For our second essay, my rhetoric class was asked to do something formal. I like the idea of this, but then no one that's read it has actually been able to really connect to it, because none of them has been first-generation. This makes me feel like I failed somehow, because I can't bridge cultural gaps apparently. And now I feel like a specimen. ( Read more... )

I really need to stop rereading Pride and Prejudice. I found myself actually being able to look past the story this time and notice all of the HUGE mistakes the copy editor made for the edition I have. Dude, license REVOKED. I guess the 13th (14th? Maybe it is.) read is the "get nitpicky" read.

Perhaps this will be a book post, for the most part? ( Read more... )

I love vacation. So much. <3
( Freedom is nice, yes? )

( Slow down you crazy child! )

( Let me forget about today until tomorrow )

Hee! Only joking. Sort of. Tomorrow really is his birthday, so VIVA ITALIA! ;D ( Read more... )

Of course I watched "Beauty and the Beast" again. You know you didn't expect anything less of me ( Read more... )

Gonna try a cut with this one! I've never done this before, so we'll see if it works! Come inside for a little ranting (not much. I'm pretty cheerful so the steam dies out quickly), some Doctor Who, and some daily life! ;)

( Come in! :) )

There is no reason, EVER, for any network to show THREE HOURS of programming about David Blaine on any given night. Good lord. I have been looking for ways to ignore the tv, and after much hair pulling have just been thinking about silly things for the last hour. It has helped. Oh, and David Blaine just caught a bullet in his mouth. Lord.

I worked a ( Read more... )

First day of term today. I must say, it feels good to be back! I had my Renaissance Humanism, Salvador Dali/Surrealism, and Medieval English Lit classes. I think they are all going to be very, very good! Tomorrow I have Italian (which will be good, I know) and Intro to Psych, which hopefully I find as interesting as I did when I studied it all too ( Read more... )