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It has been over a year since I last wrote something here. I think my last entry was last February, sometime. I graduate on May 12, and it still hasn't fully sunk in yet. I have my graduation cap and gown, my honors cords, a Tech ring...and in two weeks I'm leaving Lubbock for [more or less] good. This semester has been insane, with trying to figure out what I wanted to do after I graduate, and going from wanting to go to graduate school to wanting to try law school to wanting to join a hippie commune. But I made my decision, and in January I officially begin class at the University of Denver's Graduate School for International Studies - I'll be getting my Masters in Human Rights. I cannot even BEGIN to describe how excited I am to move to Denver. After three years in Lubbock, living in Denver is going to be amazing. And human rights? It'll be incredible to study exactly what I care about so much. I took a class this semester on comparative genocide, and even going in there with some basic knowledge about the Holocaust and Rwanda and Bosnia, among others, it was still such a hard class to get through, knowing that humans have the inclination to treat each other so horribly. But it also makes me that much more excited about studying human rights.
Getting so close to leaving, I hadn't thought about how hard it's going to be to leave behind my friends here. I've lived with Kelly officially for two years now, and I might as well have lived with her freshman year. And I'm so used to Kelly Horn being less than thirty seconds away, and I swear to God she's my soulmate. Loni has been there for everything...I don't know what I'm going to do without them. As much as I'm looking forward to Denver, I'm also nervous - I know NO ONE there. It'll be starting all over, starting something completely new. And that's a little terrifying. I never grew to like Lubbock, but I love the people here that I've met over the past three years, and it's going to be so hard to leave everyone.
Still, I'm graduating, and I'm just happy I made it here. I worked hard, very hard, and I think I've grown to be a good person with good friends, and I'm so grateful every single day for what I have. I'm so lucky, and sometimes I forget that.
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[22 Feb 2006|07:54pm] |
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I just had what was easily the most interesting phone conversation I've ever had. For my political analysis class, we have to complete 2 four hour shifts in the lab making phone calls and trying to get people to participate in this survey about Texas issues. I was in the lab from 4 - 8 tonight and I got 5 people to actually do the survey. It's supposed to take about 10 minutes - I was on the phone with this one guy for 38 minutes. I don't know his name or anything about him, but it was the momst interesting conversation. Granted, it's entirely possible that was messing with me the entire time, but it was still fun. I asked him his education level and he tells me he spent two years extra in high school by his own choice. He then asked me to guess why. I said I didn't know, and he said "hell if I was going to Vietnam." He told me he was a Colombian art dealer and once worked as a street vendor in the Virgin Islands [see why I think he might have been messing with me?] Oh and he told me about the native american in santa fe who chased him after he asked the guy's sister out...he was really quite entertaining, made that hour go by so much faster.
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[21 Feb 2006|07:29pm] |
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I'm watching the ladies short program and the Canadian is skating right now. They start playing a song, and I KNEW it but couldn't quite place it - it's an instrumental version of Madonna's "Like a Prayer," and it's beautiful. Watching the Olympics, summer and winter, always makes me wish I had grown up doing gymnastics and/or figure skating. Except then I remember those two pesky metal rods in my back that make flexibility a slight problem. That, and the fact that the only reason I ever took gymnastics when I was little was to improve my eye-hand coordination so I would stop running into things. [I still run into things.]
I'm flying home on Thursday evening to spend the weekend in Houston - can't wait, it'll be so nice being out of here for a weekend.
I have to write a speech for next week on something I am an expert at. The only thing I can think of is how adept I am at runnning into/falling off of things. I don't know that I really want to give a speech on that...
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[07 Jan 2006|05:30pm] |
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"Rich donor nations are miserably failing the people of (Congo), even though every few months the mortality equivalent of two southeast Asian tsunamis plows through its territory," the study said.
38,000 people die there every month because of diseases we don't even think twice about.
From a book of mine, making fun of the media and how it covers things -
Body Count Conversion Rate
3,000 massacred Congolese = 500 drowned Bangladeshis = 45 fire bombed Iraqis = 12 car bombed Europeans = 1 snipered American
True, huh...
