Thanksgiving. A time of thanks and turkey. Mainly turkey. And thanks for a break from college; I thought today would never get here.
I’ve decided that I’ve not spent nearly enough time with family since I’ve been here, but I doubt I’ll be able to spend more. College students at Reed seem to get their time [...]
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Dear Americans, and those of you living in America,
Perhaps change is upon us. Whether it is good or bad, we don’t know yet. It is common for politicians to lie and cheat — that’s what the popular definition of “politician” is — and I’m sure that Obama in his four years will have his moments.
(If [...]
November 4th, 2008.
Everyone’s wandering around campus with excited looks on their faces, jabbering away about one thing and one thing only. They’ve all got pins and needles; some people are optimistic and have a good feeling, others not so much.
We fucked up once, we can do it again.
But today is election day, and if Obama [...]
I am sitting in the Dorothy Johanssen house (the DoJo, tutoring center, in case you’ve forgotten) awaiting one of my discples. She’s 15 minutes late and I’m wondering if I’ll still get paid for sitting here without any of my books or my computer. (Which was, by the way, a really stupid move, but *I* [...]
The glimmer and glamor of college is slowly fading, mostly because Economics and Calculus are breaking my brain. My brain is at that point where it’s begging for a break, especially since I have two tests in these subjects, one right after the other practically. The problem sets due tomorrow is still unfinished and mostly [...]
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(On a brief note that has nothing to do with today’s post, my blog insists on changing to the next date at 8 PM. It is very weird and quite infuriating. If I write a blog post at 11:59 PM, I expect to be recognized for it!)
Everyone has days like this. (I assume.) Everyone has [...]
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So much for “No Boys” this semester. That plan has been abandoned and destroyed, and then reconstructed. Because apparently all of my boys are gay. I think perhaps the really sad part is that alcohol was not involved; just a lot of endorphins and really bad judgement. Hopefully, the awkwardness on his part won’t last, because I’m [...]
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I am a master at procrastination. So much that it scares me sometimes. I seriously need to start managing my time better, and get cracking at the books. Not only that, but get back into the mindset for Calculus, the absolute worst class in the world. I was trying to solve some simple things today, [...]
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Of all the luck! I just have to be the person who gets infected by my HA’s sodding cold. I mean, yesterday was more or less bearable as I sneezed my way through the most boring Calculus class ever, but now I’m up at 4 in the morning, aching everywhere and feeling slightly guilty about [...]
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Wow. Noise party. Entirely pointless parade to get completely trashed or yell like an idiot and play with fire and wake up half of Portland. Extremely fun, honestly. It felt like a bit of Puerto Rico had come with me, because it was just so noisy! And, to be honest, I screamed my share of [...]
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