i am scared of leaving all of you.

here is a conversation with my mom that I had today ( Read more... )

I wanted to share a message from my overseas program coordinator with everyone:

"FYI, a lot of students wear Khaki pants to work. This is fine, but don't call them khaki pants while you are there. Khaki in Scotland means poopy and pants means underwear, so you get the idea... Call them beige trousers."

It's a comedy of errors, you see
it's about taking a fall

so rhenquist died tonight. this right after i got some really shocking news from my family. let's just say if you're around, i could use someone to talk to anytime in the next week...

Today I received my acceptance letter for the internship program in edinburgh. FINALLY. It hasn't sunk in yet, even though i've been counting on doing this for the past four years. I haven't realized that I'm going to be away from everyone for almost a full year (if you count the summer) or the fact that I will now graduate at in debt... but ( Read more... )

i don't know where i've gone to. i'm sitting on my bed using the dim connection to someone unknown's internet and cursing everything around me. it's so much easier to exude anger than to turn it onto myself though I do that day in and day out anyway. i'm telling myself, right now this moment, that i don't have time to know myself - can't read in ( Read more... )

All week on The connection they are talking about books that changed people's lives. each day they have an author on that talks about a specific book and people can call in and talk about other books or the book of the day. It's been a good program overall, and today i was really excited becuase they were talking about On the Road. I actually ( Read more... )

the past few days have brought me a peace I haven't found in a while. perhaps it's becuase i'm keeping myself very busy, but the moments between are filled with just that - moments of stillness. it's been beautiful. george and I have been playing tennis around midnight and it's been beautiful. it's beautiful outside and quiet and still and it ( Read more... )

yay for new computers and neopolitan ice cream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!