... )

cell phone: same as always. (310) 717-7905. I just set up the voice mail so there should be no more problems ( Read more... )

After some wrassling with the IP address and the ethernet cord, I am finally connected here in the grand old state of Pennsylvania. It's incredibly humid outside, but we've had the fan going since we got here (we being myself and my roommate, sophie) and so there's a steady flow of air ( Read more... )