Mr. Sirignano left class for the second time this year. But this time, he left before it started.

I always feel bad when he does that. At least this time he didn't seem angry or disappointed with us.

It takes skillz to trip coming up the stairs. On a regular basis.

ADDENDUM (8:14 a.m.)

Oh, and apparently apricots grow in a more moderate climate. Like that of north Texas. This is good to know, and I'm sure I'll figure out why someday.

I like the word "apricot." ap-rih'-cotI wonder how they came up with the name "apricot." Like, ( Read more... )

Introduction of an e-mail I sent to Dr. Raulston earlier this eveningI had to wait for my muse before I could map out my short story for this second out-of-class paper. When I realised that my muse is not being attentive to my needs, I made my little brother sub for my muse. So now I have an outline for my short story, as I borrowed one detail from ( Read more... )

Life is like a brick wall shrouded in fog. You think that things are going swimmingly and that all is swell, and then you suddenly chance upon a brick wall (because you've run smack into it) and either are knocked unconscious or develop a big bruise/bump on your head. When you come to / realise that you just ran into a brick wall, you then have to ( Read more... )

Something downstairs smells really good. I hope it's dinner. It'd stink (whoa, no pun intended) to have a dinner that smells bad. Don't good smells enhance the taste of food? I think I read that somewhere ( Read more... )

I really don't want to write this USAP paper, but I don't have a choice. But if I were brave/defiant/stupid enough to make a formal declaration that I'm not going to write this paper, here's what I would say:

1. I shouldn't have to do anything in which I don't believe strongly. And I don't believe strongly in any Cause that would entail my writing a ( Read more... )

While at Mizzou...

A snippet of conversation I overheard while passing by:

"I've come back because I'm an alumni..."
*die die die*

Movies (some of which have been released, some of which have not) I want to see:

• Corpse Bride
  
• Good Night, and Good Luck
  
• Pride and Prejudice
  
• A History of Violence
  
• Prime
  
• Thumbsucker

Please e-mail me back ( Read more... )

Kinkaid issue's finally out. Yayzers. With the exceptions of a botched-up quote in Odds&Ends (which, by the way, has to be the printer's fault because in our file, everything's correct) and a questionable photo in the spread, the issue seems to be a good one. I dunno. I like it ( Read more... )

So, I need to finish my Philosophy paper by to-morrow night because I'm going to Mizzou and leaving on Friday morning, and I left Republic in the HCR ( Read more... )