A friend who was unaware of my previous post/experimentation just sent this to me:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/juliapugachevsky/15-amazing-ways-to-spike-hot-chocolate

So I've been thinking this past week that instead of going to grad school right away I might do some Peace-Corps-ish program in the Middle East to help people and improve my Arabic. And I just got an email about a Kenyon student who was randomly stabbed to death by protesters in Alexandria, where he was doing a Peace-Corps-ish project to help ( Read more... )

Got into Gambier early yesterday evening! Dinner in Pierce, then cider, chocolate, games with Taylor & Claire and whoever else happend to show up. Sad that I'll only be here until tonight, but glad I made it at all. 

Read. This.

https://twitter.com/KimKierkegaard

So I stocked up on stupidly easy real-ish food, like pre-made pizzas and pasta with meat and cheese in it, so that I will hopefully stop semi-starving myself. That's probably part of why I've been so lame and tired and slugglish lately and doing the blankets > essays thing And playing way too much Skyrim, although I'm not ready to admit that yet.I' ( Read more... )

Midnight Mass at Notre Dame. Joyeux Noel!

Whoa, I'm in Paris. No srsly. I got here yesterday. My hostel is like two blocks from Sacre Coeur, so I went there last night. It was impressively gorgeous. This morning I went to the Institut du Monde Arabe, where there just happened to be a special exhibit on the Thousand and One Nights yusssss MSs.  Got slightly lost and found Rue du Unmarked ( Read more... )

Oh my god I forgot how great living alone is. Classes are over and everyone in my flat has gone home for break. Also, I bought a £5 table lamp and a string of little LED lights, so now my room actually works for reading in. Before the choices were shitty flourescent lamp or overhead light, neither of which is acceptable ( Read more... )

OMGOMGOMG MY BROTHER'S GOT HIMSELF ENGAGED

I quite like the fiancee (she's an English major). And, ooh, also, does this mean I get to be a cool gay aunt?!

:DDD<333

So who else is frownton crabby that there are all sorts of new characters this season, but still no queer women? >:/