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Saturday, December 17th, 2005
6:43 pm	Because it's finals (ie procrastination time) now for the itunes meme How many songs? 1746 songs; 8.44GB Sort by artist. First artist:22-20s Last artist: Zumbyes Sort by song title. First song: (Hurricane) The Formal Weather Pattern - Something Corporate (first song without punctuation is 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins) Last song: Zombie - the Cranberries Sort by time. Shortest song: Outro "Time" - Harper/Blynn (0:15) Longest song: Appalachian Spring - Aaron Copland (25:16) Sort by album. First album: 1776 - The Musical Last album: Yourself or someone like you - Matchbox 20 First song that comes up on shuffle: "But not for me" - Harry Connick Jr - When Harry Met Sally Soundtrack How many songs come up when you search for "sex"? 2 How many songs come up when you search for "death"? 1 How many songs come up when you search for "love"? 80 How many songs come up when you search for "fuck"? 1 (Comment on this)
Friday, June 17th, 2005
7:05 pm	To celebrate the fact that it's friday... ...I took a Harry Potter Compatability Test! You scored as Albus Dumbledore. You are very wise, observant, and analyctical. You have a very "well-organized" mind, which makes you function in a calm and fair manner. Though you get angered easily, its rare of you to ever act our of temper. You are constantly seeing the good in people and are naturally forgiving because of it. You're easy to please and a great person to learn from. </td> Albus Dumbledore 53% Neville Longbottom 50% Remus Lupin 47% Hermione Granger 44% Sirius Black 44% Luna Lovegood 44% Oliver Wood 38% Ron Weasley 38% Harry Potter 34% Percy Weasley 34% Bellatrix Lestrange 34% Severus Snape 34% Lord Voldemort 25% Draco Malfoy 22% Harry Potter Character Combatibility Test created with QuizFarm.com Current Music: Dvorak's New World Symphony (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005
6:10 pm	From Christiana :-) 1) Total number of books I've owned? What the hell kind of question is this? I can't even begin to answer this, especially since I"ve gone through my books and gotten rid of bunches annually for the last 10 years of my life, and am constantly getting new ones... 2) The last book I bought? Wuthering Heights (Bronte) and A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bryson) at the hott Atlantic Book Warehouse 3) The last book I read? The last book I completed (that I read for fun) was...umm...well, I'm really not sure. Maybe Vinegar Hill, whcih I really hated. Right now I'm reading Wicked and A Short History of Nearly Everything 4) 5 books that mean a lot to me: The Little House on the Prairie series - I read all of the books in this series at least three times - I was named after Laura (Elizabeth) Ingalls Wilder, which partially made it cool, but also I just loved the not-that-adventurous adventures that they had as a family in that book. Also, my mom loved the books when she was little, so we could talk about them together, which I loved Lurlene McDaniel's Six Months to Live series - These were the first books I read that made me really cry, and I just fell in LOVE with them! I just re-read them recently, and they made me cry AGAIN (not that I didn't cry many times from them when I originally read them in 4th grade...)\ John Irving's Cider House Rules - the first book I read that really discussed abortion issues, and I think it really influenced how I feel about abortion - me and Wilbur Larch are likethis (picture intertwined fingers here) Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice - Read this in AP English, and I fell in love with Jane Austen. This love for Austen resulted in my taking Jane Austen: Novel to Film as my writing class first year, which lead to me meeting Paul Fisher, which lead to me taking Queer Lit, and, finally, resulted in me having the best advisor EVER for my American Studies major. David Leavitt's Lost Language of Cranes - This book and Stone Butch Blues really changed how I felt about queer issues (in different ways, of course). LLoC is an amazing book - it not only really made me look more at queer relationships, but it made me look at how I form relationships with people (friendships, romantic, etc). No tagging, but fill it out if you're interested :-) PS I'm doing really well, I've been in DC since Sunday and am loving it, I love my job, love my roomate, love living next door to Katherine, etc. Current Mood: happy Current Music: Mama Was a Dancer - Harper/Blynn (Comment on this)
