You want proof that my job, my environmentalism, and my raging desire for the Blue Book (the Yale book of course schedules) preoccupy my thoughts too much? My dream last night was that I was climbing the book shelves at work, seeking the Blue Book in the shoe boxes and grumbling that it was a waste of paper to keep Blue Books in shoe boxes, because ( Read more... )

1. Prom was yesterday. I didn't go to the actual dance because I could either afford tickets or dinner, and I would rather have had dinner. The day was a lot of fun, though. We were going to have a scavenger hunt, but Toa locked her keys in the car, so it ended up being most of us wandering around Pike's Place and one or two at a time trading off ( Read more... )

I haven't ceased to write entries because there's very little going on in my life, so much as that there's so much going on that by the time I get to LiveJournal, there's something new. And now, trying to think what to write, I really don't know. I've been quite irritable and depressed the past few days, but I don't want to talk about the reason ( Read more... )

Amazing how the money mood changes when I get into Yale. Suddenly Mom's 100% confident she can pay everything. Dad, meanwhile, mocks the notion and clearly wants me to take the full scholarship. A little ridiculous, given that the only significant spending he's made on me was when he paid for my contacts. In fact, I'm pretty sure his insurance gave ( Read more... )

It was so happy, for a few moments. I had just been talking about how someone on CollegeConfidential had been accepted into Pomona already. I was breathless, running back to the car with the big envelope, ripping it open to reveal the folder covered in "YES YES YES YES" in all different fonts. All my stress that I should have taken AP Biology or AP ( Read more... )

I'm sitting in Penn Station with an ungodly headache, waiting for a train which won't arrive for another forty-five minutes. My learner's permit is lost and I'm afraid to stand up because every time I've done so today green light has engulfed my vision.

It probably sounds like I've had an unpleasant trip, which is patently false. I had a lovely trip ( Read more... )

I feel like I should either rant or cheer about the health care bill, but really I feel...not neutral, because I've sure got opinions. Just neither angry nor exuberant. The ridiculous claims floating around from people who obviously have no idea what the bill entails are driving me a little mad, but the bill itself is basically a barrel of pork. ( Read more... )

Today I received a lovely large envelope with students jumping up and down on the cover. The flap read WELCOME TO WESLEYAN.

I'm vaguely in shock. I probably can't go, because I can't ask my parents to pay $50,000 a year when another university is offering me a full scholarship, but I'm just...in shock. There are people accepted to Ivies and Stanford ( Read more... )

In spite of my battery randomly crapping out on me with no warning, I am a happy camper at the moment. What is this madness, you ask? Well, for one thing, my battery randomly crapped out on me instead of my computer. Meaning my former piece of trash computer has been functioning more or less properly for longer than it has in about a year. The ( Read more... )

I AM A FREDERICK DOUGLASS SCHOLAR.

Also known as American University has accepted me to their Honors program with full tuition and other lovely perks.

The last hour has been consumed by jumping jacks and high-pitched screams.

A real entry will come when I can breathe.