I went on a family trip to a beautiful hiking area about half an hour's drive or more from our house. Amusingly enough, what we ended up doing there wasn't so much hiking as it was playing around in the waterfalls and trying not to slip on rocks. I finally caved and took my shoes off, then proceeded to climb monkey-like all over the gorgeously ( Read more... )

I haven't written anything on here in so long. Stuff has happened, but all I really care about right now is banging out a list of book reviews, because I want to remember what I read this summer-- it makes me feel like I've accomplished something not entirely work/school/socially-related! Which is to say, something entirely for my introverted self.

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Making another food post-- this time, a made-up dish.

( Splort! )

After a day spent shopping for ingredients and at least four hours of cooking, I bring you:


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I have suddenly lost faith in my ability to make an interesting post. Something about the subject line knocked the wind out of me, I guess. Must be too specific, but hey, it's what I intended to write about...

So. Health. I've been astonishingly sick for the last two weeks, having been struck down out of the blue one night by something that ( Read more... )

So, apparently I just applied to a job on craigslist that was really a scam to get "sexy photos of young women". If anyone sees a headshot of me on a porn site, please let me know. I'd appreciate it.

That's basically how the entire week has been, too. I even forgot to turn in a paper that was due today, and the teacher is rather strict about late ( Read more... )

What on Earth has happened to California? Obviously, we should have stayed long enough to vote... Not that Prop 8 would have been voted down because of five more hands (the only person in our household not old enough, now, is my brother), but it would at least make me feel like I could help, even a little. Banning gay marriage again is wrong. It ( Read more... )

...And Josephine. Together. Which is significant, as will be explained.

During our Tuesday class, my English teacher was giving us an example of what a good profile looks like. In this case, he had interviewed a guy named Chris Tsefalas, who owns a place in Portland, Oregon called the Perfume House. The profile itself can be seen here: www. ( Read more... )

Never, ever put school before life. It just isn't worth it. I've spent the last two days in knots because of all the homework I suddenly have, and you know what? It doesn't matter. It just doesn't. I thought I knew this already. Grades are nice, sure. But the truth is, you can get good grades without doing a whole lot of work: it's called Bullshit ( Read more... )

It's been a little while since I've made a post here. Gah, I ought to push myself to write here more regularly--after all, this is supposed to serve as a practice ground. Or perhaps an inspiration dump. (Or just something to do when I'm feeling talkative, which is how it seems to work in everything other than theory.)

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