Author Archives: Janet

La la la, the day, things, la la la.

By Janet | December 28, 2006

Tonight’s party was nice enough. It feels good when people act like they’re happy to see you. I looked rather swanky, at the expense of foot comfort. Standing around for a few hours in high heels when you’re not used to wearing them is not a good idea. A lot of the people there were [...]

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*Facepalm*.

By Janet | December 27, 2006

I am becoming you guys. It’s 4:30 and I’m not at all tired because I just started knitting a hat and it is SO EXCITING. And the yarn is all of my favorite colors. It’s like autumn in string format. This hat will perfectly match the jacket I bought today. The jacket remedies my coat [...]

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After Christmas comes… not that much.

By Janet | December 26, 2006

So Christmas has come and gone. It went well, overall. Saw a bunch of family, managed to avert disaster with the party-at-my-alcoholic-aunt’s-house situation, got some presents. A pleasant holiday, though not an eventful one. Gifts received included cash, mini wooden prayer beads bought from a dirty hippie at UMass, socks, long-sleeved tshirts to wear under [...]

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Things of note.

By Janet | December 24, 2006

Tonight at Bertucci’s (my family dinnered there, and she works there) I had my first awkward run-in with someone I didn’t want to ever see again after high school. Long story short, she was the source of most of my problematic social situations from junior high though late high school. The only contact I’ve had [...]

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Massachusetts again.

By Janet | December 23, 2006

I got home on Thursday night. Things have been pretty good since then–I picked Mitch up from the airport, did some last-minute Christmas shopping, started learning how to knit… haven’t read anything yet, but I’m confident that I will. I can’t really wrap my mind around staying here for a month. The last time I [...]

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Because you don’t get enough of my whining about break in real life.

By Janet | December 20, 2006

Well, it’s over. Fall 06, that is. It’s been good. Definitely my best semester so far, personally and possibly academically (it all depends on finals…). I have really, really enjoyed living here – it’s great to be able to wander around the hall and talk to people and hang out in their rooms. I didn’t [...]

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Primal scream.

By Janet | December 18, 2006

I’m choosing to make mine virtual. AHHHH!!!

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Reporting from Olin.

By Janet | December 16, 2006

I got to Olin after dinner and immediately had a massive drop in energy and started falling asleep.  Lame!  So I’m waiting for the coffee to show up at 8:00.  It’s unfortunate that coffee is a diuretic, because there is no toilet paper in Olin.  Not in any of the women’s rooms, at least.  And [...]

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It begins!

By Janet | December 15, 2006

Okay, it’s time for ultra-condensed reading week. Three days, many books, many notes, many mechanisms, many facts and concepts to commit to memory. I can do it. I have three finals to study for (in order of increasing difficulty: econ, evolution, orgo). I plan to live in the library except for meals and sleeping, but [...]

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Because I refuse to suffer in silence.

By Janet | December 11, 2006

It’s 9:35 PM. I have just finished the second page of the 6-8 page paper that needs to be done before I sleep. Note that these first two pages are heavily padded with large margins and extensive footnotes. I am dreaming of the days when I could read some books, then throw together a paper [...]

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