...authors who get so rich and famous off of their beach novels, then sell out and franchise their name.

So I was having a conversation with Dave, who recently bought a book at Barnes and Noble for the first time in, oh, I don't know, 23 years? I was super excited about this strange development until he told me the book was Tom Clancy's Splinter ( Read more... )

I know I really have no right to complain and there are a billion people who have it way worse than I do, but this week was TRULY HELL. Monday was a 15+ hour day, as well as being the first day of my internship and the first day of classes. The internship is OK, I guess, but they have me doing work that should be done by a professional IT ( Read more... )

So I found this picture today while making my travel book for class. It's a hill in New Zealand. I have no words for the amazingness of this picture. I would do a lot to be there right now.

I'll add some text to this header once I find something worthy of being on it!!

I think I shouldn't burn candles or something, because I'm not having much luck. First I buy three candleholders that MELTED when I burned the candles in them. Now I blew some more money on one of those pretty glass lampshade thingies that you're supposed to put on top of the Yankee candle jars.... and, yeah, it cracked from the heat. Um, shouldn't ( Read more... )

I would just like to say that I have the best parents ever who give me way too much to the point that I might as well be a spoiled rich kid, because I'm treated like one. I can now register for classes and (pending getting an internship) graduate on time in August. Emerson = evil moneygrubbers, but my parents are the antidote.

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From The New Yorker, 2/12/07 ( Read more... )

In pursuit of Scottish Life, I went out to 7 bookstores and newsstands today at Copley, Boylston, Cambridge, Porter Square, etc. etc., effectively wasting my entire day, because apparently Scottish Life is hot stuff and EVERY SINGLE PLACE was sold out! Then a homeless guy tried to hug me and a pigeon smacked me in the face with its wing. That's ( Read more... )

Just purchased: MI-5 season 4 on DVD. So. Incredibly. Happy. Also happy because a certain boyfriend of mine finally decided to tell the parents about next year's living arrangements. Finally. Last day of the super long weekend is tomorrow. Noooooo!

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