i. I am home! And really, really ready to go back to Indiana. I miss it so much already. Still considering just driving back and living at the house if things get too bad here ( Read more... )

Today was about friends & food, two of my very favorite things! I spent the morning and most of the afternoon visiting my friend who's attending Georgetown. She's a compulsive shopper and so she dragged me all around M Street, which I complained horribly about and secretly loved. I did find the exact awesome boots I've been looking for, but not for ( Read more... )

I realize now I do not fear death... I fear my daughter will not be free when I die.

-- Iranian medical student via Twitter
My death is irrelevant. What is important is that you do not forget my words. We want freedom. I will die for that.

-- Tehran protester via Twitter
140 characters is a novel when you're being shot at.

-- anonymous Iranian via ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, Sam Winchester! Please know that if you belonged to me, you would be spending the day on a tropical island instead of, y'know. Um ( Read more... )

Happy (late) Valentine's Day, flist!! Am I really the only single person who still loves this holiday? Because it's really just as much about friends and family and being a schmoop. And the opportunity to embarrass as many people as possible, because ganging up on my friends in the hallway and singing 'Centerfold' as a duet is apparently my idea of ( Read more... )

The past 36 hours have been a whirlwind, and I can't even think of everything that's happened. Starting with last night - I got a chance to attend the Virginia Inaugural Ball last-minute thanks to a friend. He grew up with Mark Warner's daughters and his parents are like their godparents or something, so Mark called him when he found out he had ( Read more... )

HOSHIT I'M GOING TO THE VA INAUGURAL BALL. IN LIKE FOUR HOURS. One of my friends grew up with Mark Warner's kids, so he got a bunch of the extra tickets this afternoon. I'm very excited, but I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF. HELP.

A group of us went into DC last night to celebrate the end of exams. We saw Legally Blonde: The Musical at the Kennedy Center, and it was pretty good. It's only the third major play I've seen, and it didn't even come close to Rent or Wicked, but I was pleasantly surprised just because I didn't expect much. (I wanted to steal the dogs, by the way. I ( Read more... )