when i was in high school, i began to choose what music i listened to. that is, i began listening to music that was not on the radio or in my parents cd collection. for the most part it was via jennifer, who brought counting crows and weezer into my life, or just other friends at school ( Read more... )

i should have known that this break would be disappointing when within 12 HOURS of coming home, i got sick. and by sick, i mean some sort of eye infection. (after the serious eye infection i got last month, in the other eye, i rushed to patient first and waited two hours for them to tell me i just needed to put antibiotic drops in it.) as soon ( Read more... )

things that have made me laugh out loud today:

"i still have a sneaking suspicion that astrology might be real." -debby

"i haven't read 'aladdin,' but i have watched quite a few laurence of arabia episodes of wishbone." -rachel

ok, two quotes doesn't exactly merit a journal entry, but it's midterms and i'm procrastinating. back to work now.

i'm about to go to bed, but it's weird because jill's out and debby's still at rehearsal for the german play ( Read more... )

mother effer. i went to check my banking account to make sure i'm good for some indulgent shopping in richmond tomorrow, only to find out that i have overdrawn bigtime. like hundreds of dollars. my mom didn't transfer in the money for rent this month. gahhhh ( Read more... )

ringing in the new year

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be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars; to be satisfied with your possessions; to despise nothing in the world except falsehood and meanness, and to fear nothing except cowardice; to be governed by your admirations rather than your disgusts; to covet nothing that is your ( Read more... )

i've recently discovered all the video clips on the saturday night live web site. for holiday laughs, i'd recommend both "two a-holes buying a christmas tree" and "two a-holes in a live nativity." and just for fun, all the kaitlyn and rick sketches. and the digital shorts ( Read more... )

i'm going to visit jennifer in grenoble, france all next week, so i made up for missing thanksgiving by spending last weekend at home ( Read more... )

a word on academics these days ( Read more... )