Yes, it's past three a.m. and I'm still far from sleep.  (and this is a habit that I can't break.)  somehow I can never pass the opportunity to reference the song when I write past 3 a.m.

I am literally destroying my life over ONE final.  My brain cannot manage to fit anything more of Dennett's real patterns or the "mark of the mental" and Cartesian ( Read more... )

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Here's to the long life of the literary genius, Kurt Vonnegut ( Read more... )

Early this morning, and by early I mean 9 a.m., I rolled out of bed to brush my teeth. I enjoy brushing my teeth for some odd reason, I find the minty goodness quite liberating. Then sometime after that, Andrew and I carry our belongings out into the street in attempt to head to Houston for Easter break. It was our bright idea to spare David being ( Read more... )

I have been practicing each instrument, every day.   That means each day I'm getting in piano, violin and guitar.  I've been feeling rather inspired lately, and the sun has decided to grace us with its presence once again, so my park trips are becoming much more frequent.


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I've been slaving over Theodore Roethke's "I Knew A Woman" and Anne Sexton's "The Touch," creating an essay that explores the way that the differing form between poems makes love seem ambiguous but outside boys keep screaming and banging on guitars. So I decided to walk outside, into the bitter cold and watch these screaming boys. However screaming ( Read more... )

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Sometimes it's hard to be here, where alcohol is the common ground between relationships. I have difficulty finding actual friends that don't depend on alcohol to have a good time. Regardless of my empty days, I will not give in. I have been writing more and more, finding more to read.  As I invest more time in the art of language, I begin to ( Read more... )

Yes, Loyola University New Orleans is an incredible school. It is perfect, but it is perfect for ME. It is the school I was meant to go to because of personal reasons. It is highly unlikely that Loyola will also be the perfect school for everyone else, and there are thousands and thousands of colleges and universities throughout the united ( Read more... )