Friday, May 13th, 2005
3:11 pm	I'm DONE! WHOOHOO! In less than 24 hours, I will be en route to home, with Muddy Juddy driving (I'm getting sick and would much rather veg on the car ride back). I handed in my geology paper this afternoon, and then went "box shopping" (ie, went to liquor stores in the area to get free boxes...i <3 free boxes) for Adeline, who has yet to start packing and also is still writing 2 papers that are due by today at 5. However, importantly, I am done done done and tomorrow I go home, and in 2 weeks and 2 days I will be in DC starting my FANTASTIC internship and seeing klucassm who I miss SO much! The last week or so has been pretty uneventful, except yesterday I went to see Nelson Mandela get an honorary degree from Amherst in NYC, which was pretty awesome. THe bus rides were long, but were made better by watching the first 9 (hour-long) episodes of the OC, which someone else had brought on DVD and which the whole bus watched...it was ridiculous. Anyway, I think I'm gonna take a brief nap now before packing some more - I'm going out to dinner with Craig and his dad tonight, and then helping Adeline pack, and then going to meet my dad and Judd at the hotel. Then tomorrow dad and judd come early, and we pack up the cars, and leave! xoxoxoxoxo lef Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, May 9th, 2005
11:31 pm	Whoohoo! Next week is "West Wing Week" on BRAVO! What perfect timing, I finish classes, go home, and then West Wing! Whoohoo! Things are going okay here, my geo project is barely getting written, hopefulyl tomorrow will go better than today. Home in 5 days....! (Comment on this)
6:19 pm	My interview - courtesy of the lovely Ali (aka rwhip923) 1. Was spending a year at Amherst worth it? Interesting question. I would say yes, but mostly because it has made me look forward to going back to Wellesley so much. I am definitely going ot miss some of the people I met here (my roomates, Craig, etc) and miss having the lower-stress class environment. 2. What are your majors and why did you pick them? I'm an American Studies major - I picked it because every class I took freshman year that I loved went toward that major, and there were a billion more classes in that major area that I wanted to take, so it seemed perfect. I LOVE my major. Astronomy minor- I initially took Astro to just fulfill requirements (math/science) but I really like having a science-y class each semester, so I just kept taking the classes and now I'm a minor! 3. I know you're working for Planned Parenthood this summer but what specifically are you doing for them? I'm working for the Global Partners division, which is a program where affiliates in the US have partnerships with similar groups around the world (for example, Planned Parenthood Assoc. of Bucks County is affiliated with KMET, a family planning group in Kenya, Africa. We visit them about every 3 years and they come here). So, with them, I'll be working on information packets about the countries we're affiliated with, and other stuff with them. 4. What are you looking forward to most while you're in DC? OMG. EVERYTHING. The people (getting to know more Wellesley women, seeing friends from HS, etc). The job (PP national! I'm movin' on up!). The city (I love DC...so much awesome history and stuff to see) 5. I'm waiting for my West Wing Season Four DVD's to arrive in the mail. Do you think a TWW marathon or two may be in order this summer? Oh, quite definitely :-) Current Mood: content Current Music: Something - The Beatles (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 4th, 2005
10:57 pm	Much better now! I'm feeling better now. I think now that I have just enough days left that I can list something that I'm doing on each day, I'm doing alright. I'm going to Wellesley from Friday to Saturday to visit Karen and Carly, to see In Good Company at Collins and Rose of Versailles, which the lovely Carly is in! In terms of work left, I'm doing alright. Geology final tomorrow that I've studied really hard for (I hope that shows on the test) and then editing my Americans in Paris final paper and writing my crazy Geology final paper that is really really scary. Oh, plus my final Beatles assignment (which is ridiculously easy and should take me about 45 minutes...I have to write a creative essay of