It's been a pretty great day... Woke up early, had some tofu miso stew and whole wheat bread (both made by Steph and me), cleaned Julia's apartment for an hour. Then went to an awesome talk by a guy who ran away to Costa Rica in the 60's and has been trying to protect red macaws and sloths and improve conservation practices there ever since. I ( Read more... )

My Spring Break is going amazingly! I've done so much in the last... has it only been four days? There's so much to do and see in DC that I've decided one visit could never be enough. I'm totally spoiled by all the free museums, not to mention I'm here for the beginning of cherry blossom season ( Read more... )

So what have I been up to for the last week and a half? Let me 'splain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up ( Read more... )

I am back! Comps eated me for awhile there. I'm not freaking out, though, just trying to keep on top of things. They are progressing well, and I'm excited for my talk ( Read more... )

While we were making macaroni and cheese for lunch, Steph showed me this book called Style: An Anti-Textbook. I must say that it is, well, stylishly written, though I am deeply unsure whether I agree with it. I gobbled my lunch while reading quotes aloud to poor Steph. It's a critique of introductory writing courses, most of all their incessant ( Read more... )

Our party was fuckin' awesome. People danced a lot. I danced quite a bit, and I didn't mind sitting out because I was already tired when we started. The food was a big hit, and people contributed many delicious things, like caramel apples, deviled eggs, and gingerbread with a chocolate ribbon. They also helped us set up and clean up. Some ( Read more... )

Today was as good as yesterday was sucky. I finished my essay for Amigos and mailed it in. Hope they like it. Hope it's not too long, at ~1300 words. Haha, I got carried away. We analyzed the Orpheus and Eurydice scene in Virgil class, and I got to talk about Euridice's speech and I think I had good things to say. I love Virgil so much; he's ( Read more... )

I didn't cry while my friends were graduating, nor while I hugged them goodbye. Despite all the ceremony of graduation (Tom even tried to start up a chorus of Auld Lang Syne the last time we were all in a group), it's funny how, well, unceremonious leaving is in the end. People just get in their family cars and drive away ( Read more... )

These days. There is so much going on: getting the house ready for the graduation brunch, saying goodbye to people (though it's not goodbye yet, it's just spending time with them and trying to get used to the idea that they'll all be gone next year), enjoying my last few days with hot showers and Internet for a few months, packing my life away, ( Read more... )

I am the Tofu Princess '07! Yay!

( The text of my interpretive dance )