I hear in my mind all this music...

( ) Gone on a blind date
( ) Gave blood
(x) Skipped school
(x) Watched someone die
( ) Been to Mexico
(x) Been to Florida
( ) Been to Hawaii
(x) Been on a plane
(x) Been on a helicopter
(x) Been lost
(x) Gone to Washington, DC
(x) Ridden in a police car
( ) Hugged a homeless person
(x) Swam in the ocean
( ) Swam with stingrays
( ) Been sailing in the ocean
(x) Cried yourself to sleep
( ) Played cops and robbers
(x) Recently colored with crayons (depends on how you define recently...does last fall count?)
( ) Ran a marathon
(x) Sang Karaoke
( ) Volunteered at a soup kitchen
(x) Paid for a meal with coins only.
( ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
( ) Seen the northern lights
(x) Been para sailing
(x) Been on TV
(x) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(x) Made prank phone calls
( ) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
( ) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(x) Fed a Giraffe
(x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) Fired a gun
(x) Danced in the rain
(x) Been to the opera
( ) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Serenaded someone
(x) Seen a US President in person (I shook hands with Obama...you may have seen the picture in the newspaper)
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
( ) Watched the sunrise with someone
( ) Driven a race car
(x) Been to a National Museum
( ) Been to a wax museum
(x) Eaten caviar
(x) Blown bubbles
(x) Gone ice-skating
(x) Gone to the movies
(x) Been deep sea fishing
( ) Driven across the United States
( ) Been in a hot air balloon
( ) Been sky diving
( ) Gone snow-mobiling
(x) Lived in more than one country
(x) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(x) Seen a falling star and made a wish
( ) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
( ) Seen the Grand Canyon
(x) Seen the Statue of Liberty - I flew a circle around it!
( ) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle
( ) Been on a cruise
(x) Traveled by train
(x) Traveled by motorcycle
(x) Been horse back riding
( ) Ridden on a San Francisco CABLE CAR.
(x) Been to Disneyland/Disney world
( ) Been in a rain forest
(x) Seen whales in the ocean
(x) Been to Niagara Falls
( ) Ridden on an elephant
( ) Swam with dolphins
( ) Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
( ) Saw and heard a glacier calf
( ) Been spinnaker flying
(x) Been water-skiing
(x) Been snow-skiing
( ) Been to Westminster Abbey
(x) Been to the Louvre (the joy of art history class in paris)
( ) Swam in the Mediterranean
(x) Been to a Major League Baseball game
(x) Been to a National Football League game
( ) Swam with sharks
(x) Been White Water Rafting
( ) Written a book or screen play
( ) Been to a Tournament of Roses Parade
(x) Lived in more than one state
( ) Become a parent
( ) Been Bungee Jumping
( ) Been to Vegas
(x) Been to a minor league baseball game
( ) Worked on a political campaign
(x) Been to the top of the World Trade Center or Empire State Building
(x) Ridden a Subway
( ) Been to your High School Reunion

so I passed my thesis, apparently.

Tonight was our annual gender bender. I was hick/wannabe thug

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I'm in Wisconsin. Life is good. You won't hear much from me until mid-August.

I love you all.

Howard used the word "putz" in a comment on my paper.

I have a newfound respect for the man.

So it's official that I'm not taking summer classes. I celebrated by buying myself a ticket to see Duran Duran in concert at Central Park in late May. One of my friends from home might be joining me, as well as my cousin's life partner, but I decided that I'm better off just buying my ticket now and planning on going with or without them. It cost me way too much money, but it's Duran Duran. How many times do I get to a concert like that? Not too often!

I'm starting to feel a little less stressed. I've been making weekly to-do lists to keep track of when I need to do certain things. It's been a big help.

My shit is all over the house. For serious.

But this month of May (back on that topic) is going to be fantastic! A full month of nothing but NYC, Jersey shore, and having the time of my life! Of course, I'm being shipped off to Wisconsin afterwards, but I'm so fucking ecstatic that it's unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got a trim and my hair feels so much shorter and it's hard for me to get used to. I keep looking in the mirror and thinking to myself, "Where did my hair go?"

Ok, I'm going to go clean before Chicano lit.
~Sarah, who needs to clean up her shit before her housemates kick her out

Got into French House for next year. Still have to hear about International House, but at least I've got something.

Who wants to drive to Earlham with me?

Otherwise Rhonda stays here and I have to hitchhike back to Earlham.

So I'm pretty sure I'll be living in French House next semester.

OFFICIALLY GOING TO MADRID NEXT WEEKEND WHAT WHAT!!!!!

I found a magic wand on the sidewalk outside Hoerner on Halloween night. Please claim it.

Too Earlham for words.

Currently working on a list of movies I want to rent when I get home during winter break. So far, my list is:
1. Season seven of Sex and the City (I need to finish it, damnit!)
2. Dead Poets' Society
3. Thank You For Smoking


Any suggestions based on these three?

My registration finally went through as of this morning!

(enter sigh of relief here)

Visiting Andrea in Mexico for spring break is starting to sound more and more feasible. It just means that I pretty much can't spend any money in my bank account for the rest of the time that I'm here. As of now, I can afford it and will still have a couple hundred left in my bank account, but I feel like my finances will drop to shit once I get to Earlham. I wasn't planning on morning feeding next semester, but I might not have a choice with this money situation. Phoneathon, maybe?

I'm going to talk to my parents about it and see if maybe they'll go 50/50 like we did for independent travel or maybe contribute the money that they would've spent to have me go home.

Either way, there's no way in hell I'm going home. The fighting and the misery just isn't worth it.

Things about Paris that make me happy:
1. The men. I have yet to see an ugly man here.
2. The string quartet that performs in the metro station I go through to get to class
3. My host family
4. I can successfully give directions to people
5. The fact that I don't care when I get lost

More to come...

Made it to Brussels.

Free wireless in the room=more updates.

Today marks the start of independant travel.

Currently in Bordeaux.

Next stop: Paris.

I made it to Borde

Ben: Is there a past-subjunctive?
Candice: Yes.
Ben: What's it like?
Dan: It's amazing.

There's a mysterious appearance of a second bed in the room I used to sleep in...this probably means moving all my stuff back in there.

Also, soccer is amazingly fun to watch, especially when a really good seat only costs 5 euros.