because i've been ranting far too much recently and should probably work on appearing less pretentious and whiny. :)

• this is technically my last week of school. and then the dreaded junior year of ib will be over. and the beautiful summer holidays will begin!
• i am staying home this summer, like my reclusive nature wants me to. :)
• i am going to see the remus lupins perform this summer while they're on tour. and i am beyond psyched about my first wizard rock concert.
• i am in the middle of karl iagnemma's 'on the nature of human romantic interaction'. it's a collection of short stories about scientists and mathematicians falling in love. imagine that, a scientist who does not write science-fiction. he's brilliant.
• i now know what to order at starbucks. a grande caffè misto, made with whole milk. and i take it with two sugars. i just adore cafés au lait. it's the only way i like coffee. and i kind of want one right now.
• 'adventures in american literature' has this to say about e. e. cummings: 'he had little use for the mass of people but was delighted by the promise inherent in individuals.' i read that today. and that sums up my feelings about people perfectly.
• i think i did well on my last french oral! i was eerily calm before it this time.
• my sense of fashion isn't too bad when i put in a little effort.
• this time next year, my ib exams will be finished. and i'll know what college i'm going to. and about to graduate. and hopefully i can head off to somewhere wonderful during the summer. though hk's not bad, either.
• i went to a birthday party yesterday and we ate out at an indian restaurant. the waiter kind of raised his eyebrows after i ordered. and my friend told me that i have a good accent, haha. :) i enjoy eating with my hands a lot. and eating naan.
• college applications start soon!
• i love my friend's adorable kitten an awful lot.
• and central air conditioning.
• i love my friends. i love watching harry potter movies with my friends, especially.
• beautiful quotations are the best things in the world.
• i am so happy that part of my summer homework for french is to read parts of le petit prince.
• i ordered it and broken chords online the other day. the latter is one of the saddest, mst beautifully tragic books that i have read. i think i could idenitify with how torn the main character was over playing the piano.
• i read eugene o'neill's play beyond the horizon today. i haven't decided if it's a tragedy yet. but it made me cry. which is always strangely refreshing to do while reading.
• is it weird that the glee version of 'poker face' has been stuck in my head all weekend?
• i have been told to learn from my dad how to sew over the summer so i can help with wardrobe next year for the musical.
• i'm watching northanger abbey and remembering why henry tilney is one of my literary crushes. oh, his wit. :)