Today I learned to make balloon animals! THIS SKILL WILL TAKE ME FAR. We made a huge arch, a dog, and a bear. This is my bear:


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So people constantly tell me that I must be a B-type (for the record, I'm not). And to some extent, maybe it's true. I am very chill about things I don't really care about, and I'm not a very precise or order-driven person, either.

But with things that carry responsibility -- school, actual work, promises to friends and whatnot -- I am incredibly ( Read more... )

Youth exchange program in Vermont round two.

I spent 10+ hours with plus or minus one inch of knee space in a United plane (without individual monitors!) because the crazy Thai woman in front of me had her seat reclined to its limit for the entire duration of the flight.

Morning Glory is an adorable movie ( Read more... )

I've been told twice this week that I look like I'm in my thirties. I am going to destroy the next person who insinuates the same ( Read more... )

You use "it's" when you mean "it is."
You use "its" when you want to convey possession.

"A lot" is two words. IT IS NEVER ONE WORD UNLESS YOU ADD AN EXTRA L AND YOU GET "ALLOT," WHICH MEANS SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY.
Similarly, "alright" is not actually a word. "All right" is what you're looking for.

Bob and Jenny have lots of fun. If you have ( Read more... )

I've been learning this Bengali dance for the better part of two months now, and our first show is tomorrow night! I'm immensely excited to wear tons of makeup and jewelry and a sari. And to take so many pictures ( Read more... )

1)  I need to stop giving people wrong phone numbers, apparently.  In the last month alone I've messed up my own cell phone number twice -- not to random people but just co-workers.  Ahhhh.

2)  I think my stomach is getting smaller?  I ordered a regular fast food combo meal at a food court today and by the time I was finished I thought I was, like, ( Read more... )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh8-3NHOtT8This person -- or, I suppose, someone in the wide expanse of the internet-- totally took my translations for this sub and changed... four words.  I try not to get all territorial about things like this but it's absolutely impossible that any two people would translate something exactly the same way, and isn ( Read more... )

I filed my acceleration petition today to graduate in December of this year. To really be this close to home stretch is a strange feeling, but not a bad one. I've been looking forward into applications for Japanese programs at Keio and Waseda for spring 2009, and that brings with it its own set of concerns..... I want this so so so muchMy education ( Read more... )

Dear People of the World:

"alot" is not a word. It is "a lot." Two words. Two wordsssssssssss. Please. The little grammar/spelling freak that still does live inside me dies a little bit each time an adult English speaker tries to pull an "alot" on me.

Am I wrong???? Do British people spell it "alot"??? Why do so many people still do it ( Read more... )