Just got my final exam back. Half the points were for the essay and I got full points! 96% overall. A- course grade. Thought I'd share the essay:

Discuss the causes, path and consequences of the Crusades.

The Crusades began in a time when the Byzantine Empire had weakened substantially from its glory days. This possibly happened in the reign of a ( Read more... )

Fie on you, Chinese Restaurant Phone Answerer, ye
Who take my requests for extra rice noodles in
My mongolian chicken dish and, denying lack of noodles there,
Urge me not to get more! For oh! the plentiful bounties found
The wondrous immensity of rice noodle fantabulosus waiting
Within, too much, too much! Oh, madamoiselle, I pray you, heed
My ( Read more... )

I have been noticing and mentally cataloguing one specific phenomenon for years now: the coming-of-slut of a young female celebrity. I like to call it the 'Look! My breasts grew in!' stage, or sometimes the 'Betchya I WILL pose naked in that magazine' stage. I think topless cover pictures are almost mandatory. That Sultry Look sure is - the always- ( Read more... )

The flowers I got for my birthday nearly three weeks ago are officially DECEASED ( Read more... )

My grandfather can now *walk* with aid of a walker from the television area at the senior life center to the dining room. When my grandmother told me this, it made my day. He broke his pelvis months ago, and it has been a very slow and very scary recovery ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning and the ends of my hair were wavy. My straight hair was wavy! Rock on. 'Course, as soon as I shower and get my hair wet, it'll go back to being straight. Ah, alas. It makes me wonder of what dreams I forgot. :p ( Read more... )