As of one week from now, I will be on a plane headed to Tel Aviv, Israel.  I'm pretty freaking excited.  What I'm NOT excited for is packing and trying to get everything together.  Also not excited for attempting to make better headway in Crime & Punishment.  I keep saying I will, but it's been hard to stay motivated, especially when there's so ( Read more... )

As of 11:00 this morning, school is officially over, which is lovely.  Even more lovely is the fact that my grades went up in all the classes that I wanted them to.  And I got my highest grade on an English essay ever, making for an exciting morning.  Now all I have to do is figure out when the hell I'm going to get the summer reading assignments ( Read more... )

I get the feeling that this will be long before I even begin.  So either brace yourselves or stop here ( Read more... )

The highlights of this weekend/today, in bullet point form for your viewing pleasure.

• Not having to go to school Friday because we had to be at NIU for Congress by 11 or something
• Getting an opportune seat in chamber
• Giving a good first speech which boosted my confidence for the rest of the tournament
• Sitting in on a jam session of a recorder (Stuart ( Read more... )

So yesterday night I was kind of like "Fuck," but after today I'm sort of elated even though nothing was resolved, exactly.  I may elaborate later, though chances are I won't.  It's nothing especially juicy or anything anyway ( Read more... )

Things I should be doing right now:
-Econ homework due tomorrow
-Econ homework that was due Wednesday
-Studying for French
-Packing for this weekend
-Math for Monday
-English for next week
-Physics extra credit
-My band project

I have faith that you already came to the conclusion that none of that is happening.

Things that are bad:
-The fact that I'm going to ( Read more... )

I guess I have a lot to say.  First off, I got into LHIYS (!!!), though my parents haven't decided if they're going to let me go yet.  But I'm thinking/hoping that they can't say no now unless something REALLY HORRIBLE TERRIBLE happens in Israel.  Someone may be subject to terrific pain otherwise ( Read more... )

So I'm just about bursting at the seams with frustration, anger, and some degree of hatred.  Haha, angst.  It's comical, really.

But let me elaborate.

Frustration: This stupid summer program (lies - not stupid, actually one of the coolest things I've ever hoped to do) still hasn't decided who they've accepted.  Since we were in the computer lab for ( Read more... )

I'm not very good at talking about myself (despite my obvious egotism).  I'm good at talking about things I like or things that have happened to me, but not so much myself as an individual.  I had an "informal interview" with the Chicago area admissions guy when I was at Wash U yesterday, and he asked me the normal questions, like what my strengths ( Read more... )

Once again, I am back from hiatus, though this most recent one has been noticeably shorter.  In any case, if I'm ever posting in here from now until probably the rest of forever, I am putting off homework, most likely either English or physics.  Classes of doom ( Read more... )