nimchimpsky

so in one weekend, I saw Hellboy (which was entertaining, if a little silly), had inspiring conversations (based on this essay), went to a campfire, drank malt liquor mimosas, slept outside in a redwood forest, and celebrated Easter by sitting in my great aunt's living room for five hours, talking about absolutely nothing with my aunts, uncles and cousins.

Now I have a week...
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last night I went to a benefit event for the Revolutionary Association for the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). They had a representative talk about how things have changed (and what hasn't) in the last year or so. As it happens, most things haven't changed, and some areas are back to worse than the Taliban (!)

http://rawa.false.net/help.htm

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also, this news from Iraq may read less...
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Psychology Jeopardy (aka the GRE) was as hard as I'd feared. I think I did well, but I may have lost points for not knowing what the vestibular sensory apparatus is, or what it does, or why the fuck it matters if I know it or not

But it's over, and now back to my regularly scheduled Saturday night.

Studying for the GRE is like studying for Jeopardy, but in only one subject (psychology, in my case). It sucks, though, because I don't get to be on TV, and even if I "win", the payoff won't be for years.

downloading music .... Limewire sucks. I miss Napster to death.

also, Interpol is one of the most depressing bands I've heard in a long time.

less than 36 hours to go until the GRE, and I'm way not ready

it's a brand new quarter here at UC Santa Cruz, and I'm already sick of it, after only two days! No rest for the weary ...

It's also going to be my last quarter here, I'm graduating in June. I should be excited and glad to soon be done with homework and tests forever, but in fact I'm scared to death, and also sad to...
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I just saw The Fog of War, about McNamara and his role in two wars, and it was stunning the similarities between the Vietnam war and Iraq, at least in terms of the behavior of the national leadership. Which got me to thinking: we should ban anyone from Texas from being president.

So I'm pretty tipsy right now. My friend/classmate just showed up with a sixpack of really good beer she picked on the basis of it's alcoholicness (is that a word). And she and I drank it and hung out for a while, with much exciting conversation, though no making out. oh well, two for three aint bad.

yay for spring break. I unplugged all my...
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quote of the moment:

there's something about a Sunday
that makes a body feel alone.
-- the late great Johnny Cash

Quote of the moment:

Yesterday we bowed to kings and bent our necks for emperors.
But today we kneel only to Truth, follow only Beauty, and obey only Love.
-- Kahlil Gibran