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By the by
I have been so busy lately. Summer school hasn't even started yet (one week to go) and I feel like my time is slipping away from me. I haven't had the chance to do most of the things I've intended to have done so far. My reading schedule has suffered significantly. I was supposed to have been done with two books by now but I'm still working on the ( Read more... ) -
Two years to go
Well, that's all she wrote, folks. The semester is over and I'm settling for a 3.1 for the semester. It's certainly not my best and I'm vowing to never let my GPA get that low again. I have decided to take on the burden of graduating after four more semesters instead of five. I welcome the challenge as it is an opportunity to prove to the rest of ( Read more... ) -
That one moment
Everybody has that one moment. It's the moment that you could have done something different. The moment that what you did really mattered. I saw that moment in a movie I was watching tonight. A man came home to his girlfriend. They had a fight hours before and he had left to go get loaded. (They were junkies trying to get off of junk) He crawled ( Read more... ) -
Hello finals week...
...Ah, how I've missed you. Tomorrow the university library begins their week-long stint of being open 24 hours a day. I remember last semester how I spent two nights there (a total of 25 hours) working on a series of essays and studying. Luckily I only have one essay to write this semester. As far as studying goes, I'm currently studying for ( Read more... ) -
Killing myself to graduate at a reasonable time
I've been looking in to graduate schools recently. Right now the decision is between UW - Seattle, UA - Tuscon, or UT - Austin. They all have a good MA program in Near/Middle Eastern Studies. The problem that arises when looking into a matter such as this is the pesky fact that I started school as a music major and therefore have about a semester' ( Read more... ) -
Le Divorce
I finished reading all of my past lj entries a few days ago. It was actually quite insightful and led me to starting an actual written journal. I found the entries about the problems in my marriage amazing. Can you imagine all of the memories flooding back after five years? My ex wife and I split over two years ago (officially divorced a year and ( Read more... ) -
Finished my Arabic presentation
قِصة مريد البرغوثي, كاتِب فلسطيني
The story of Mourid Al-Bargouti, Palestinian writer.
I hope it's somewhat informative to my classmates, most of which have no desire to continue on with the language. My power point basically tells a generalized version of his life story giving insight to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict from his view as an exiled ( Read more... ) -
Day planning
It's so nice of Mother to save those 40mph winds for days that I have school. I would guess that I walk at least a mile and a half on school days. From home to school, class to class, school to home. What's even better is that we're supposed to see a high just below 90 tomorrow. So heat + high winds + every grain of sand from the desert filling the ( Read more... ) -
I was thinking back....
....on some of the music I was really into a couple of years ago. It's funny how my taste in music spans a variety of genres, bands, and artists. Here's a gem that moved me quite a lot back then.
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Earache
I'd like to think of myself as a cool dude. I know I live a couple of blocks from the University and that the area is populated with students like myself. I understand the desire to have parties and play loud music. I do it myself from time to time. My only request would be that the music that is being blasted out of the open doors and windows, ( Read more... )
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