Archive for April, 2006
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
top five
while traveling, i often find myself reminiscing about travels past. and so, i find that i would like to illuminate the cities of my travels that i have enjoyed visiting most.
1) Prague, Czech RepublicI visited prague in the spring of 2003 with my friend john. unlike most of my ventures on my exchange year, i […]
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Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
i think they hate americans in britain. maybe ca…
i think they hate americans in britain. maybe canadians too. but i do know that attitudes change when people hear our accents, the friendliness lowers, the smile disappears. this is not me being paranoid: others have noticed it as well. on my first morning there, before i could check into the room, before my […]
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Sunday, April 23rd, 2006
i apologize if this isn’t english
there was a period of time there where i almost felt that i was lying about having “traveling” as part of my blog name. fortunately, that time has passed because i write this from an internet cafe (paying for the internet makes me feel dirty) in england. rainy, dreary, foggy england.
its about six in […]
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Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
slowly going crazy am i
these are things that make me feel like i am losing my mind:
1) I have forgotten whether i have finished the last two books i have read. seriously. oftentimes, when i know i will have a long stretch of time to read, and i only have a few pages left, i will grab […]
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Monday, April 17th, 2006
a librarian’s love story
Graduate School. Library Science. The University of Iowa. Cataloguing class. The first three items in this series were no trouble for me; i had chosen them with anticipation. after two years of teaching junior high school English, i was finally back in school to become a schoo librarian. life seemed to be progressing nicely except […]
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Sunday, April 16th, 2006
where have all the bloggers gone?
well, today, i was slightly bored at work so i figured i would head over to the FIS1311 web site where the blogs of all of my classmates were listed. rememeber? we were all supposed to make one at the beginning of the semester? i am pleased to report that excluding yours truly, there […]
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Thursday, April 13th, 2006
its all coming up alli
for once, i feel like i have a plan.
its been a while since i have felt that way.
i have been struggling over the decision of whether or not to live/work in england this summer, have been stressing out over whether i will survive this week of papers/exams, and worried that i will not find […]
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Wednesday, April 12th, 2006
late night, numero uno
its 3:15 am.
i have written six pages of my literature review. i am pretty sure its crap but i am holding onto hope that it might be brilliant. the good news is that although this mofo (sorry love, but i had to prove myself right) is due on thursday, now that i have […]
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Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
shoots from the roof
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Monday, April 10th, 2006
feeling rather serious…but just for a minute
was watching the view today. yes, i admit it. i have a strange fascination with the cattiness of five rather unintelligent women debating “the issues that affect us all.” barf. today, they had a panel of three young men, all of whom were debating whether or not to enter the catholic (is that imlied? […]