sorts about the origin of a Beatles song (a made-up origin) - I'm going to do "She's Leaving Home," and write the letter that hte girl leaves for her parents, and then maybe another letter that she sends them later about having met Paul McCartney at a train station!) Today the boy who I have a crush on not only applauded my feminism about the movie we watched for class, but also gave me a hug. I am so sad that Americans in Paris is over - between talking to Josh (said crush), laughing with Craig and Keneka, and reading really cool stuff, it was SUCH a cool class! I'm not so sad that Women and the Law is over though, and I"ll be pretty freaking happy when my geology final is over tomorrow (though I'll also miss the nice guys in that class)... 10 more days here, then home for 2 weeks, then DC! Whoohoo! Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: I Wanna Be Your Man - Beatles (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 1st, 2005
4:08 pm	Yet again a long time between entries. I'm mostly posting now because I feel really emotionally crappy and I just need to talk about it. I finished reading Giovanni's Room this morning, and it COMPLETELY threw me off guard because I forgot how AWFUL and depressing it was. I think, however, that my body just took the excuse of Giovanni's Room to show how the rest of my emotions are really feeling, and I've cried randomly like 3 times today. Last night was the Spring Formal, and I guess I had fun, but it felt so forced that I think I exhausted myself and I left early and came back and just crashed. At least I looked hot. What really sucks is that I'm on a pretty good track with all of my work for the rest of the semester, but I still feel really overwhelmed and stressed out. The picture for my icon shows me at almost this exact time last spring, and it illustrates remarkably well how I'm feeling. I think the worst part is that at this point I can't lie to myself and be like "well maybe I'll become closer friends with some people here before the semester ends" because the semester ends very soon, and at this point I feel like I'm leaving here having really connected with only maybe 3 people, and I'm not even sure how long those connections will last. Ugh. 13 more days here... Current Mood: depressed Current Music: Guster - Diane (Comment on this)
Saturday, April 23rd, 2005
9:07 pm	Ya Thank you Katherine for introducing me to the awesomeness that is Dar Williams' "What do you hear in these sounds" ( Lyrics ) Current Music: Duh - Dar Williams "What do you hear in these sounds" (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 21st, 2005
4:34 pm	Things are going pretty well. I got back my "rough draft" of my paper for Women in the Law, but it had a grade on it, so I was puzzled. Turns out I don't have to turn it back in if I'm happy with the grade I got! (which is currently a B+, pretty good) I may look at it again, but probably not....so crazy! I don't have too much planned for this weekend besides getting quite a bit of work done on my final papers (geology, americans in paris). I hope to get some substantial reading done for both of them, on top of my reading for next week (which includes reading Giovanni's room!! yay, I loved that book in Queer Lit!) I registered for classes for the fall this week. I only have two classes that I'm definitley taking. I registered for one other but I'm not sure I'll actually take it, and I dunno my 4th class yet at all. Definite classes are: English 363 - Gotham: New York City in Literature and Art Art History 235 - Landscape and Garden Architecture (actually cooler than it sounds) Maybe class Astro 203 - Planetary geology - right now the prof teaching it is one I dont like all that much, but there may be a visiting prof teaching it, so I registered for it I wont even post the myriad of other options on here...my entrance into those courses depends on SO much (class size, first impressions, etc) so really I wont know my final schedule until well into add-drop... Ooh, and check out my hott new icon, courtesty of rwhip923 1<3 the West Wing! Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: Semisonic - Closing Time (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 16th, 2005
9:00 pm	a survey Your Linguistic Profile: 70% General American English 20% Yankee 10% Upper Midwestern 0% Dixie 0% Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? (Comment on this)
