So guess whose knees suck? Mine! Last night, without going into insane detail, I turned in my seat, went to straighten my leg and it went uber wonky on me and I wasn't able to extend it again. And I still can't. I went to my physical therapist this morning and he tried to straighten my leg for me. He got really close but it didn't work. Then I got ( Read more... )

The upside to I, Rigoberta Menchu: excellent book that raises awareness about both native Guatemalans and their colonizers.
The downside to I, Rigoberta Menchu: it might give you nightmares that your roommate is trying to kill you and that you are taking part in guerilla warfare.

Have you ever had an experience where you remembered something only to find out that it wasn’t your memory, but something you watched on television? Why do we do this? I think it is because, especially in “reality” television, we feel as a part of the show as the people who are actually in them.

For example, today I remembered that I was in an ( Read more... )

There's all this fuss about the octuplets mother, right? Anyone else think she looks kind of like Angelina Jolie?

I go back to the dorms on Saturday afternoon. I don't know whether or not I'm excited. I'll be glad to see my friends again but I'm really going to miss being at home. I remember at the end of the semester I was so glad to be home and that feeling hasn't left yet. Who knows, though. Hopefully this upcoming semester will be far better than last ( Read more... )

It's the end of the year and there's so much I could write about. It's really late (or early I guess) so I'll do what I can since I don't know if I'll remember to write again until 2009 ( Read more... )

I passed Methods with a C. Never have I been so happy to get a C.

The end of this semester has been hell. It's been lots of work and lots of stress.

However I find I am still 8 years old at heart because, while doing a final project, I was putting glue on the back of my hand and getting joy out of peeling it off when it dried.

Finding joy in small things makes everything a little bit better.

I didn't vote for Obama, but I'm not upset that he won. It could have been much worse, right ( Read more... )

Alanis Morissette was amazing in concert. Words can't describe it. I am just so happy I went. I fell in love with her all over again.