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Obama!

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:07:34 GMT

I've spent quite some time working for the results that Missouri pulled last night, and I was so ecstatic to see that St. Louis was the defining county in the bellwether state.

I can't imagine a world in which he is not elected. She's running a campaign, he's spearheading a movement, and it's only going to get better.

Being involved in politics because of idealism instead of anger is an entirely foreign and welcome feeling.

to pierce or not to pierce?

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:27:52 GMT

More and more I'm realizing that my personality has several counterparts, and I'm wondering if piercing my nose would alienate the good, bookish, Persian girl that most of my family sees from the part of me that really fucking wants a nose ring.

!!!!

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:32:13 GMT

Rocky Votolato is coming to St. Louis and this time I'm going to see him! Plus his new CD is great.

My list of musicians I must see before I die is getting so short.

WashU, make my dreams come true

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:29:32 GMT

I want to do this so badly.

I never thought I'd say this, but I need to cut down on my piano practice time.

19!

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:31:50 GMT

So I finally went to the doctor about my hives , so they're gone.
And I found out my mystery gastrointestinal disease is just an ulcer.
So the bacteria will be gone in 2 weeks and the ulcer will eventually heal.

And I will be healthy!

Though this summer has been thoroughly different from last year's, I have the exact same feelings, emotions, and thoughts. When I'm at school I feel like I don't want to be anywhere else, but being home is just so damn good, even if I'm at the job that I hate as I type these words.

I'm not looking forward to going back to STL as much as I thought I would.

kind of depressing

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 04:51:01 GMT

the movie "closer" totally dictates my policy on relationships and human nature.

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:13:45 GMT

When I look out my window, everything is white.
I walked to class under frozen trees, icicles hanging from their branches.
Yesterday's soup was cream of tomato (paired with a grilled cheese sandwich, perfect for snow days).
I had a snowball fight in the afternoon.
I had another one at two in the morning.
I made two snowmen.
I'm going sledding.
I'm really happy, for once, to not be in Florida.
Weather.com tells me it feels like 8 degrees outside (and I believe it) and I do not see how this is not justification for all classes to be canceled.

I love my life.

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:06:47 GMT

Everyone is registering for classes for next semester. It's getting to the point where I need to make some decisions. Linguistics or economics? International policy or cognitive science? I can't even pick a class. How am I supposed to know what I want to do for the rest of my life?

Part of me knows I should take both macro and micro econ next semester and forget linguistics.
Part of me knows that cognitive science will only matter to me if I go pre-med.
Part of me knows that I should not take French, Italian, and Persian at the same time.

The only thing that all of me knows: no more calculus.

Be jealous

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 01:55:54 GMT

I just saw Barack Obama and it was amazing.

Momento is one fucked up movie.

That is all.

Ah, the joys of free Indian food

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:10:59 GMT

I'm actually happy! It might not seem like it because I never say it when I'm happy, but usually when I'm happy, I'm too busy...being happy...to go online, so yeah.

College has shown me a new side of myself....like the neat freak side. Weird.

Halloween!

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:19:50 GMT

Oh how you entertain...

so this is college...

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:28:58 GMT

It is 2:30 AM on a Sunday night, or Monday morning, whichever you prefer.
Not only am I still awake, but I will be for at least 6, probably closer to 8 or 9, hours.
I have an exam at 1 and I have only attended about one-fourth of the lectures. I am on here because I'm waiting for the 90 or so non-textbook pages of reading I have to do for this class to print. I still have eleven chapters of text to read.
I have a paper due at 2. Five pages, unstarted.
On Tuesday I have a math exam, and I don't even know enough mathematics to provide you with a fraction analagous to the number of lectures of Calculus III that I have attended, but I can assure you, it's not a very big one. Probably close to one-tenth. Maybe one-fifteenth.

I have never studied before in my life, and tonight I am going to start.

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:58:57 GMT

I would just like to say that The Office is amazing. And Jim Krasinski/Jim Halpert is my dream man.

Oh, Forest Park...

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:08:52 GMT

How do I love thee.
Let me count the ways
I love thee because of your amazing yellow and red leaves which make great crunchy sounds as I run.
I love thee because of the perfect weather that totally doesn't have anything to do with you, but makes you infintely more enjoyable.
I love thee because of the fountains in front of the art museum, and the way they smell like Naples Bay.
I love thee because the art museum and its surrounding area remind me of France.
I love thee because of the free museums.
I love thee because of the privacy you provide me (except when creepy golfers approach me).
I love thee because of the diversity of your landscape and the hills that help get me in shape when I run them.
I love thee because you get me so excited to exercise.
I love thee because of your treelined jogging paths.
I love thee because of the way you look when I stand by Brookings Hall and look down and see miles of forest.
Basically, I love thee because you are totally fucking awesome.

