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l'air du temps, nina ricci ( Read more... )

I'm sure I heard it once, from Scrubs, or Steinbeck, or maybe Yahoo News, that most people in this life feel lonely. Or maybe I made it up, to feel a part of some greater life-irony, some human-condition thing.

But then again, there are new pictures of distant planets (yahoo news) and new engagements and relationships (facebook).

every night before I can fall asleep I think about updating this journal. I think about the plans I made that morning: eating X, Y and Z for breakfast, lunch and dinner to avoid THIS. and I think about how I can't, I can't go back to the Institute of Living for a FOURTH time. I just can't, health insurance aside. and I make a new plan for tomorrow ( Read more... )

This semester ( Read more... )

This month I've been working on an independent study project; this is the reason that our semesters are shorter, but our year is longer than most other schools. "The Origin of Eukaryotic Cells." That is my paper. I've exhausted all my notes and research in about twelve pages, eight short of my minimum, and it reminds me that highschool is really ( Read more... )

http://www.myfootprint.org/

Coolest thing ever.
I'm at 11 acres (~2.5 earths). But this was answering the questions with a mix of Sarasota and Colchester influence. I'm sure Colchester-life is more similar to how I will live in the future, but it's certainly less efficient.

I've taken to going to the Bible studies that happen here. Here, New College, ranked number nine for "Students Ignore God on a Regular Basis ( Read more... )

My iceberg lettuce is frozen, because I put it too close to the freezer of the mini-fridge. Ironically, that has made it really gross. I'm not sure the humor there makes much sense ( Read more... )

It was evening, and no longer summer.
Three small fish, I don't know what they were,
huddled in the highest ripples
as it came swimming in again, effortless, the whole body
one gesture, one black sleeve
that could fit easily around
the bodies of three small fish.
- from "Dogfish", Mary Oliver