8:23 pm	Wow. What a fantastic last few days Yesterday and today have been SO great! Yesterday, I figured out a topic for my final paper for English (I'm going to research what Sylvia Beach wrote about Ernest Hemingway, which should be really interesting, considering his typical treatment of women, esp. lesbians). I also met with Tekla, my geology professor, who got me really psyched about my final project on the Badlands/Black Hills - she found me a really awesome book from 1920 about the geology of South Dakota/The Badlands. Then, I had a really great talk with Paigey (wait, was that Friday or Thursday? Either way, we had a great talk sometime recently!) which was so great - I love revamping friendships! Last night was great too, I went to see Melinda and Melinda, the new Woody Allen film, with Adeline at the Pleasant Street Theater. The movie was weird, but I really liked it, I think. If anyone else sees it, I'd love to know what you thought of it! Today was so great too. This morning I did some hardcore laundry and cleaning, and really got my winter clothes moved out of my room, which was SO needed. Then I met up with Carly and two other Wellesley women for lunch and then we watched the Wellesley v. Amherst tennis match. I also watched some of the Amherst men's match against Middlebury (which included watching a certain very adorable Zumbye play an AWESOME game). I totally got sunburnt, which is really awesome because it's not that bad but just bad enough to remind me of the awesomeness of being out in the sun. Then Carly et al. went to Antonio's for pizza and they headed back to Wellesley. It was so nice to see Carly and kind of reconnect with my Wellesley roots - we were talking a lot about next year, and I was getting totally psyched up about living in Pom! Adeline and I then went to Flayvors for ice cream (omg so much good food today!) and then rented Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, which we're gonna watch tonight. On the way back to campus, the boyband classic "As Long as You Love Me" came on the radio, and Adeline and I TOTALLY rocked out to that. When we got back, Adeline, crazy woman that she is, SHAVED HER HEAD! Yes, like she actually (as Fletcher says) "Biced" it (as in Bic, the brand of razors). She's so crazy and spontaneous. Tomorrow I'm gonna work some more on my final projects for Americans in Paris and Geology, along with getting some Women and the Law reading done. Yay to a really fun weekend! I think that's all for now - I just wanted to post about the awesomeness! Current Mood: giggly Current Music: Harder to Breathe - Maroon 5 (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, April 11th, 2005
9:54 pm	What a happy day Some awesomeness from my birthday, so I have it for posterity: 1) When talking to Ariel online early today: MeeseCrossing (10:20:57 AM): are you drunk yet? Singmad (10:21:01 AM): haha, not quite MeeseCrossing (10:21:11 AM): well, what are you waiting for? it's 10:21 AM! 2) My mom called me to sing happy birthday, I wasn't there so she left a message (singing included in message, in which she called me her favorite daughter...what a stretch!). This was at about 1:35 this afternoon. I have another message from 1:39, and it's sammy, saying "if mom can sing happy birthday, I can too!" So he sang happy birthday to me in a message too!! So CUTE! I <3 my family. (my dad called to give his birthday wishes at 8:00 this morning and then was SURPRISED that I was still asleep. That crazy man) 3) I had a fantastic dinner out with Ariel, Craig, Jay, Adeline, and Emily, and then Aditiya joined us for dessert at Herrell's in NoHa. I ordered no alcohol at dinner (though Craig bought me some Mikes Hard Lemonade for my b-day, which I'm SO excited about). Ariel got me a print of the Andrew Wyeth painting Christina's World, which I am SO excited about. 4) I wore my pearls today and LOVED it. I felt...so...Wellesley! That's all for now. Thanks to everyone who gave me birthday messages today, I really appreciated it :-) Current Music: Harper-Blynn - Already Crawling (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 10th, 2005
