:::takes deep breath::: okay I'm doing it. I'm going to England in the fall and I'll be in debt for the rest of my life, but I can't not go. Besides this trip will actually count towards my major (theater) and I mean, I was going to stay at the UW an extra year anyway (because I certainly wont be back for winter quarter & I need to take senior ( Read more... )

I was going to write that I was going to accept the offer to study at the University of Hull in the fall, but now I have to be really sure this is exactly what I want to do. I have until April 4 to make up my mind ... Yes I want to go, however I'll be gone longer than I anticipated (and money only lasts so long) & the school schedules dont match up ( Read more... )

So the Time Elevator was this cheesy touristy thing that went through the history of Roma. It would have been kind of cool (seeing how I'm a complete nerd for history) but we sat in these seats that moved and for 45 minutes we were jerked around ... I get motion sickness & I didn't bother to take any dramamine this morning so I was uncomfortable ( Read more... )

So I LOVED the Chamber of Commerce. It was so much fun. I haven't really learned any of the Italian translations for law jargon which I know at home and the person who was showing us around was a lawyer and it took me about 10 minutes to try and ask a VERY simple question because I didn't have the vocabulary for it and I couldn't remember the term ( Read more... )

I'M ALIVE AND LIVING IN ROME! As a matter of fact I live right next to the Colosseo. I've already seen & done so much! So far the most fun I had was on Saturday when I randomly meet up with 14 or so other people from our group & later that night we partied in front of Fontana di Trevi. This is the greatest spring break ever ( Read more... )

Happy International Women's Day!

It's SNOWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finished the book I was reading, Body Outlaws (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1580050433/102-5586968-7974537?v=glance). It was a pretty good book ( Read more... )

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HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY!!!!

http://search.eb.com/women/ind_articles.html - Women in American History (try learning something new today)

http://www.socialism.com/ - Seattle Radical Women website

http://www.homealive.org/ - Home Alive, organization targeted to help women learn basic self-defense and boundary setting workshops

http://www. ( Read more... )