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smithie680
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Country: United States
State: Massachusetts
Metro: Boston
Birthday: 5/20/1986
Gender: Female
Interests: writing, reading, music, art, history, languages, women's studies, religious studies, knitting, my good friend sivvy, smith, everything irish, ridiculously thrilling academic things, such as literary theory, modern european history, literary and philosophical movements post-realism, three-day conversations, uninterrupted transcontinental drives, and dreaming BEAT /
"the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls" / "i don't know who i am, but life is for learning" / "little tinkling whirling doodlebells, ah! listen! we'll all bend down together and look into the center of the music box till we learn about the secrets - tinklydoodlebell, whee!" / "if you can just get your mind together, well then come on across to me, we'll hold hands and then we'll watch the sunrise from the bottom of the sea - but first, are you experienced?"
Occupation: Student
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Member Since:
10/11/2004
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| wow, i haven't been on here in forever. oh well. i'm at an interesting point in my life. good, but not perfect, which is exactly the way it should be. and i'll be back soon, but for now, i have responsibilities. and i'm constantly gathering copy! | | |
| i'm sick of being bored. and homesick. and tired. and rained on. this study abroad thing is definitely a challenge. but that's why i'm here, isn't it? and of course there are those gems of brilliantly wonderful moments stuck in among the myriad challenges, and isn't that what always keeps us going? i really must starting writing about all this... | | |
| i'm here, it's absolutely amazing, i'm in love with my new life, but jesus christ, nothing's easy here. i still have no internet, it's taken me forever to activate my phone, registration at ucc was crazy (my student # & pin wouldn't work), and it rained like the dickens for the past 2 days (although that was a hurricane, not the usual weather). now it's gorgeous and i just talked to me mum, and i'm going out to the irish night tonight at ucc, and things are looking up. possibly a trip to blarney tomorrow, then homestay next weekend, then hopefully a weekend trip to dingle the weekend after. sigh - the life of a jetsetter - it's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it! | | |
| la di la di la, 2 more days until the day i leave - craziness! yesterday i picked up my passport from the safety deposit box at the bank, today i got traveler's checks & euro cash (swanky!), and, as hard as it is to believe, finished my doctor appointments! tomorrow i'm working on packing, packing, packing, and making some odds & ends - a little money/id pouch thingy for pickpockety european cities, taking in the flare on some jeans (too bell-bottom-y - i think i'll do the "original" straight leg, but not skinny, since i already have skinny jeans - now i just have to fit into them, eep!), finishing my beeeeautiful new scarf (rugby striped basketweave skinny scarf in dark gray merino wool & silvery gray mohair - soooo soft & soooo pretty!), and, sadly, not adding elbow patches to my beloved quilted black hoodie (mother dearest says it's not worth saving - the one elbow is basically torn to bits - i'll miss that jacket). i'll also do some haggling with the insurance company and hopefully (cross your fingers for me) finally get my prescriptions (what a fiasco!), and i'm going to try to get a fresh start on my bank account registers (and somehow make sense of that mess), and hopefully set up a budget spreadsheet for food expenses for the smith stipend, and another for total expenses (scary thought). and then i'll top it all off with some projet runway! sounds like a super productive day to me, which i need, because i've only got two days, and thursday i'll be cooking (making my own farewell dinner [go out with a bang!] - scallops & peppers, fennel, some kind of pasta, and some dessert with pumpkin, since it's just sitting there in the pantry waiting to be used - mmmm!), and friday morning i'll be finishing up any last minute goodies, and soaking it all in (the US, i mean) before i go, and mentally prepping myself for the big plunge. so yes - here i go! | | |
| every time i step back and look at myself, i'm blown away by how much i grow all the time. i love being me. (also, i did hypnosis meditation yesterday morning for the first time ever, and it was incredible! - i just have to say that being with yourself, and only yourself, and completely yourself, and purely yourself, is the best feeling in the world - pure being, baby!) and i just got a huge dose of love and recognition from one of my many, many new & awesome friends here at cty - kristine (dear kristine, we're going to have to hang out in mass next year - she goes to holy cross in worcester) bestowed the rock star RA jar upon me (is that correct grammar? - i'm so tired) (and it was my first time to be rock star RA, whereas a few people have gotten it at least twice, but that's okay), and her speech was the sweetest thing anyone's said to me in a while (well, except for all the awesome hugs & presents my girls have given me lately). and i felt a little bad for being jealous and selfish, but i really, really wanted the recognition and appreciation that comes with the rock star RA jar, and now i'm feeling SUPER about myself and SUPER about this AMAZING staff! really, everyone at the RA meeting this morning said it too - we have had the best staff possible for all six weeks, and we are all so incredibly lucky to have had the chance to work with each other this awesome summer - and wow, i'm really going to miss everyone. this week, and this day especially, is full of lasts, which is bittersweet. but ohhhhhhh, i feel so good about everything in my life right now - i feel like such a whole person. i love life! | | |
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