5:39 pm	Just a few thoughts 1) I really missed crushing on guys. I have a crush currently on a guy in my Americans in Paris class, and it just makes life SO much more enjoyable to have that person who makes you feel all wanting to be cute and flirty. I don't really think anything will come of this crush, but I don't even care. It's just fun to flirt with someone and...well, those of you who know what I'm talking about will understand :-) 2) I miss hugs SO much. In High School, I had a daily ration of hugs that was HUGE, and included hugs from both genders and all kinds of different friends. Now, I rarely get hugs and I really really miss it. 3) I'll be 21 in less than 7 hours. Craaazy. I feel superold... Current Mood: contemplative Current Music: John Mayer - Comfortable (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 7th, 2005
10:57 pm	Well, this is just ridiculous! Sorry I'm yet again sucking about updating! Things have been pretty quiet here, overall. Last Sunday night was the Zumbyes concert, which was amazing - Jason was freaking awesome as Pete in the senior skit, "Have a little faith in me" made me melt, and I laughed so hard I cried - definitely amazing. Monday morning, Jay's parents drove me to my car (I <3 the Merrills!) so now I have my car back! Hooray! Monday night I went to the Maroon 5 concert at UMass with Aditiya, which was really fun. I ended up giving a ride to Roz, who's a cool girl I've met - she shares a similar love for the Zumbyes, and I keep randomly running into her at plays/performances around campus, which is awesome. Also a perk about Monday is that I hnaded in my rough draft of my paper about the SC case Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, which is nice cuz now I don't have to look at it again until at least the end of April. I dont really have any exciting plans for the weekend - I went to see a play tonight that Craig was in, and he rocked, unsurprisingly! Tomorrow I think I'm gonna go to the DQ concert, and at some point this weekend I'm going to watch Maltese Falcon with Emily. All in all, good things - plus, my birthday is on Monday! This was a pretty pointless post, but I hope you all at least feel a bit more in the loop about my life. I'll try to be better! Current Mood: calm Current Music: Victoria - John Mayer (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005
8:19 pm	At long last, an update A lot has happened since I last posted, so I'll put it in list form: 1) I decided to turn down the RA position, meaning I'm going through Wellesley's roomdraw system for housing (however, because i'm a former RA, I have a weighted number, so I should be okay in terms of getting the housing I want). This also means I'll get to live near my friends, which is superexciting. 2) I had a lovely spring break that included hanging out with Zach and Ferrett, seeing Andy in Philly, spending time with my family, going shoe shopping wiht my grandma (I got four pairs of shoes - my birthday present from her!), and going out to dinner with my family for my birthday (which isn't actually till April 11th, but I wont see my family till May so they thought it would be nice to celebrate while I was home - my mom gave me her pearl necklace (don't worry, she's getting new ones...) and new pearl earrings, so now I can be a true Wellesley Woman :-) )) 3) I interviewed, wrote a letter about why I would be the best, and waited anxiously to hear about my internship in DC, but FINALLY I found out that I got it! Hooray!! I have awesome housing AND an awesome job for this summer! I'll be working in PP's Global Partners division, which works to pair up international family planning organizations with PP affiliates - PP Association of Bucks COunty has an affiliation with a group in Kenya, and it's a very cool thing. 4) My car broke down on my way back here, which was pretty craazy. Now it's in Lee, Massachusetts (about an hour away, which is where the car started moving funkily and making wonky noises) getting looked at by some transmission specialists...it also has a lot of my stuff still in it, as I only grabbed a few things for my taxi ride back here, leaving behind most of my pants, all of my underwear (i've been washing in the shower and alternating between a pair of adeline's underwear and the pair that I wore here), and most of my shoes. It's been interesting... I think that's most of what's been going on. I'm back at Amherst now, where I dont really want to be, but things are going okay. It was nice to see Mattea and Adeline and hear about their breaks. I'm actually pretty excited about the paper topic I chose for my women and the law essay - I'm going to write about the Supreme Court's allowance for limitations on abortion rights such as parental consent and 24 hour waiting periods. It'd be a lot better, though, if a draft of the (12 page) paper wasnt' due next Friday... Tonight - changing earrings cuz my ear feels funky, doing some Beatles reading, then Beyond Bodies Current Mood: drained Current Music: Guster - Bury Me (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, March 12th, 2005
