April 2010
Currently working on the first full-length research paper I’ve had to write for almost a year. Feelin’ smart re: nineteenth-century domesticity, patriarchy, and slavery.
Also, Catherine Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe had the best ideas for the most organized kitchen in the world.
Good:
dandelions, pitas and hummus, sunshine, clean dresses, tins full of tea, the giant white dog, little red shoes, birds, soft songs, strawberries, green leaves on the trees, cloud-shapes, walks at dusk, holding hands, smiling
Happy birthday to my seester!
froth:
What a birthday. You share it with Hitler, Carmen Electra, international weed day, and the Columbine shootings. Wait! You share a birthday with Joey Lawrence. “Whoa!” All of the above are negated.
This is the cutest happy-birthday .gif EVER.
Also, I am now officially as old as Matilda and A Brief History of Time. Also, Whitney Houston’s “Where Do Broken Hearts...
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Irritating Thing #37:
Dear everyone who refers to non-vegetarians as “carnivores,” whether in deprecation, humor, or honest-to-goodness self-classification:
If you eat bread, pasta, cereal, rice, beans, or any kind of fruit or vegetable daily, you’re not a carnivore.
You’re an omnivore.
Stop. It.
Last night I dreamed about kittens.
Clearly today is going to be a good day.
So my capstone presentation/performance went swimmingly. Like, it was really, really good u guiz. At the end, as a special little send-off, I did a quick montage of lines from almost all of the characters I’ve played here at college. Everyone who had seen me in those roles was so delighted; it was lovely.
Anyway. Apparently I can actually be articulate when I really try. Woo!
Also, note:...
Things that stink:
1. Watching a movie and seeing an actor who’s pretty terrible, knowing that you’re a far better actor, and thinking, “So you got paid, like, at least a million for this movie? Cool, I will sit here and eat some rice and beans and pray that I pay off my student loans before I have to start taking out more for my own children.”