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[12 Dec 2005|03:11pm] |
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I love my English professor...she gave back short stories today that we wrote over the semester and wrote on mine that I should try and get it published. I cannot even tell you how encouraging that is :)
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[20 Nov 2005|08:43pm] |
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Jeff's going to my Miller Girl formal with me :) It's going to SUCH a fun night!
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[11 Nov 2005|11:47am] |
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We have discussed gay rights, women's rights, racial equality, foreign policy, free speech, and religion in my political science class this semester. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I sit in a lecture hall with 200 of my closest friends and maybe twice has anyone reacted to something my professor said. Of course, to reaffirm that I truly do reside in West Texas, what issue really gets everyone going? Guns. Make a couple of jokes about the NRA and suddenly half the males in the lecture hall go crazy. "Yes, you DO need those bullet-proof-vest-piercing bullets to go boar hunting." "The NRA does so much more than that." "I need more guns than that to hunt with." I don't know exactly where I stand on gun control. I do think that people continue to interpret our constitutional right to bear arms in the manner in which it was intended in the 18th century, which is slightly disturbing. Anyway, yes, I do live in West Texas, which became even more evident today when the boys in my poli sci class reacted to questions of limiting their gun privilages as if it were limiting their right to breathe.
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[28 Oct 2005|12:00pm] |
U2 IS FINALLY IN HOUSTON!! TONIGHT!
o but wait...
I'm not there.
THIS BLOWS IN SO MANY WAYS. But I suppose life could, you know, be worse. I just wish I were at that concert. sooo much.
AH I just remembered! It's all cold and rainy outside and I was thinking about Christmas music for some reason, and I remembered that I get to go see Trans-Siberian Orchestra in December with my family, and I got very excited :)
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[26 Oct 2005|11:11pm] |
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OK well that was quite depressing. Now that we've lost the World Series in a sweep...ugh.
OH godddd this is painful, watching the Astros stand on the field and take their hats off to the crowd. I feel so bad for Biggio...and what's even more sad is the fact that we don't have anymore baseball until April. :(
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[21 Oct 2005|03:56pm] |
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A- Age of your first kiss? 17
B - Band you are listening to right now: Sigur Ros
C - Crush: don't have one at the moment
(what happened to the D?)
E - Easiest person to talk to: kelly, kristine, amy, loni
F - Favorite ice cream: cinnamon with reeses in it
G - Gummy worms or Gummy bears?: gummy bears!
H - Hometown: HOUSTON TEXAS GO ASTROS
I - Instruments: I'm not what we call musically inclined (i LOVE music, just can't play anything)
J - Junior High: Annunciation Orthodox School
K - Kids: eventually
L - Longest car ride: Houston to Lubbock
M - Mum's name: Sami
N – Nicknames: mossy, fatty (don't ask, I'm not)
O - One wish: hmm...
P - Phobia: never finding him
Q - Quote: "Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around."
R - Reasons to smile: family, my friends, my goals, Miller Girls, good times
S - Scent: I like the smell of cold days...
T - Time you woke up today: 8:05 AM
U - Unknown fact about me: I can sing 'Silent Night' in Greek
W - Worst luck with: haha males
X - X-rays you've had: countless (i mean a few times a year for several years) x-rays on my back over the years, then the ones on my teeth and one on my arm
Y - Years since you've been to church: o it's been a looong time
Z - Zodiac sign: Leo
It's finally Friday. Tomorrow, I'm working a pet adoption for five hours, and on Sunday I'm working a Fajita Fest for the Make-A-Wish Foundation for a few hours. We're getting closer and closer to Thanksgiving break, which I'm very much looking forward to. It's going to be a fairly quiet weekend around here, as practically the entire campus emptied out to go to Austin for the UT-Tech game. It would have been fun to go, but I have too much to do this weekend, and I can't wait to watch the Astros play on Saturday night. It's hard to believe that November is just a little over a week away - the semester has flown by.
My friend Craig has decided he's going to cheer for the White Sox in the World Series, and he set up a bet between him and then Kelly and me. I don't think we've decided what we get when the Astros win, but if the Sox somehow pull it off, Kelly and I have to cook dinner for him for three nights. I am not anyone's Suzy Homemaker, so we really better win.
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wishing i were back in houston to celebrate the fact that THE ASTROS ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES!!!
"I live for this!!