Forest Park was totally half of the reason why I came to WashU, and now I am taking full advantage of it. Daily 90 minute runs = best part of my existence.

I am unbelievably excited to go to Panera in a few minutes. We need one in Naples.

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:11:45 GMT

The weather is unbelievable and lovely. It is sunny and in the 40s/50s with a slight breeze. It's amazing.

Last night it was about 35 degrees and I was walking back from Schnuck's (MO publix) and it was raining, but it was that really cold and not quite liquid rain, the rain that was more like slush. I was walking along the highway and I could see my breath and the sky was gorgeous and dark and starry and I loved seeing all of the headlights from the cars because I find that oddly beautiful on those kind of nights. I'm sure I would have enjoyed the experience a whole hell of a lot more had I not been pushing a veering shopping cart filled to the absolute brim with raspberries. It would have been nicer if I had sensation in my feet and ears as well. Still, it managed to be quite lovely.

I came back and had pound cake with heavy whipping cream and raspberries. On top of being my favorite dessert of all time, it also was the most gourmet and beautiful thing I have eaten in my time at WashU, even if it was served on a plastic microwaveable plate. Try it sometime. You won't regret it. Well, until you gain another 10 pounds.

Part of me really wants to go home for fall break. I just want to spend all day at the beach, then go to Amigos for dinner and have my green tea lemonade at Starbucks afterwards while I study. Maybe this time I can have my own bed. I'm looking at tickets right now, and if they happen to be cheap then I'm going home for sure. But I know it would essentially be just Saturday at home. And that is not worth $400.

Croatia beat England in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier. What the fuck?

My biggest pet peeve:

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:34:37 GMT

condescension. I hate condescending people.

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:27:27 GMT

movies coming out soon/already out that I'm ridiculously excited to see:

borat.
the last kiss.
all the kings men.
borat.
running with scissors.
the departed.
babel.
borat.
the science of sleep.
borat.
the black dahlia.
the illusionist.
borat.

more to come when I get back from the airport.

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:05:01 GMT

"I can't imagine someone like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah."
- President George W. Bush

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 22:48:08 GMT

why does this school have such a big obssession with journey?

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 21:28:23 GMT

the nice thing about college: I had a banana split for dinner.

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:25:17 GMT

Definitely just voted for the name of that bridge in Hungary: Stephen Colbert híd.
That's right. But then I saw the Zidane híd, and the Zidane-Materazzi Örök barátság híd. Now I don't know what that means, but I'm preeeetty sure it has something to do with the world cup final.
But I still voted for the Stephen Colbert híd.

meh.

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 03:33:03 GMT

I don't want to leave!

meh.

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:30:41 GMT

so the facebook apple students group gives away free weekly music and guess what band was on it? MARGOT AND THE NUCLEAR SO & SO'S! such a fawn moment. oh fak, how we miss you. and fak > "fawk." that was such a great/surprising moment.

i hate, detest, despise cute boys. seriously. why do I fall halfway in love with every semiattractive male who does something vaguely yet unbelievably adorable? celibacy is so hard. I should just become a nun. even I'd feel guilty cheating on god, albeit a nonexistent one. then again, I have no shame, so who knows.

waffle house is delicious, yet disgusting. ew.

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:31:15 GMT

I totally want to drop out of WashU and go to FGCU.

I hate milkshakes. and Karina, but only sometimes.

Sat, 12 Aug 2006 07:58:57 GMT

meh. who needs the opposite sex? thoroughly useless, unless you want babies. celibacy for me (or at least for another 4 years). tell that to my instincts. I think because facebook has shown me that only about two people at my new school are not superoverachievingwunderteens and are actually laid back I-prefer-oldschool-nintendo-over-studying normal people, the average naples male has become much more appealing. not to say that I only like idiots...but...what am I doing, going to st. louis instead of new york? ugh. someone turn off my brain.
parasailing = awesome.
why can't I sleep? ever? 4:00 A.M. I need this powerful elixir of drowsiness, aka my bronchitis cough medication. time for me to resort to common prescription pill popping, or, more accurately, ill-advised cough syrup chugging.

oh, and I have a new way to make the hours fly at work. I practice ballet, no joke. the hostess podium has become my barre, where shula's witnesses some of naples' finest plies, tendus, and frappes. I really dislike that place these days.