- music
- artist: Little Joy
- artist: The Head and the Heart
- artist: Beirut
- "East Harlem" (learning it by ear!)
- song: "Hold On When You Get Love And Let Go When You Give It" by Stars
- artist: Chet Baker (as study music)
- artist: The Lumineers (new to them)
- album: "Norman: (Original Motion Picture ST)" by Andrew Bird
- artist: The Vaccines (new to them – why didn't I try them earlier?)
- reading
- My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
- The KRYW 2012 anthology.
- Jakob von Gunten by Robert Walser
- A cool article written by a new convert to Islam: here
- The Kenyon Review, Summer 2012 issue
- watching
- thoughts
- Been stress-eating a lot. Miss my KRYW friends. I love waking up to their messages in the morning.
- This year's summer reading sucks. Or maybe I just spoiled myself by reading fifty bajillion books that are a million times better.
- I love writing letters. I actually threatened to ban myself from writing them unless I finished my homework in a timely manner.
- I've surpassed my monthly crying quota. Fizzlenabbits.
- Going to see two concerts this fall -- Beirut and Stars! SO EXCITED.
- Listening to The Head and the Heart only reminds me of my Kenyon family. I feel like crying again after today's (8/16/12) oovoo date.
- School is okay. Classes are fun, teachers are great. Not sure what I think about journalism yet. Only thing is I wish my Kenyon buds were here with me. Would make the days a little less sucky. Need to pluck up the courage to be super nerdy with Ms. Kelley. She's so cool.
- discoveries
- I'm a really bad driver.
- P. J. O'Rourke (courtesy of Ms. J)
- I've failed at being a sister. The year 2012 sucked. Still sucks.
- eating
- Lots and lots of Triscuits + brie.
- Andes Crème de Menthe thingies! SOOOOO GOOD.
- quotes
- "From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity" - Edvard Munch
- "You make good art. (Or, you don’t. Nobody’s keeping score. The art police will not come to check on you. And at the end of the day, it’s your art and your life.)" - Neil Gaiman x
- vocabulary
- ensomme (danish) : lonely
- lambaste : to criticize harshly
- centrist : having moderate political views/policies
- sybarite : person self-indulgent in their fondness for sensuous luxury
aug 2 2012 ∞
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