November 2010
Things I did this weekend
This weekend was one of the greatest ones I’ve had.
- Made a Day of the Dead altar
- Hookah time
- Painted my face and dressed as a totem pole
- Worked at a center that helps Hispanic immigrants learn English and adapt to American lifestyles
- Corn Maze
- Visited my friend Kevin and went to the most bizarre restaurant with him
- Went to a party at another friend’s house
-...
October 2010
“Check it out, Beavis. It’s the President of England.”
Things I will probably think about every day for...
- Working in Honduras.
- Moving away to college.
- The death of my grandfather.
- The first time I was in love.
- The second time I was in love, it was with the same person as the first time, and what the affair brought.
- Overcoming heartbreak and the experimentations and friendships it brought.
- Learning German.
- Voting for the first time, which was in the 2008 presidential election.
...
Happy News of the Day
One of the heads of my major’s department told me she thinks I could get in to an Ivy League university for graduate school!
Outwardly, I was excited and talked to her about it, but my jaw dropped and I danced around internally.
This was such an encouraging thing to hear, especially from someone so important.
“The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.”
– Theodore Roosevelt (via bitchville)
“Seven simple rules for life in hiding:
One, never trust a cop in a raincoat....”
– Arthur Rimbaud, I’m Not There
Things I really love right now
- Flying kites. I did it for the first time today and kind of had a knack for it.
- Having candles burning.
- Playing with my goddog.
- Riding a bicycle around town, especially with the leaves falling and crisp temperatures.
- The Halloween season: making my costume, Autumn weather, decor, everything.
- Black coffee.
- Drawing and designing things for homework.
English 419
Never before have I experienced so many technological issues with a video project.
Plan A - Bring CD to class. Hope it works. If not, go to plan b.
Plan B - Insert flash drive. Hope it works. If no, go to plan c.
Plan C - Pull up video on Youtube. Let’s hope it doesn’t come down to this.
Plan D - Start praying. If there is a god, she probably won’t help, since it’ll be...
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It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn’t know what I was doing in New York.
“The Signora had no business to do it,” said Miss Bartlett, “no business at all.”
“Through the fence, between the curling flower spaces, I could see them hitting.”
“We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the...
