mar 7 2010 ∞
mar 14 2010 +
  • Draft Ch.1: Single-sex vs. Coed debate
  • Draft Ch.2: History of Women's Colleges going coed
  • Draft Ch.3: Brief history of Goucher College 1885-1985
  • Draft Ch.4: THE DECISION
  • Draft Ch.5: Effects of coed on social life at Goucher
  • Draft Ch.6: Effects of coed on academic and institutional life at Goucher
  • Draft Intro and Conclusion
  • Edit that fucker
  • Get release forms from everyone
  • Deposit interviews in Goucher Colle...
mar 2 2010 ∞
mar 2 2010 +
  • Blizzard of '96
  • fall from the tree in Bennett's yard
  • jelly fish sting
  • 3 car wreck at the Progress Ave. exit of Route 81
  • rabid dog by the Israel-Jordan border
  • being burgled in South Africa
  • tongue lashing by Karl Rove (that sounds dirty, but it's not)
  • scorpion attack
feb 21 2010 ∞
feb 21 2010 +
feb 11 2010 ∞
feb 20 2010 +
  • Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas: Fortunate is the one who knows the causes of things.
  • Fugit irreparabile tempus, singula dum capti circumvectamur amore: Time flies irretrievably, while we wander around, prisoners of our love of detail
  • Homo sum, nihil humanum alienum: I am human, nothing human is alien to me
  • Illegitimi non carborundum: Don't let the bastards grind you down
jan 20 2010 ∞
jan 20 2010 +
  • Shells
  • Rocks
  • Coins
  • Currency
  • Stamps
  • Crushed pennies
    • not the same collection as coins
  • Quotes
  • Lists
jan 4 2010 ∞
mar 7 2010 +
  • Don't panic
  • Be more moisturized
    • this is a perennial goal of mine
    • maybe invest in some essential oils too
    • shit, I already sound superficial
  • Devote more time to planning and enjoying yoga classes
  • Think about the future in a non-panicky way
    • find a job
    • find somewhere to live
    • always have another trip on the horizon
  • go to the pool every week
  • stay connected with Auni and Kashmir even though they've graduated
  • Call Jo...
dec 20 2009 ∞
jan 19 2010 +
  • checkmarkPosession
  • checkmarkMy Life in France
  • The Periodic Table
  • Survival in Auschwitz
  • checkmarkLegacy of Silence
  • checkmarkWhose Body?
  • checkmarkThe Reader
dec 14 2009 ∞
mar 3 2010 +
  • first snow of the year
  • rare books and rare book stores
  • bubbles
  • Holocaust survival stories
  • any survival stories
  • Midnight Mass
  • waking up early...sometimes
  • technology that works
dec 7 2009 ∞
jan 28 2010 +
  • These days it feels like there is a jumpsuit lurking around every corner.
  • I know, I know, I know. It's like THE LAW that we all think Natalie Portman is so tremendous and so beautiful and so NATALIE PORTMAN OH GOD IF ONLY I WERE NATALIE PORTMAN that I'm fairly sure the cops will be here to question me in a mere matter of minutes, at which one point one of them will screech that I'm JUST JEALOUS of ...
dec 7 2009 ∞
jan 7 2010 +
  • checkmarkSally Baum: began teaching and coaching at Goucher in 1979
  • LaJerne Cornish: Goucher alumni, education professor
  • checkmarkRhoda Dorsey: former Pres!
  • Gloria Kolker: class of '46
  • checkmarkMarilyn Warshawsky: class of '68
  • a ton of people from classes of '87 through '97
  • first Goucher man!?: John Monhite
  • checkmarkJulie Jeffrey: history prof
  • checkmarkRick Pringle: very elusive education prof
    • less elusive now that I've talked to him!
  • checkmarkLee Seraydarian:...
dec 6 2009 ∞
jan 19 2010 +
  • checkmarkYoga Trance Dance: Dec. 18
  • checkmarkLeader Hain's Christmas Tree Decorating: Dec. 23
  • checkmarkDentist Appointment: Dec.29
  • checkmarkVisit Shana in Seattle
    • laser show
    • checkmarkeat delicious stuff
    • checkmarkthrift shopping
    • checkmarkalso go to Portland
  • Planetarium!
