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all about the rain

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random thought: this is what is feels like to be a shark.

today, there was massive rain. when i left the dorm it was gross and hot and just beginning to drizzle, and it continued to rain all day. and looking for a parking spot on campus is bad enough, but looking for one in the rain is worse. when you spot someone walking out to the parking lot, you know you have it made, so you slowly drive around in circles, or creep behind the person until they get to their car. so as i'm driving around the building, waiting for this girl to get to her car, the rain is pouring down, and i think this is what it feels like to be a shark, lurking, waiting for your next meal.


every time it rains, i remember a run in i had with dr. rutland. it was after chapel in the pouring rain, i pulled out my umbrella, and he put his hand out and he said... "sweetie, take a lesson from me, put the umbrella away. walk in the rain, and a guy will come along with an umbrella and snag you up..." well, one day, i decided to put his words of wisdom to practice, in hopes that humanity would be redeemed. so i trudged to class umbrella-less and frozen in the rain. half way there, i was reminded of another sage: "always go with your first instinct."

the once was a girl with pale skin.

in a couple of hours, i'm heading home... i can't tell who is more excited for me to be driving up, me or my parents. it's nice to be wanted. (: this is the first Easter i've been able to go home, usually something happens, and it almost happened this time too. at home, they have had a lot of rain, and the two rivers we live between are flooding (they always flood in april), but it's especially bad because of a dam in Georgia that has conveniently sprung a leak. i was woke up on monday morning by my mother, she told me they might had a evacuate (that's not great news first thing in the morning). so far, it's not been as bad as the estimates have said it would be, but the rivers are supposed to crest tomorrow, so we will see. i may have wished i brought a boat.

yesterday was my birthday, thank you to all who made my birthday wonderful. i got great cards, and as a special surprise, i was treated to dinner at Gosh! sushi, it was my first time eating sushi. tempura Japenese bagel roll, yum. it was a new experience, and a good one, but i don't know that i will be eating sushi anytime soon. then it was off to coldstone (again, yummm.), but that was a mistake, ice cream on top of sushi is not a good idea (don't try it at home).

(i'm on a playlist kick, still)
a play list for the road:

i wanna love you__the maine
hands in the sky (big shot)__straylight run
bright sunny south__allison krauss
vampires in blue dresses__margot & the nuclear so and sos
sexual healing__marvin gaye & shaggy
the first cut is the deepest__sheryl crow
all the go in betweens__silversun pickups
existentialism on prom night__straylight run
can't believe it (remix)__t-pain & justin timberlake
back in your head__tegan and sara
subterranean homesick blues__bob dylan
black crows__honeyhoney
speeding cars__imogen heap
your big hands__jolie holland
fake plastic trees__radiohead

adieu!

celebrity playlist

itunes presents: celebrity playlists at the itunes store (check it out)


demetri martin:

the king of carrot flowers pt. 1//neutral milk hotel*
rainbow sign//fruit bats
is she fiona//the gerbils
title and registration//death cab for cutie*
waste of paint//bright eyes*
shape of my heart//noah and the whale*
little fury// the breeders
made from tiny boxes//flotation toy warning
luck number nine//the moldy peaches*
put a penny in the slot//fionn regan
lost cause//beck
you broke my heart//lavender diamond
a hit//smog
a.m. 1800//grandaddy




evangeline lily:

a necessary end\\saltillo
nantes\\beirut*
gogol\\gonzales
mother's journey\\yann tiersen
sweet dream\\greg laswell
switching off\\elbow*
the professor (live)\\damien rice*
roads\\portishead
eye of the tiger\\arnaud aquegaray (etc.)
these white lights will bend to make blue\\azure ray
la jeune fille aux cheveux blancs\\camile
america is not the world\\morrissey*
icyibo\\dorothee munyaneza



Jason Bateman:


the killer is me--alice in chains
sure shot--beastie boys
the rollercoaster ride--belle and sebastian
manhattan--dinah washington*
NYC--interpol
hallelujah--jeff buckley
darlene--led zeppelin
pochahontas--neil young
gigantic--pixies
rhinocerous--smashing pumpkins
hell is chrome--wilco*




jim halpert:


chicago__sufjan stevens*
sing__travis
rich girl__gwen stefani & eve
a quick one, while he's away__the who
rebellion (lies)__arcade fire
ghost__neutral milk hotel*
california stars__billy bragg & wilco
gone for good__the shins
let the cool goddess rust away__clap your hands a say yeah
when i laugh__the glands

for the young, old souls

when i was a little girl, my father and i loved to watch dean martin and jerry lewis movies. and for some reason, this song was embedded in my brain (i only watched it one time). from time to time, i find myself singing it, and wishing that i knew all the words to it. tonight, i found it, and oh how much joy it brought me.

reading update:
i'm over half way through the reader, and i'm finding it a great stuggle to finish, it's a fast read, but it's not keeping my attention, i feel like i can predict what is going to happen. it's a disappointment, because i was expecting it to be moving, and it's not. i've been contemplating moving to another book (but that feels too much like giving up).

i'm looking forward to this week:

getting the oracle together completely will be fantastic and on wednesday, after all my classes are over, i'm going home for Easter; "come hell or high water."


plans for the break:

relearn converting grams into moles into atoms & formula weight
read: a farewell to arms, the english teacher's companion
write: paper on the english teacher's companion
test a student for assessment of learners
write a student profile for assessment of learners
make pillows
spend time with my folks
make myself a birthday cake