I'm so scatterbrained today, I'll never be able to write up a cohesive narrative or summary of my three weeks in South Africa. This isn't everything. This isn't enough. But I'll try...

I finally smelled jacarandas on this trip. I read about them all the time, but I've never actually seen them. Turns out they are purple, and they fill the air with ( Read more... )

Nothing like a mid-week Wine-And-TMJ4-News-Party.

This summer, I am broke enough to insist on free haircuts from friends. I've been meaning to get my ends trimmed since graduation, but I haven't had enough for a $12 Super Cut since ( Read more... )

Saturday and Sunday were pure, unadulterated hangz. I wasn't expecting it, but it was mahhvelous ( Read more... )

Friday: The Historic ("Old") Women Party was more successful than I'd ever dreamed. I will never forget what it felt like to go down to the Strack Dos lobby and let in Lucy Burns, Alice Paul, Marilyn Monroe and Hilary Clinton. Frida Kahlo, Susan B. Anthony, Rosie the Riveter, Eve, Janis Joplin and Eve Ensler were also there ( Read more... )

Yesterday Hira and I had TomNeuman over for tea ( Read more... )

"I've had dreams where I've apparated... It was AMAZING!" - Shazi

Well for starters ( Read more... )

I fell asleep at about 9:30 last night, which worked well for getting up at 7. I don't know how my schedule is going to work when I actually have homework, though ( Read more... )

To Republicans in the family! To Sunday night dinners! To diners and roadtrips! To 906! To the blanket of infinity! To infinity!I’d like to post a summary about my 2006, but it’s nearly impossible for me to put all my thoughts in order. I feel like I had three or four years this year. I walked through the lives, all of them my own ( Read more... )