Graffiti written on a desk in the classroom where I am tutoring ESL students this summer:

Ahmed love someming of Christina

I've been at my parents' house back in Minnesota for about a week now. Almost immediately, I started hearing myself speaking with a pretty thick Minnesotan accent. This has never happened to me before. It's kind of awesome. People who know me from outside of MN - this is another reason to call me this summer. I will probably inadvertantly say ( Read more... )

Just got back from storage. Now everything in my room is either going to be brought home with me or given/thrown away. If for any reason you think that you actually want more stuff right as you're packing to go home, I've got a ton of clothing that I will otherwise be throwing away (does anyone know an easy way to donate stuff? because I guess I ( Read more... )

I just finished a telephone interview for a summer internship. I feel dirty. Spending about twenty minutes pretending that I think that spending part of my summer making copies and doing data entry for free will be an interesting and valuable experience for me did nothing but make me feel like a big tool. I wish that everyone would just be ( Read more... )

tonight I was so hungry and lacking in real food that I ate the week-old vegan rice pudding that earth house gave me last week.

Tonight I went through my old voice messages because my mailbox was completely full. Among my very old saved messages was Patrick and Katey (and probably others but they were the loudest) singing Slide by the GooGoo Dolls. They sang the entire song, including instrumentals. Epic ( Read more... )

I stayed up until 5:30 this morning working on a project that I just realized isn't due until Thursday.

On Saturday deathrace got together and finalized our route from Minnesota to Connecticut. Cycling maps have already been ordered ( Read more... )

73 Home Ave!

It is green, which is my favorite color.
Real people live next door. One of them is a baby.
It has a back yard.
It has almost everyone I know nearby.

I think I'm going to make a facebook group for 05-06 Homies.

I spent 8 hours at the library this evening. I'm guessing that I've got about 4 or 5 more hours of work to go. I'm feeling OK about this. Also, I may be converting to a main room studier ( Read more... )