Well, here goes 2009 ( Read more... )

My cat Snowball, whom I've had since I was four, died at about 1:15 AM this morning. I saw him one evening as my dad was hanging Christmas lights at our old home in Walnut, and begged my mom to let me keep him. He was named Snowball because he was, as a young cat, almost pure white, and enjoyed sleeping under our Christmas tree. He slept in my room ( Read more... )

“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be” --Marcel Pagnol, French Writer ( Read more... )

So here I am, choosing the next set of classes for myself. How exciting. Looks like 2009 will include ( Read more... )

Jamie's getting married in March and moving to France ( Read more... )

I have never in my life been more proud to call myself an American ( Read more... )

The title says it all!

-Fallout 3: First of all, there's a bug about halfway through the game that keeps me from finishing it. Which is supremely annoying. After twenty hours of playing, to be effectively stuck? Blech. The upside to this is that the bug only occurs if you're playing as a good person. The downside? I can't seem to play this game as ( Read more... )

So, I'm 23 ( Read more... )

Today is the 2,056 anniversary of Pompey Magnus' death at the hands of Ptolemy XIII of Egypt. Let us take a moment.

All righty! Burn After Reading is hilarious, if you're a Coen Brothers fan. I recommend you see it, even if only for Brad Pitt's car dancing skills. I have school tomorrow! Twelve hours of it. Get back two tests - history and ( Read more... )

Note it is 12:18 and I am not in class! Be assured, I have a reason for this.

I have been reading old LJ's (because that is what one does when one stumbles into some free time) and I have decided I liked my entries better in 2006. So I am going to attempt to be more like Matt 2006. Only more experienced. Oh yeah. I'm experienced, baby ( Read more... )