I was mowing the lawn yesterday and as I was moving from the front to the back lawn, I noticed a teeny baby bird hopping along behind me. I thought I must have flushed him out of one of our shrubs as I went by with the mower so I herded him back over to the shrubs (careful not to touch him, for fear my human scent would make his mother reject him! ( Read more... )

Japan was amazing, as per usual though it has become increasingly harder to leave with every year. I remember I once said that although I love my homeland, I didn't think I could actually live there again. And yet I find my opinion shifting; I believe that if I was called to live in Japan, I would gladly live there ( Read more... )

Will be in Japan from tomorrow until July 8th.
Will miss her bffles.
Will take pictures, though probably not very many since I don't partake in much tourist activity anymore.
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I am now into my second week of summer and have been steadily working my way through a mammoth reading list. Finished rereading The Idiot and was sufficiently dazzled into depression by Dostoevsky's uncanny handling of the human condition. Simply beautiful. I decided to read something utterly ridiculous and light so I turned to Stephen Fry's ( Read more... )

I just finished my Visual Narrative paper, it ended up being nine pages! I got past eight and a half and just decided that I really didn't want to keep going. Though I still have to give it a few more read-throughs to make sure everything looks alright, so I may end up adding another paragraph or two to flesh out the argument. It was a really ( Read more... )

1) I bought my first guitar! It's a cheap little thing, but apparently reviewers say it has a good sound. I just wanted something I can learn on because honestly...I'm working my way up to electric. My goal for the end of the summer: can anyone say acoustic version of Layla ( Read more... )

Heading back to St. Olaf tomorrow after a break that was fantastic but terribly short (as per usual, I suppose) and now it will be a mad dash to May when the year wraps up. From there I'll be hitting the sun-baked asphalt from the get-go because I'll have my yearly jaunt to Japan, working like crazy to scrape together money for my time at Oxford ( Read more... )

The kind of pop I respect. You guys might have seen this already but if not, take a gander:

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This is why I love the MST3K creators so freaking much:

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THEY UNDERSTAND. MY. PAIN.

"Mornin', Hellbeast!"
"Mornin', Minor Character!"

"I don't think he was killed by an animal."
"-I was thinking either vegetable or mineral."

"Llllllllllllllllllladies."

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Dostoevsky reading then going to see 'Avatar'! So excited :D

I'll give it to you straight: wisdom teeth extraction surgery was one of the weirder experiences of my life. But I'm feeling fine now PAINKILLERS and my face is not God-awful terrible presently, though I can only open my mouth half an inch. Which is annoying when your stomach CRAVES SUSTENANCE and your mouth refuses to open wide enough to shovel ( Read more... )