  • Outdoor ice skating?
  • checkmarkPlay viola!
  • checkmarkBike to the library and do reading for my senior thesis
    • alright I didn't bike, but it's 19 fucking degrees outside
  • checkmarkvisit the new bookstore
  • checkmarkGet my computer cleaned
  • checkmarkGet a massag...
dec 2 2009 ∞
dec 2 2009 +
  • LaJerne Cornish: Education professor, teacher of disadvantaged South African youth
  • Nancy Magnuson: College Librarian, practically president of the Athenaeum
  • Mama Ruth: sits at the front desk in SAS and helps us make sense of our lives
  • Seble Dawit: Peace Studies professor, speaker of truth
  • Arundhati Roy: writer, activist, opposer of dams in India, hottie
nov 24 2009 ∞
dec 1 2009 +
  • Definite:
    • checkmarkHair cut!
    • see the new bookstore
    • checkmarkmake chocolate cake w/ peanut butter icing
    • checkmarkdeposit paychecks
    • checkmarkget more birth control pills
    • read for senior thesis
    • write Modern Dance paper
    • interview Aunt Dolly
  • Maybe:
    • planetarium
    • see New Moon
    • checkmarkeat at Vietnam Garden
    • take Ruby to run free
nov 17 2009 ∞
dec 20 2009 +
  • community theater child star
  • amateur boxer
  • Oxford don
  • EMT
  • Confederate Civil War reenactor
  • devoted "Sex and the City" fan
  • Baltimore County firefighter
  • opera singer
  • Echinacea farmer
  • high school football player
  • reluctant Quaker
  • BWI airplane de-icer
nov 17 2009 ∞
mar 2 2010 +
  • That I currently practice
    • Dance
    • pooping
    • listening to the radio
    • checking to see how much my plant grew overnight
  • That I would like to practice
    • starting the day with a cup of tea
    • bird watching
    • getting a really great massage
nov 12 2009 ∞
nov 12 2009 +
  • anythingness
  • the end of the world
  • dance
  • stories
  • buoyancy
  • nudity
  • making out
nov 2 2009 ∞
nov 3 2009 +
  • My senior thesis
  • being a good dancer
  • the past
  • the future
  • Oliver T. Archives
  • the end of the world
  • technology
    • robots
    • transferring my interview tapes to DVD
oct 4 2009 ∞
oct 27 2009 +
  • That I Have Dated
    • band geeks
    • skaters
    • firefighters
    • buddhists
    • EMTs
    • druggie intellectuals
    • frisbee players
    • death metal rockers
  • That I Would Like to Date
    • farmers
    • skinny and sensitive indie rock stars
    • small town ice hockey players
    • banjo players
sep 27 2009 ∞
oct 4 2009 +
  • grey wool coat
  • sleeping bag
  • Before Sunrise and Before Sunset DVDs
  • bag with lamp, surge protector and bottom of electric kettle in it
  • The Little Princess on VHS
  • Vera
  • Green vest
sep 19 2009 ∞
sep 27 2009 +
sep 14 2009 ∞
feb 21 2010 +
  • stampeded through Opening Ceremony
  • House Meeting parade
  • family style burrito dinner
  • found Anndal's insulin kit
  • Blackout dance in the gopher hole DJed by Debra
  • Support the Volleyball Team signs:
    • "Once more unto the breach, Goucher volleyball."
    • "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall, and put up a volleyball net."
  • Modified reenactment of Debra's romance novels
  • Anything But Clothes Party
  • post-intermural soccer gam...
sep 8 2009 ∞
sep 8 2009 +
  • Pieces of April
  • Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
  • Hedwig and the Angry Inch
sep 1 2009 ∞
jan 28 2010 +
  • hula hoops
  • The bus
  • bigger dogs
  • smaller dogs that bark
  • balloons
  • riding in our new van
  • global economic meltdown
  • walking down steps
  • any car which she's never been in.
