winter song

From January 23, 2009

My first entry of '09 and the wind chill is negative below - all night at work people had to pause at the counter and wait for their glasses to defog or their hands to warm up. My winter song would involve light, airy snow, and tightly-knit colorful scarves.

A year ago today I was a new arrival, a shell-shocked American girl in a new country, a lonely girl listening to your voice at night through my iPod. Hallelujah.

Why don't I write about wedding plans and the dress I found at the Wedding Shoppe? Ask me a year from now. Ask me when I will remember what it felt like to be a bride. Right now, it just feels like me.

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Sunday afternoon. Drinking cheap wine, making flashcards for art history, and watching the Academy Awards tonight over a bowl of popcorn.

button eyes

Coraline in 3D was awesome! Real life looks so boring now...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coraline

oh, ya know

When people ask me "how it's going" I usually respond with "oh ya know, school and work" when what I really mean to say is:

My shower curtain spontaneously fell down this morning and I don't know why.

Every shift I work at the tea shop makes me lose a little faith in humanity. Seriously, people, it's just tea.

I require almost complete silence to read something and actually comprehend it.

Lately, I am in the habit of lighting candles at the kitchen table and translating my Latin homework.

I have anxiety about the summer, but I can't wait for the sun.

Nothing is better than late night Subway.