this winter, i am going to

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1. learn all these geographical terms
2. go slower
3. not fight with my family
4. read a book (haven't decided which one yet)
5. learn where countries are, and maybe their capitals
6. cry when i need to
7. tell the truth more

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[so_many_penpals]

Why the interest in geography?

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i used to know a lot of these things, and i don't, and it's disappointing to me.

i've been thinking recently about how, as a kid, i was curious about anything. everything. but now, based on a lot, i've had to pare my interests down to a few key kinds of topics.

i'd like to re-expand my interests, to the best of my ability.

ps - have you ever seen a picture of a fjord? they're beautiful.

[so_many_penpals]

I become fairly familiar with that feeling too; good luck.

Haha, I just did a google search for "fjord" because I couldn't connect the name to an image. That isn't to say I had no sense of the word, though: I recently finished "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," in which fjords come up a lot (for no good reason). You haven't read it by any chance--have you?

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i read like, a page.

or maybe that was zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance.
it was some book with a cult following and too long of a title.

did you like the fjord pictures?

[hypolimnion]

You should especially learn about pingos because when pingos collapse in on themselves they are called ognip and that is the funniest thing in the world to me. I never tire of it. You could call me on the phone and just say 'OGNIP' and I would totally crack up.

Also: epilimnion, metalimnion, ________.

yrs
amateur amator in love with the earth and sea.

[madgester]

If you can, read Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer. That book was an experience. I read it in three days and I feel like it changed my whole life. Not to build it up so high it comes tumbling down...but I think you'd enjoy it.

I think this to myself as I stare at the other Safron Foer book I plan to read for break. BUT FINALS ARE NOW. STOP THINKING ABOUT BREAK. STOPSTOPSTOPOSTOPSTOPIT. So I'll turn away and start some more studying.

<3, Margie

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i have read everything is illuminated, i have read extremely loud and incredibly close, and i have proposed to jsf.

literally. at a book signing, i asked him if he would marry me.
he thought i was an idiot.