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[19 Oct 2005|04:28pm] |
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This was absolutely hysterical - we started talking about freedom of speech, censorship, and pornography in my public policy class today. My professor, who is a short, older, and very hunchbacked man, begins talking about pornography. He says "Pornography...I look at pornography like I look at golf. I like to play golf, but when it's on TV I tend to fall asleep. Some things are just more fun to do than to watch." I DIED. I was laughing so hard, and 250 of my closest friends are sitting there awkwardly silent. There was nervous laughter, and then there's me sitting four rows from the back trying my hardest to muffle my laughter. He's such a boring, dry, read-presentation-off-of-powerpoint man, and all the sudden he comes out with this. I thought it was hilarious.
Oh, and
GO ASTROS!!!
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[17 Oct 2005|11:18pm] |
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I don't want to talk about it. Lidge, you're killing me. ONE OUT AWAY FROM THE PENNANT.
I cried, I really did. My eyes honest to God teared up as soon as the ball left the bat.
It's ok, 2 more chances - it just won't be in Houston.
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[13 Oct 2005|11:11am] |
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You know, I have to say...it's a little disconcerting seeing commercials about how bad celebrex is, and how if you have ever taken it, call this number now, when you took it on a daily basis for 2 years. YAY.
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"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who knows the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph and who at worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid and cold souls who knows neither victory or defeat."
-- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U.S. President
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[05 Oct 2005|12:24pm] |
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Really only the Duchesne girls will get this, but yeah - OK so my English professor reminds me SO MUCH of Mrs. Finch. It's hysterical. The things she says and the way she talks, it's seriously like being back in Mrs. Finch's room, listening to her tell us "well, if you had watched the west wing last night, you would have got that question right!" (sidenote: why did I wait till college to fall in love with the west wing?) All of the totally arbitrary comments that would come out of her mouth....Today in English, my professor - just out of the blue - says "don't ever make eye contact with another drive on the road! He could have a gun and shoot you! That's probably the best advice you'll get in your four years here. Don't make eye contact!" The way she said it and what she said...it was sooo much like something Mrs. Finch would say.
Anyway, hope everyone is having a good week!
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| Your Personality Profile | 
You are elegant, withdrawn, and brilliant.
Your mind is a weapon, able to solve any puzzle.
You are also great at poking holes in arguments and common beliefs.
For you, comfort and calm are very important.
You tend to thrive on your own and shrug off most affection.
You prefer to protect your emotions and stay strong. |
That's cool
Spent my weekend home in Houston - it was great :) I love my family so much, so it was a wonderful couple of days. We went to the Astros game yesterday, and it was SO MUCH FUN - such an exciting game!!! They're playing now, and if they win they clinch the wild card spot. I love my Astros!!!
Flight back to Lubbock is at 4:50, get back there a little after 7, and then getting ready for what should be the busiest/craziest couple of weeks in my life.
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[22 Sep 2005|05:17pm] |
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Hurricane Rita is on its merry way to Texas...it downgraded today from a category 5 - category 4, but I also read that the difference between getting hit by a 5 or a 4 is similar to the difference between getting hit by train or by a semi. Either way, it's devastating. Kelly and Zach are both from Baytown - Kelly's family evacuated yesterday morning, but Zach's family hasn't left yet. I'm thankful my family is further inland. Their biggest concern is power loss and wind/rain, really. Flooding shouldn't be too bad out there. Hopfully they won't have to deal with tornadoes, and they don't have to deal with the storm surge. Waiting to see what happens is the hardest part. I feel so removed from it up here, watching this happen from so far away. It's going to be hard if phones get cut off...not being able to get in touch with my mom and dad. When Katrina hit New Orleans, I could not get through to Danielle's phone for anything. Too many people trying to get through to those numbers, and it seems to be the same thing now with Houston numbers. It's very scary to watch this monster of a storm wind its way through the gulf right towards our homes.
I think this is one of the most beautiful songs...it makes me want to cry everytime I hear it. We'll ignore the fact that, for whatever reason, lots of songs make me want to cry everytime I hear them. I wasn't always this emotional...
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[19 Sep 2005|03:34pm] |
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I. love. Enya.
I truly do.
Let's see, Kelly is sick, I have a test Wednesday, a test Thursday, and a fifteen minute presentation on a two page story due Friday. Yeah, I'll be talking to yall later.
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