10:33 am	Meh So I didn't get HP. Instead, they want me to be an RA in Freeman. Which would have been awesome had it been 2 years ago when all of my friends were still on that side of campus, but instead they'll all be across the world in the quad. So now I'm completley torn between res staff, which i love and which means so much to me, and being with my friends/having time to try new things in my senior year. AUGH! I am so upset about having to make this decision. I'm calling Erin (who would be my supervisor in Freeman - I love her) later today, i hope she'll be able to help, though I'm not sure she will. I'm also upset because I feel like if I hadn't been depressed last year I would definitley be an HP now, and that's a really frustrating thing to know. Current Mood: blah Current Music: Is This It - The Strokes (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, March 11th, 2005
4:02 pm	I'm home! It's so lovely being home :-) It's weird though, because Judd's going to Rome tomorrow and won't be back till next Saturday. We got breakfast together today, though, which was fun. So far my only plans for the week are dinner at Ferrett's Sunday night, working 9-3 on Tues, Weds, and Thurs, and spending lots of time lounging and doing work for next week. I am almost 100% sure I didn't get my HP position, which is really sad/sucky. However, they wont tell me if I'm a definite no, or an alternate, and I don't know if they're going to offer me an RA position, so I'm in a really annoying limbo state right now. I called Kris at the res staff office, but she never got back to me and, well, grr. I'll be sure to update you all when I find out anything for sure. Well, back to lounging and doing nothing!!! Laura Current Mood: lazy (Comment on this)
Monday, March 7th, 2005
5:55 pm	YAY! The forecast for Thursday (in both Amherst AND Chalfont) is "Partly Cloudy"!!!!!!!!!! This means I wont have to drive home in the snow! How exciting! In other news, Gad's tonight is featuring some stand up comedians from "Kenyon College" - ferrett continues to spread the ruse! I'm off to get ready to go out to dinner with my roomates (I <3 my roomates!) Spring break in 3 days. Stress: I find out about HP sometime this week...soo stressful!!! Current Mood: chipper Current Music: Guster - I Spy (Comment on this)
Sunday, March 6th, 2005
8:36 pm	Thanks, Kaitl! The \\ Last Cigarette: never Last Alcoholic Drink: glass of wine at Ariel's last week Last Car Ride: about 15 minutes ago, coming back from Target Last Kiss: Craig kissed me on the cheek last week, does that count? Last Good Cry: it's been a long time. I've had some bad crys lately though Last Library Book: Martin Bauman, Or a Sure Thing - David Leavitt Last book bought: The Geology of National Parks Last Book Read: A Moveable Feast - Hemingway Last Movie Seen in Theatres: Bad Education Last Movie Rented: Hmm...I think it was Dodgeball, over winter break Last Cuss Word Uttered: hmm..probably "shit" Last Beverage Drank: Apple Raspberry juice and seltzer water at dinner Last Food Consumed: strawberries and cake and whipped cream at dinner Last Crush: geez, I dunno...it's been a long time since i had a proper crush Last Phone Call: i left Ariel a message last night, talked to my parents Thursday Last TV Show Watched: Law and Order: SVU last night Last Time Showered: this morning Last Shoes Worn: my black born shoes Last CD Played: the Beatles "Hard Days Night" Last Item Bought: a bra for Adeline Last Download: Firefox update Last Annoyance: the fact that my right eye wont stop twitching Last Disappointment: no hot fudge at dinner Last Soda Drank: Sierra Mist, Friday night at Antonio's Last Thing Written: "HOME!" in big letters on Thursday in my calendar Last Key Used: tab Last Words Spoken: "bye!" - to Adeline Last Sleep: my hour nap this afternoon Last Ice Cream Eaten: Herrell's Malted Chocolate last Saturday night Last Chair Sat In: my desk chair, and before that, the driver's seat of my car Last Webpage Visited: Amherst's intranet site CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS! Current Mood: mellow (Comment on this)