  • bridges
aug 27 2009 ∞
feb 20 2010 +
  • In Baltimore
    • Free Store
    • Book Thing
    • Charm City Roller Girls
    • Student night at Aquarium
    • Book Fest
    • checkmarkNew exhibit at AVAM
    • Free School
    • checkmarkGreat Halloween Lantern Parade
    • checkmark32nd St./Waverly Farmer's market: Saturdays 7am to noon
  • Dance
    • Sarah's senior thesis concert: April 9-11
    • checkmark361 concert: Dec. 4-6
    • checkmarkOpen Marley nights
  • Environs
aug 27 2009 ∞
aug 27 2009 +
  • a very uncomfortable bridesmaid dress (lebanon)
  • foreign bodies (maui)
  • a love of star trek: voyager (frat haus)
  • too much used clothing (seattle)
  • a hula hoop (goddess gathering)
  • the gayer half of bennett's wardrobe (montrose park)
  • a sheriff's hat (lewes)
  • eye problems (the warehouse)
  • water skillz (HACC)
  • sweet messneger bag (rehobeth)
  • a radical haircut (harrisburg)
aug 2 2009 ∞
aug 27 2009 +
  • Joseph Cornell: Secrets in a Box (3WH-656)
  • Cambridge Companion to Margaret Atwood
  • Slightly damaged copy of The Art of Chuck Close
  • Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter (1WH-19)
  • checkmarkThe Long Emergency (for dad)
  • checkmarkFood Fight: Your Guide to the Farmbill
jul 1 2009 ∞
jul 21 2009 +
  • checkmarkGet a radical hair cut at the student hair salon
  • checkmarkEat delicious things
  • checkmarkThrift store shopping
  • checkmarkVisit public library
  • checkmarkKayaking on Puget Sound
    • actually it was canoeing at the arboretum, but same diff
  • checkmarkHot House Women's Spa
  • Bike along Burke-Gilman
jul 1 2009 ∞
aug 9 2009 +
  • Listening Is an Act of Love
  • V for Vendetta
  • Reading Lolita in Tehran
  • Animal Dreams
  • The Milagro Beanfield War
  • The Transcendental Murder
  • Tales of a Shaman's apprentice
  • In Defense of Food
  • People of the Book
may 10 2009 ∞
aug 9 2009 +
  • checkmarkSenators games: only $5, go on good promotional night
    • Also talk Mom and Dad into Mini golf
  • Midtown Scholar
    • organize the shit out of the new store
    • crack the shell of Kinsey
    • Revive warehouse gocart outings
    • make lots of dollars
    • checkmarkCompany Party July 24
  • checkmarkRasa Vinyasa
    • checkmarkhang out with people outside of class
    • Trance Dance and trance dance parties!
    • checkmarkGoddess Gathering Aug. 1
  • Modern Dance somewhere in H-burg
    • ballet too?
  • checkmarkLook in...
may 5 2009 ∞
oct 14 2009 +
  • Museums
    • Baltimore Museum of Industry
    • National Museum of the American Indian
    • American Visonary Art Museum
    • District 6 Museum in Cape Town
  • Oral History
    • Storycorps (read Listening Is an Act of Love)
    • Independent project?
  • Environmental
    • WOOF again
    • SCA internship
  • Counselor of some sort
    • probably requires grad school
    • troubled youth?
    • marital?
    • religious?
may 4 2009 ∞
may 4 2009 +
  • Meat
  • Ballet
  • Emile Sorger
  • Facebook
  • Shaving
apr 30 2009 ∞
apr 30 2009 +
  • Girl 1, "So do you think he LIKES you likes you?
  • Girl 2, "He BETTER like me if he was touching my butt at the dance."
  • Girl 1, "I guess that's better than him touching your butt and liking other girls."
  • Girl 2, "Well I definitely have a big enough butt."

