I was thinking yesterday - as one does when reviewing one's life - about what my 12 year old self would think if she met me. And although the jury is still out on most of my life I know that there is one thing that would make her want to punch me in the face. And that is what a literary snob I've become. I loved the classics when I was a girl; I ( Read more... )

 My other best friend, the Painter (and yes, this is what they do.  My degree in History and English does sound a bit unrealistic until you realize that my two best friends took BFAs in painting and in photography.) and I just saw 'Up in the Air' with George Clooney.  Good film, I mean the whole thing about his life was really sad and all- but I ( Read more... )

 So winter is finally here in our part of the country.  14 below, -22 with wind chill.  Sure it's cold but I always find that you fell really alive in the winter.  And glad that you have a home to go back to.  I'm going to miss that, I think, the winter.  Summer I can take or leave to a certain extent, but winter ( Read more... )

 So it's 2010 and we still don't have flying cars.  To be honest I'm feeling a bit cheated.  Maybe tomorrow.

 My best friend, the Photographer, and I have decided on an eighties party... all by ourselves... for New Years.  We are dressed in oversized shirts, belts and neon leggings on my sofa watching Ferris Buler's Day Off.  It is honestly the best New Years Eve in memory.  (No hysterical drunken fights for one.  And believe me, they're even uglier ( Read more... )

 With the notable exception of a lovely visit with my friend Tamara... filled with discussions of grad school applications- and can I just take this moment to say that she is an absolute inspiration?  She just kind of dives in and DOES stuff.   But at any rate today has been full of disappointments ( Read more... )

So I have managed to graduate University by surprise.  I've never met anyone else to do this.  Sometime after my Modern France exam my course advisor emailed me to say that after reviewing my credits from my exchange to Keele I had completed my graduation requirements.  So here I am, VISA in hand, ready to embark (thank you Ains!) on a return trip ( Read more... )