OMFG I just turned in my big-ass application for study abroad in Berlin. More later. 

Anyone know of a pub, club, or bar in or around the city that shows soccer? I want to catch the Euro 2008 Italy-France game tomorrow but it's not on ESPN and Slainte only shows EPL games.

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I disagree with the following candidates on:

Kucinich 51
  No Child Left Behind

Gravel 49
  (you have no disagreements with this candidate)

Obama 23
  Patriot Act, Border Fence, Same-Sex Marriage

Richardson 20
  Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Dodd 20
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I had a dream last night that we were in Petra. I don't remember it very well but it was really vivid-- I woke up confused about where I was. Someday I'd like to go there for real.

I think Sabrina and Girma are going to the west coast & traveling around thereabouts. Sabrina keeps asking me about things like kayaking. They've been pretty cool the ( Read more... )

You should be landing in about a half hour, unless I'm way off. I can't wrap my head around the fact that you've been in the air since
we spoke last night-- shouldn't that amount of time spent in the atmosphere make you some kind of angel? I guess that's a moot point,
actually.

I miss you, but you know that. I spent a pretty nice evening at home ( Read more... )

Hamas 'Mickey Mouse' killed off
"'Farfur was martyred defending his land,' said the show's presenter Saraa."
This is really disturbing to me not necessarily because of the content of the spectacle, but because of the age of this little girl and the ages of her audience:

Also, good piece/terrible material:
Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency

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Ahhhh, the semester's finally over-- it's just starting to sink in ( Read more... )

This is how it works
You're young until you're not
You love until you don't
You try until you can't
You laugh until you cry
You cry until you laugh
And everyone must breathe
Until their dying breath

Like a ship tossed by rough seas, I come limping into harbor, my posessions floating haphazardly around me. Today was hell on earth, but I got out of there finally, and my parents got to be heroes. I'm staying at my mom's house while I look for another place. Maybe 'round the beginning of May. For now, at least, I'm enjoying being taken care of and ( Read more... )