I hope these girls become lesbians

apr 22 2009 ∞
apr 22 2009 +
  • navigating public transportation
  • opening and closing an umbrella
  • Minesweeper
  • using a washing machine
apr 15 2009 ∞
mar 2 2010 +
  • Laura Dolid
    • "That looked like I just sprayed Raid on ants"
    • "Are you a junior or a senior? Well, it doesn't really matter because you're not turning out enough."
    • "Actually, it makes me happy when you make mistakes, because otherwise I wouldn't have a job."
    • observing women's lacrosse practice outside, "Do you think they're really having fun out there? I guess they get to hit each other with those sticks...
mar 9 2009 ∞
mar 9 2009 +
  • Watching girly movies (as in "Serendipity," not porn)
  • Teaching yoga
  • Going to Crackpot
    • two dollar whiskey sours
    • Old Bay seasoned french fries
    • good company
  • Knowing that Laura's ballet class is the only thing standing between me and the weekend
feb 21 2009 ∞
feb 21 2009 +
  • Vegetable Studies
  • The very old man with the young man's voice
  • Another day without Jesus
  • The magic banjo
feb 20 2009 ∞
aug 27 2009 +
  • Literature
    • Woman at Point Zero
    • checkmarkThe Bell Jar
    • Eichmann in Jerusalem
    • A Room of One's Own
    • Luce Irigaray's "The Sex Which is Not One"
    • Helene Cixous's "The Laugh of Medusa"
  • Film
    • checkmarkThe Hours
    • The Reader
    • Mona Lisa Smile
    • The Last King of Scotland
    • checkmarkInto the Wild
  • Music
    • India.Arie
    • Randi Driscoll
    • Stephen Speaks
    • The Beta Band
      • Air
    • Education
      • Race, Gender, and Sexuality
      • Feminist Philosophy
      • Introduction to Peace Studies
    • Person
      • checkmarkA severe haircu...
    feb 20 2009 ∞
    mar 3 2010 +
    • Painting my nails
    • Vending machine food
    • Free stuff
    • When Cynthia Terry, chaplain of my college, uses the "F" word
    • The "Pronti...Via! Beginner Italian" textbook at the warehouse
      • buttery yellow cover
      • fits perfectly in size 1 bag
      • makes me want to learn Italian
    • being in the laundry room in the basement of mary fischer
    • hot dogs
      • every day is a battle to not just eat hot dogs
    jan 26 2009 ∞
    jan 26 2009 +
    • Yoga trance dance
      • get formula from Shani
    • Guest class with Shani
    • Guest class with Heather?
    • Yoga club slumber party!
    • Yoga club camping trip
    jan 15 2009 ∞
    jul 1 2009 +
    • World War Z
    • Sense and Sensibility
    • Magic for Beginners
    • The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
    • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
    • Ask the Dust
    • Reservation Blues
    • The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
    • The Talmud and the Internet
    jan 15 2009 ∞
    jan 15 2009 +
    • A room full of mushroom sculptures
    • An 885 lb. squash: as large as a boulder, it came up to my hip and was just as wide
    • State attorney general Tom Corbett mounted on horseback team penning a calf
    • An arena full of nothing but old farts pitching horse shoes, and other old farts on bleachers watching them
    • The duckling slip and slide
    • The baked potato
    • The wonderful aroma of the apple displays
    • Baby alpacas
    • A lit...
    jan 15 2009 ∞
    jun 29 2009 +
    • checkmarkThe Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
    • checkmarkMagic for Beginners
    • Persuasion
    • The Sparrow
    • Love in the Time of Cholera
    • A Canticle for Leibowitz
    • checkmarkThe Talmud and the Internet
    • checkmarkReservation Blues
    • checkmarkThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
    • Wuthering Heights
    • The Left Hand of Darkness
    • If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
    • The Periodic Table
    • checkmarkAnimal Dreams
    dec 27 2008 ∞
    aug 9 2009 +
    • Financial
      • Open a money market account
      • Get a credit card
      • Get some high interest CDs
    • Professional
      • checkmarkWrite my resume
      • Research internships in Baltimore
    • Personal
      • Cook healthy meals
      • Look into new forms of contraceptive (IUD, nuvaring, etc.)
