you'd think that after 10 months I'd stop confusing 20h00 and 10 PM.

scary article

so, if it's really true that i have an exam tomorrow morning at 8:30 AM (and it is) and if this class is a hefty five hours and actually kind of matters, and if i haven't studied at all really, and if this class is something i think is completely irrelevant to anything and everything (which has never before prevented me from being a diligent little ( Read more... )

wow. just spent the past day reading 300 pages of feminist ranting, lent to me by a (male) friend. unabashed, angry diatribe coupled with utter cuntpride. surprisingly infectuous. can't say i agreed with her all that often, but when i did, it was pretty vile and exciting stuff.  provoking, at the very least, and inspired me to head out to my ( Read more... )

video screening! lol

(her mantra: merde, merde, merde, je comprends pas, je comprends pas, je  comprends pas...)

honestly, she's hysterical. she even held her little cellphone up to the drip to prove to the plumber on the line that yes, we really did have water pouring out of our ceiling. like anyone would lie to a plumber about something like that. ( Read more... )

my mind is so screwed these days.

1. I'm convinced a word exists, look it up in order to check its spelling, and realize that the dictionary claims it does not exist. I then check a French dictionary, and see that it's not there, either. Spun purely out of thin air....

2. I'm convinced a word exists, but upon searching in the dictionary, I see that ( Read more... )

Today I
hurry home
from a friend (of a friend)'s art exhibition
because i have to write my art history paper.
Manet's Olympia. (SCANDAL!)
so of course I

1. check my email, once again (nothing)
2. chat with Elaine (on the ridiculousness of breasts)
3. upload Giverny photos (lotta fleurs)
4. chat with Elaine (who pines)
5. write outline (fleshy)
6. boil ( Read more... )

for the NYT this was unexpectedly funny (the sidebars, esp). not that i consider myself sadistic or anything. back in middle school my gerbil ate all her babies soon after birthing them. i just thought it gross, really ( Read more... )

does Orangina (a pale orange citrusy soda) exist in the US?

if there's one thing i hate, cigarette smoke probably isn't it, but it's pretty darn close. such a vile odor, really. of course elaine is hosting a (rather friendly, coincidentally) smoker for the week, so our apartment has taken on a new and unpleasant smell ( Read more... )

Reasons I should not be livid because the three tests that I spent hours studying for this week were canceled despite official statements that there would be class and/or the fact that the students of this one other particular campus have never particularly fancied striking before today ( Read more... )