I smile because I am home.

Got home around 1:30 yesterday.  And by got home, I mean I was in my HOUSE at 1:30.  My plane landed at 11:50.  That shows you how bastardly traffic is around here, but oh well because I am HOME!

Last night was the Winter Choir Concert.  I have never missed singing so much in my life.  It felt amazing to be back in that ( Read more... )

So my alarm went off at 8, and after a terrible night's sleep, I was actually happy to get out of my bed, seeing as how the last 7 hours spent laying in it were a complete waste.  I showered, blow dried my hair for once, and threw on an outfit.  I also decided to wear cute underwear, which was a good choice.  Sarah was right - wearing cute ( Read more... )

So last night I set my alarm for 11:11 today.  I thought it would be cute, and nice to wake up on the day of my first final at a lucky time.  Well no, of course that plan was foiled because stupid Jill set her alarm for 11am.  And she didn't even get up then!  What the hell.  So I'm laying in bed until I hear my alarm.  And I then I get up.  I'm ( Read more... )

I have said many times that Prep is my favorite book in the world.  And it will probably continue to be for many years to come.  Every time I read it, I’m in a different stage of life, and I get something different out of it.  Today it was the last page that struck me the most.  After four years at Ault School, after living in a bubble, filled with ( Read more... )

Remember that time when we drove in my car.
And stopped at the red light to take pictures?
Oh, we drove so far.

With British accents, we spoke.
With fake cigarettes, we smoked.
Then we ordered designer coffee.
And drove back to class.

I'm sitting in my dorm room, with my door wide open.  I hear Ben's, our RA's, voice in the hallway.  He's on the phone.  We've just emerged from a hall meeting, which I normally enjoy because he's there, to stare at, of course.  And then he walked by.  I hear him say one word, "Dad?"  It's amazing how much connotation and emotion can surround one ( Read more... )

I saw 'Into the Wild' today.  Like I told Sarah, 'fucking amazing movie'.  I hadn't read the book, or heard anything about it.  I love fabulous things that you just happen upon. Highlight between arrows for spoiler ---> ">Anyhow, the ending kind of shocked me.  I guess because I was expecting a happy ending.  That's how things are in this country ( Read more... )

Sometimes music just makes me want to cry.

How I miss making it!

I listened to Overture to Candide tonight and I truly think that piece of music is perfect.  It swells and withers, it ebbs and flows, it highlights a variety of instruments in solos, it bounces in time, it paints a picture in your mind.  It's flawless.  Bernstein is (of course) a ( Read more... )

The first time I really thought about dying as a real thing wasn't at my grandad's funeral.  It was nearly six years after that.  Even in the aftermath of the NC fire, it still hasn't felt as real as the end of senior year.  We were sitting in GEMS class doing one of our final assignments; writing a letter to our future selves, ten years down the ( Read more... )

So I know I constantly have this crisis called "what do I want to do with my life?"  And it's acting up again.  As I sat in mass today, I realized that my whole childhood revolved around transportation.  My dad always took us on train rides, and there are pictures of me and Mike crawling on tanks.  We took boat rides on Lake Superior, and drove to ( Read more... )