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looking out the window, at another window...
Saw Into the Wild last night. Or, well, yesterday afternoon, really. It just gets so dark so quickly here now. It's black as pitch by eight. Anyway, I digress. Into the Wild. I read the book this past summer as part of my summer reading regimen that also included Into Thin Air--while in the hospital--The Dharma Bums, and a reread of On the ( Read more... ) -
I know that you cannot be here...
I think/feel things faster than I can possibly express them. I feel fairly certain that no one reads this any longer, so that contributes only to my own frustration and inconvieniences no one else ( Read more... ) -
XL. dissociation, n, defense mechanism in which anxiety-provoking thoughts are compartmentalized
Fuck you, Kenneth Waltz. Seriously, fuck you with something hard and sandpapery. That doesn't mean I think liberalism is any less FUNCTIONALLY RETARDED than realism, though. Why am I being tortured this way? I know the professor does not subscribe to either of these theories, so isn't there a less painful way of proving I understand them than ( Read more... ) -
XXXVII. pirate, n, a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea
What a fucking gorgeous day, really ( Read more... ) -
XXXVI. aid, v, to provide support for or relief to
Holy shit.
It just occurred to me, as I wrote the date at the top of my Peace and Conflict Studies lecture notes, that I moved to California a month ago today.
It still seems a little unreal. I haven't quite grasped it, even as I sit here, outside Dwinelle Hall, where I have class three days a week, looking at buildings I pass by every day. I ( Read more... ) -
XXXV. avocado, n, a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp
Oh so much going on in the glamorous life of a Berkeley freshman, and by glamorous I mean tedious/ busy/ exciting/ icky/ insane ( Read more... ) -
XXX. trashy, n, in very poor taste or of very poor quality
I can't believe it's September already. Of course, classes only started on the 27th of August, which is two weeks later than when I've gone back to school for several years ( Read more... ) -
XXIX. atlanta, n, capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeast
I was feeling pretty crappy earlier this week (you guys didn't have to read about it because I'm experimenting with the MySpace blog feature...), but I'm doing pretty well right now.
I just wanted to share this with you. I wrote it for my film class, and I'm particularly proud of it.
I will never forget the first time I heard Rhett Butler tell ( Read more... )