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January 31, 2009
The second of two pieces I wrote during first semester about performances in Oberlin.
Almost Famous
January 31, 2009
Not impressed? Well, I bet you won't believe what arrived in my mailbox this morning.
A Guest in My Own House
January 30, 2009
Living with a host family is a difficult adjustment after two and a half years in Oberlin's dorms.
Flying and fooding
January 29, 2009
Once we landed at Cleveland-Hopkins Airport, I woke up and raced for the bus stop. After waiting outside for 10 minutes, I huddled indoors and discovered I had missed the last bus by 15 minutes. Gahhh.
In loving memory of summer
January 29, 2009
I've already got crazy nostalgia for the long, lazy summer days spent lounging in the hammock on our porch, the nights of impromptu jam sessions with my more musically inclined friends, the smell of freshly baked bread rising up from our kitchen.
Pizza Night at Keep
January 29, 2009
I learned that there is a certain art to pie-making, kneading from the center out, making sure that the middle isn't too thin, and being careful to leave a slightly raised border along the outside so there's some semblance of crust after it bakes.
Vulnerability and Culpability
January 28, 2009
Drugs, thugs and racism: a smidgen of what I've learned so far on the border.
Things that have kept me distracted recently
January 27, 2009
A list of recent distractions. This is what has been keeping me busy recently.
The Long Road Home
January 27, 2009
Tomorrow will be my first opportunity to listen to my completed mix, The Long Road Home. That last leg that seems to last oh-so-long will be much quicker this time.
On picking my Winter Term
January 26, 2009
He proceeded to talk about a hotel that once existed, the spirit that haunted it, and the bomoh they hired to appease it.
A Pirate's Ship Full of Booty(ful Experiences)
January 26, 2009
A final week with the Pirates... a wayfaring seafaring voyage that will take me to the ends of the world...err... New York.
On Rejection
January 26, 2009
In this post: rejection letters, romantic rejection, my petty impulses, The Kenyon Review , and children's publishing.
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