Posted in family/relationships on October 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
*EDIT* I left this half done…haha.
my dad always was the coolest dad on the block. my grandmother probably would have said that was because my parents were babies raising babies…
today as i was walking to my car after work, i remembered one of the many reasons that my dad was the coolest was our trips [...]
Posted in grad school on October 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
So I have descended into the stage of ice cream and cheese and crackers….oh dear.
I’ve spent 20 hours, easily, in the last week sitting in front of my computer with 6 or 7 books of ancient history spread out around me. Good for me, right? How many pages have I WRITTEN….3. Three pages. Everything [...]
Posted in books on October 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
So…there’s been a lot of this author these days. Pamela Aidan wrote three books about Pride and Prejudice from Darcy’s point of view. And I’m pretty skeptical of people who ruin my favorite books, but my friend Brigid said it was good, and she was right. They don’t take a lot of liberties, and they’re [...]
Posted in being grown up on October 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
yay. this is the most confusing month of my life. God is good, and sometimes even when you’re hurt and lonely you can see the good things coming out of it right away. everything will come out right in the end.
Posted in books on October 2, 2007 | No Comments »
I read this book today. Partly on my lunch break, and mostly when I got home tonight. It’s good. I really love Shannon Hale, but Book of a Thousand Days was the best children’s fantasy I’ve read since Edith Pattou’s East. This is a well written fairy tale, subtle, and really engaging. It’s based on [...]
Nakiru is a Karamajong name meaning "rain." My real name was confusing, so to replace it, the old woman looked out from under the hut and observed the coming rain, and named me. "Nakiru." The irony was when they named my sister "Nakolong" - "sunshine."