    nov 19 2008 ∞
    jan 15 2009 +

    I have Christmas envy:

    Harrisburg

    • checkmark planetarium
    • drive around and look at light displays
    • learn to cook delicious vegetarian things
    • checkmarkTrance dance w...
    nov 3 2008 ∞
    nov 3 2008 +

    I wanted to put "Cry Freedom," on this list because it's about Steve Biko's life in South Africa, but ironically, when the movie was shot in 1987, Zimbabwe was a safer and more stable location for filming than South Africa.

    oct 30 2008 ∞
    nov 3 2008 +
    • Pros:
      • less cruelty to animals
      • less cruelty to immigrants and poor people who work in slaughterhouses
      • Eating vegetables is generally less expensive
      • Not eating meat is healthier for my body in the long run
      • Less guilt about supporting a violent system
      • Attempt to wash away the traumatic exper...
    • Cons:
      • Meat is so tasty!
      • Meat is a good source of protein and energy. Also helps me maintain a healthy weight
      • Nature o...
    oct 29 2008 ∞
    oct 29 2008 +
    • Nola: coordinator for Orphans and Vulnerable Children at the Raphael Centre
    • Carla: History lecturer, yoga teacher, activist
    • Mama Diko: choir instructor, OVC coordinator
    • Philippa: Jewish lady who hosted me on Yom Kippur in East London
    • Linda: Xhosa instructor
    oct 21 2008 ∞
    oct 31 2008 +
    • Qorianka Kilcher
    • Tim Gunn
    • Kate Blanchett
    • John Cusack
    • Anderson Cooper
    • Emile Hirsch
    • Cynthia Terry
    • the bassist in Wilco whose name I always forget
    • Yossarian
    • Gael Garcia Bernal
    • Michelle Obama
    sep 25 2008 ∞
    sep 25 2008 +
    • Whackadoodle: Suede
    • Leatha: Stella
    • Licious: Blayne
    • Holla atcha boy: Tim Gunn
    sep 21 2008 ∞
    nov 20 2008 +
    • Independence
    • basic conversation skills in IsiXhosa
    • grant-writing experience
    • camp-planning experience
    • thicker skin
    • openness to different people
    • resolve
    • several pounds around the hips
    • more hair on my legs and armpits
    • a vegetarian diet
    aug 27 2008 ∞
    oct 21 2008 +
    • Watching TV alone
    • Comparing my experience studying abroad to anyone else's
    • African Street at night
    • hippos
    • generalized and specific anxiety
    • attachment
    • meat
    aug 23 2008 ∞
    aug 9 2009 +

    All I could think of was Neil Young, and then I remembered he's Canadian. This list is going to require some deep thought.

    • the domestication of maize
    • rabble rousers
      • Martin Luther King Jr.
      • Dad
      • Woody Guthrie
    • Bluegrass Music
    • Bill Moyers
    • Pink Flamingos
    aug 22 2008 ∞
    aug 22 2008 +
    • tendrils
    • spry
    • menstruant
    • vapid
    • glean
    aug 16 2008 ∞
    oct 14 2009 +
    • Nelson Mandela
    • Yossarian
    • Arundhati Roy
    • Woody Guthrie
    • Zachie Achmat
    • Arundhati Roi
    • Nola Elliott
    • David Byrne
    • John Waters
    • Azar Nafisi
    • Bill Moyers
    • Mikey Thomas
    aug 16 2008 ∞
    oct 21 2008 +
    • birds trapped inside buildings
    • regret
    • gender-based violence
    • applying for PEPFAR
    • Conflict Diamonds
    • when the library printers get jammed and you have to wait two hours to get your paper.
