i have finished reading freud's "the interpretation of dreams."

i only wish that i could understand my life...

back to school in two days, let the fun (?) begin.

i post a lot on lj when it is finals time. that is ok. i am feeling great, real great. i have just completed my paper entitled "Body Hair Removal and the Art of Becoming a Woman" about the history and social implication of body hair removal and the hairless ideal for women. i am happy. this paper has been bugging me for a long time, i needed ( Read more... )

writing to dos on post-its is very satisfying. what is even more satisfying is getting to take them down.

i still have trouble sleeping.

i don't know when i'll ever live in new jersey again (winter break barely counts, as it's a month and i'll be spending a lot of time in western new york).

i miss my big bed and my dog.

last night i had a dream that my brother was dead. and some tv network was offering my mom a show. but the only way that she could get the show was if she didn't have any children. so she kept trying to kill me. there was this huge bin of frogs, really slimy frogs, that apparently i was giong to eat/play with. and my mom coated them with some ( Read more... )

The German Idealogy has been glaring at me from my bookshelf for a long time now. I know I have to read it, I HAVE to...but I just have no idea when I will have time to. With break focusing on Interpretation of Dreams and Eboo Batel's Acts of Faith....I won't have time then (especially since it's one dense book). And Christmas will be about ( Read more... )

I saw an amazing movie last night. Lars and the Real Girl. It was the story of a recluse who tells his brother he has a girlfried, who turns out to be a life sized, anatomically correct doll. Ryan Gosling was amazing...and there weren't any cheap jokes...i loved it ( Read more... )

i just have had the best few days that i've had in a very very long time. i'm on some high and i don't want to go low. this is how it went ( Read more... )

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so, i'm back at school. it's weird being back this year. i am in an apartment in my own room, not knowing some of my apartment mates too well, without my boyfriend here (semester in italy) and my ex-roommate hating me, for making her my ex-roommate. this semester will be my thinking semester. the prof i ta for has challenged me to write a ( Read more... )

i am typing right now without the use of glasses or contacts. it's quite a weird feeling, i must say. today marked the beginning of a new era...one that i can see ( Read more... )