I got in officially this afternoon! My letter came in the mail, and I will be clapping my hands and singing at French middle schoolers in Besancon. I'll take off for France in late September, hopefully make it for the classical music festival, and stay 'til May.

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Working at Emory, my favorite person is Oksana, the office manager. She's always polite and quietly funny. I think it was my third day at work when she asked me for help with her ESL homework. She has a ridiculous pile of PhDs in her closet, in things like Russian poetry and linquistics. She is an amazing person, and she speaks English very well, ( Read more... )

The cosmos put in a song request for me this morning. Driving to work, fed up with Marketplace on NPR, I switched up my presets and rocked out to "Refugee" by Tom Petty. It was just so good! Like Chicken McNuggets with sweet and sour sauce after months without McDonald's good. "It don't really matter to me, baby. / You believe what you want to ( Read more... )

I'm sitting next to Sam in the big house, watching Curious George and doing laundry. This has been a long, hard week, and I must say he's the best company I could ask for right now. He's flopped upside down, rolling around and giggling. Every once in a while he shrieks, "Tickle me!" I oblige. He's a good kid, and I really enjoy Curious George, and ( Read more... )

Hannibal Rising was the most unintentionally hilarious horror film I've seen since Jason X, a particularly ridiculous installment of the Friday the 13th series. That's the one where Jason's in space. But let's talk Lector. ( Spoilers ahead. )

I'm going to follow suit, and show you my personality. You can take the Mejers-Briggs personality type test, here. I have taken this test many times, and have received three results, but ENFJ (extraverted intutive feeling judging) is the one I receive most often and that I feel is most accurate. ( This next part is taken from typelogic.com. )

This week has me tired and scratchy all over. My throat, eyes and ears itch, the result of my lingering cold. My skin is dry from the weather, and no matter how I moisturize and condition I wind up scratching behind my knees and at my scalp. I went to sleep at 7:30 pm last night, and woke up 10 hours later to get the kids to school. I have been ( Read more... )

It was a wonderful winter break. Four short days of friends, family and fooooood ( Read more... )

My babysitting assignment was cancelled this evening, so I will have time to ACTUALLY clean and to ACTUALLY pack before looking pretty and swapping presents with my boyfriend. I'm going to give Penny a bath. I've taken tomorrow morning off from babysitting, so I can sleep in until 7:00 or so ( Read more... )

It's back.

I can almost hear the universe laughing. I'm taking my early twenties too seriously. It's time to mold my mood to the cosmos.

*happy dance*