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FebruaryFeb 13 Friday 09
Mandy Moore & Ryan Adams Are What?!?!
Most of you know that I'm obsessed with Ryan Adams.Really adore him.If there were a math teacher who could write songs like Ryan Adams...That would be too legit to...Okay, so I just read the news.Ryan Adams and Mandy Moore are engaged and plan to get married {of course …
If False, Then True
My math prof said this today:If you start with a false premise, you can prove that anything is true.Is it just me, or does that seem really insightful?Also, I spend at least half of the day romanticizing what it would be like to marry a European professor, instead of …
Let's Get This Straight: Allie with an "IE"
I love how different each one of us is. I don't think that other people should be just like me, because even though I like how I operate and how I strategize my entire life to economize my time and mental energy--I know that the world would not be as diverse and …
FebruaryFeb 10 Tuesday 09
Behind a Wall
I was looking for something specialand he gave me a razor blade, I saw.What a sort of injustice, I musedThen I heard a muffled voicebehind this papery wallAnd I took up the razor bladeto cut through it allAnd there it wassomething so special it could never have been given
Ethics, Page 82
From Bonhoeffer:To be conformed with the Incarnate--that is to be a real man.It is man's right and duty that he should be man.The questfor the supermanthe endeavorto outgrow the man within the man,the pursuitof the heroic,the cultof the demigod,all of this is not the …
We Do It
We excuse seeing the worst in each other when we come to believe that honest criticism is the best we have to offer one another.
FebruaryFeb 9 Monday 09
Lover's Lane Now Open For Visitors
Hey loveys, time to spill it.What are you doing for Valentine's Day?I absolutely love Valentine's Day. No joke. Not for some consumer/media reason, either. I'm not into chocolates or roses, per se. But February 14 has always been a good day for me, and I'm not going to …
FebruaryFeb 8 Sunday 09
Asthmatic.
I have wanted Shelby to come and visit Bowling Green, so that I'll be able to tell her on the phone where I'm at, and it will mean something to her. So she came up last night and then just left a few minutes ago.Truly, it was wonderful to have a friend here. I have …
FebruaryFeb 6 Friday 09
Logical Enough, Right?
I make a lot of jokes on Twitter about my math professor.His English is...how you say...not beest in wurlt.And he doesn't make eye contact with the class.He laughs at his own jokes about Euclides' proofs.He says things like, "Vell, you cood do many udder tings to show …
FebruaryFeb 5 Thursday 09
I Love...The Wishing it Was Spring Edition
01. I'm watching LOST with Marissa.She's eating cottage cheese and mango slices. 02. Shelby's coming to visit me this weekend in BGKY.Hopefully we'll paint the walls in my room grey.03. I have three tests next week.I bought 3X5 cards for studying.04. I wear UGG boots …
FebruaryFeb 3 Tuesday 09
Marathon Madness & Pennywise
Unlike the rest of Nashville.I am just now starting my half-marathon training.So I may not beat last year's time after all.Today I'm going to the gym at school for the first time.It could have really crappy, overused equipment.I could fall off the treadmill in front of …
FebruaryFeb 2 Monday 09
Good Weekend
Despite a rocky start, this weekend was wonderful. Shelby came back from Africa, Rory had a spy-themed birthday party, and I was able to visit with Britt, Cameron, Rachel and some friends that I'm already missing pretty badly.Good things about Nashville weekend …
JanuaryJan 31 Saturday 09
Needing Constant
I'm back in Nashville. I had a hard time getting to sleep last night.I felt lost, a little.I felt like I was in a stranger's house.Like I was intruding on someone else's way of doing things.And yet this house is the closest thing to "home" that I have. Isn't that …
JanuaryJan 30 Friday 09
Woo Hoogaly
Today is the last day of school for the week! I've only got French on Fridays and then I'm out at 11AM. I wish my working life could have had a schedule like my school life has. !!After school I'm going to come back to the house, pack up my stuff and head to Nashville …
JanuaryJan 29 Thursday 09
Bubbly & Names
My new roommate is bubbly. Positively. She smiles like my old roommate, Shannon. Shannon was like a living light bulb-impossibly bright in logo'd sweatpants and ugg boots with long hair in a drooping pony-tail. Marissa is like a 20-year old version of Shannon. We went …
JanuaryJan 28 Wednesday 09
In Other News: 2009-01-27
But in other news:I wash my apples in the bathroom at school, except the faucets work in such a way that you have to turn the knob with the left hand while rinsing the right hand and then turn the knob with the right hand while rinsing the left. So turning the knob with …
"Get Over Here, Xena Lewis!!"
Yesterday was my first day of school. I was nervous. I was intimidated a few times. I was awestruck. I was inspired. I felt all sorts of wonderful feelings, from apprehension to amusement to joy. I found all of my classes and learned my way around a few different …
JanuaryJan 26 Monday 09
WKU
I took a video of myself while driving through BG.I went out and took some pictures: here's the campus!andand{This is the Gordon Ford School of Business, where I'll be spending all of my time.}and this is me in my car with my map:and this is my roommate and her fiance …
JanuaryJan 25 Sunday 09
New Church, New Friends
I got up this morning, made myself eggs & english muffins with no coffee, no orange juice and instead of that amazing toaster oven that I used to have, I used an old toaster that makes the muffins taste icky.I walked to church and it really only took about 20 minutes …
Agenda & Uganda
For the past few years I've let myself live without a schedule. No big deal. I could get everything done without creating a daily agenda--and whatever I couldn't get done just seemed to disappear over time.But historically, I'm much more OCD about my time blocks than …