“another lonely highway in the black of night…”
So…
Good news: Final exams are over.
Better news: I have a whopping three days off.
Bad news: Monday, I start my second summer session (six weeks of two more classes).
Something I’ve just fully realized: I haven’t taken even one summer off in the past three years of college.
Something I already […]

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“food” and “good” are spelled similarly for a reason, ya know
Usually, I roll my eyes impatiently and jerk away in annoyance when people try to fuss over me. But there are still people who, no matter how deceptively sweet they look, can out-do me in stubbornness and nag me without annoying me. Now that takes […]

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run-on sentences are so much fun
Has anyone been noticing that my posts are getting shorter and shorter? I was scrolling through some of my archives early this morning, looking for things to do to stay awake, and the fact that I was half-asleep and struggling to write a coherent paper did not put me in […]

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even red bull can’t make me do this
I paused before making a right turn on a red light this morning, giving the right-of-way to a young guy who was bobbing his head in time to whatever was blasting out of his Queen-Amidala’s-hairdo-sized headphones.
He acknowledged me with a brief wave of thanks as he crossed through […]

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“sometimes sanity takes vacation time on me…”
I’ve just turned in what could be, by my standards, quite accurately categorized as the worst paper I’ve ever written in my life (this includes anything I wrote in elementary school too).
Funny thing is, I don’t even give a damn.
And that, indeed, is the key to true happiness and […]

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I think it should be illegal for brand-new flip-flops to cause blisters. I mean, geez, I bought ‘em cuz they looked comfy. How was I supposed to know I’d be grimacing in pain while walking (uhh, limping) all over campus today?
I like napping outside on the benches in the library courtyard.
I also like napping […]

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who would’ve known silence could be so loud
So I’m sitting here chillin’ when I’m supposed to be working on two papers that are due Thursday (all together now, Booooo! Thumbs down forever). I am instead, oh-so-conveniently, responding to emails, typing away on AIM, and debating the merits of pasting in the html code for this […]

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cute cute cute…
There is nothing quite so adorable as hearing a little pre-schooler ask hopefully, “Do you want to hold my hand?”
Even if he did call me “Jasmin.”

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our world is a sad, sad place…
…and what are we going to do about it?
Umar asked me to publicize the situation in Uzbekistan on my blog. Unfortunately, I don’t know enough about the subject to be able to discuss it at length, but you all really should go check out his post to get […]

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day is done, gone the sun,/from the hills, from the lake, from the sky…
- It’s an unusual week when Somayya and I don’t have a conversation similar to the following at least a few times. Last night:
“We cooked chicken today!” she gleefully informs me. “Do you want some?”
I look at her blankly.
“Did you eat […]

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hey, i take breaks as a career, okay?
I was laughing at the messages on my tagboard yesterday. sHe posted, “um, Yasmine? It seems u have exams or tests every time. DO U EVER GET A BREAK????? U MAD, MAD, GEEKY WOMAN, give urself a breakkkk; sit back and relax!” [btw, I added in the commas, […]

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butterflies and books
Okay, so one midterm down; now, a constant stream of midterms, research papers, and final exams planned for the next three weeks. How exciting. If I keep disappearing from my blog for prolonged periods of time, it means I’m pretending to study. Got it?
Hmm, I’m trying to think of interesting things to […]

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school blues, OR: studieren macht keinen spass
The long weekend was spent doing nothing more productive than reading novels and stubbornly refusing to drive anywhere, meaning that I hadn’t been behind the wheel of my car in three whole days. That’s a big deal for me. Which is why today’s 120-mile round-trip commute to and from […]

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“You ask whether your verses are good. You ask me. You have asked others before. You send them to magazines. You compare them with other poems, and you are disturbed when certain editors reject your efforts. Now (since you have allowed me to advise you) I beg you to give up all that. You are […]

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bambi was here + random musings from everyone’s favorite rebel child
- The most exciting thing to happen today was that a deer found its way into my front yard this evening and started munching on the rose bushes. I was too delighted by the spectacle to do anything other than remain seated at the dining […]

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