    • being hung over for a flight
    • people who bite their nails in class
    • cruelty to animals
    aug 14 2008 ∞
    dec 14 2009 +
    • dreaming about loved ones
    • peanut butter
    • farting loudly when you're all alone
    • happy dogs
    • sunshine
    • waking up and listening to really good music and feeling excited for the day
    • hot water bottles
    • dessert
    • Marimba ensembles
    • the really nice stapler in the library. That shit can staple ANYTHING
    • warm laundry
    • Simba chips
    • painting your nails
    • Checking your email after coming back from vacation
    • Almost anything deep fried
    • Add...
    aug 10 2008 ∞
    dec 17 2009 +
    aug 9 2008 ∞
    oct 14 2009 +
    • Paris
    • Germany: visit Andrea and Emile's relatives
    • Amsterdam, with Bennett
    • New York City: visit Margaret
    • Boston: visit Ovadias and Gavi
    • checkmarkWashington, D.C.: visit Amaya
    • Colorado: attend solar workshop, visit Anne, also go to Boulder
    • Alaska
    • checkmarkHawaii
    • South West United States: national parks, reservations
    • Japan
    • Ireland/Scotland/Wales
    • Greece: visit Kashmir in the spring
    aug 8 2008 ∞
    jul 1 2009 +
    • Start a Goucher Outing Club: events could include hikes, festivals, daytrips, etc.
    • Attend Women's Solar Workshop in June 2008
    • Find HIV/AIDS related internship in Baltimore
      • HERO
      • AIDS Action Baltimore
    • Find HIV/AIDS related internship in Harrisburg
      • AIDS Community Alliance
    • Take summer classes at HACC
      • glass blowing
      • Spanish
    • Attend Mountain Justice Workshop
    • Work on an Indian Reservation
    • Work for National Museum of t...
    aug 8 2008 ∞
    jul 21 2009 +
    • Lord of War
    • checkmarkBlood Diamond
    • Last King of Scotland
    • Babel
    • O Brother Where Art Thou
    • checkmarkThe Pianist (not when I'm depressed though)
    • Goodnight and Good luck
    • Angels in America (again, not when I'm depressed)
    • checkmarkParis Je T'aime
    • Amandla
    • checkmarkCry Freedom
    • Nausicaa
    • checkmarkTsotsi
    aug 8 2008 ∞
    nov 19 2008 +
    • Joburg:
      • Demery's friend who films "Escape to Chimp Eden"
      • checkmarkApartheid Museum
      • checkmarkDemery's friend who owns a creche we can sleep in (actually in Pretoria)
    • Cape Town:
      • checkmarkRobben Island
      • checkmarkWinelands
      • checkmarktownship tours
      • Bo Kaap
      • checkmarkSimon's town and Boulder Beach (with penguins!)
      • Cape Point
      • checkmarkMarkets: Grand Parade, Greenmarket Square
    • Eastern Cape:
      • Graaf Reinet
      • Nieu Bethesda
        • Owl House and Sculpture Garden
        • Rob Nairn's meditation centre
      • Alexandra...
    aug 8 2008 ∞
    dec 10 2008 +
    • Cry the Beloved Country
    • American Shaolin
    • Maus I
    • Maus II
    • Oryx and Crake
    • Long Walk to Freedom
    • Tranquil Mind
    • Poisonwood Bible
    • A Country at War with Itself
    • King Solomon's Mines
    • A Handmaid's Tale
    • Zen in the Art of Archery
    • The Bingo Palace
    • The Tent
    • No Country for Old Men
    • Never Let Me Go
    aug 8 2008 ∞
    oct 27 2009 +
    • Unaccustomed Earth-Jhumpa Lahiri
    • Holy Blood, Holy Grail
    • No Logo-Naomi Klein
    • checkmarkPoisonwood Bible-Barbara Kingsolver
    • The Miracle of Mindfulness-Thich Nhat Hanh
    • Wretched of the Earth-Frantz Fanon
    • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn-Mark Twain
    • checkmarkThe Handmaid's Tale-Margaret Atwood
    • checkmarkAsk the Dust-John Fante
    • A Short History of Nearly Everything-Bill Bryson
    • Memory of Fire Triology-Eduardo Galeano
    • Getting a Grip-Francis Moo...