Tuesday, November 24

New Obsessions and Lingering Memories

Okay, I must begin by introducing my country of the month.
Denmark! It might seem surprising, especially given my detestation of the cold, but Denmark is the country that I've always loved without knowing it.
Denmark has the highest quality of life in the world, cradle to grave healthcare/pensions, free education, mass transit, it's on the ocean, and many other amazing things. Even better, I don't have to learn another language! Between English, French, and German, I'll pretty much be able to speak to anyone in Denmark conversationally. The architecture is a breathtaking combination of neoclassical, 19th century French, and 18th century German. The cuisine reflects Denmark's roots as the ruler of Scandinavia and Germany's little brother. Copenhagen is the shining star of Denmark is considered to be one of the best business cities in Europe, behind only London, Paris, and Berlin. The labor system in Denmark is extremely interesting (though probably impossible on the giant scale that is the US economy). It is called flexcurity. Essentially, you can be fired rather easily, but it is equally easy to be hired. This flexible labor force makes Denmark one of the most efficient and prosperous nations in the world, with a GDP per capita higher than ours.

I easily fall in love with foreign nations that I see on TV (see: Vietnam, Switzerland, Norway, Portugal, Turkey, Lebanon), but I really believe that Denmark could be a future residence of mine.

Today in French club I presented a slide show of our trip to France. I miss it more and more everyday. I miss the bread. I miss the exploring. I miss the people.
I can't wait to return this summer, and I hope that it will breath new life into me. This school year has sucked out most of the happiness and hope that I had accumulated over the summer, and I'd really like to return my stockpiles to their previous levels.


Well that's a snapshot of my life atm. Be back soon :)

Monday, November 16

Humourous Anecdotes from A Traveler in Guyana

Yes, that humourous has a u and yes that's how it should be.
Moving on, no I did not travel to Guyana.
Now for what I have done: visiting Samm and going to the Bo Burnham concert.
MO state was a flop. I've never seen so many drugs in my life, but oh the scandalous happenings.
Bo Burnham is a god who should be worshipped.

More to come on both of these soon, the stove beckons me.

Hola Amigos! Reflecting on the last three months

Well where has the time gone? I apologize for my extended absence, life has regrettably intruded on my free time.
There are so many things to discuss...
I have a new favorite movie (500 Days of Summer), television series (Glee), and friend, but the monotonous life of an Oakvillan has become the norm (again).
Homework has become an ever present demon, robbing me of precious time to be pointless and complacent.
Well let's open up the old schedule and peer inside:
-Thanksgiving, oh how I have missed you
-Pattonville Speech and Debate Tournament, my first foray into forensics in quite a while (I'm quite rusty).
-Stanford's Decison, shoot me now

I'm so excited about taking Int. French II and World Religions at Meramec.
The professors are two of the best teachers that I've ever had the pleasure of meeting, and I can't wait to finally take college classes.

A million other things have happened and a billion things are and will continue to happen in the future, so for now enjoy these gleaned snippets of my life.

Monday, August 3

Helpful Hints Here

First, the Ivy League is comprised of 8 Universities.
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
UPenn
Columbia
Brown
Dartmouth
Cornell
It is an athletic league and nothing more. Certain schools like Stanford, MIT, CalTech are easily better than some Ivies (Cornell, Dartmouth) and tie others (UPenn, Brown, Columbia)
I put them in order of which seem to be the best (to the "worst" as if there is one)
They are excellent schools and you are lucky if you are able to attend them, however, there are many (well ok like 5-10)schools that are just as good.

Lists galore: (in order #1-#10)

Best Libraries:
Harvard
UVa
Duke
UPenn
Stanford
USC
Vanderbilt
Cornell
UNC
Georgetown

Best Campus:
Stanford
Duke
UVa
Harvard
Cornell
UPenn
USC
Vanderbilt
UNC
Georgetown

Best Cities:
Palo Alto
Philadelphia
Raleigh-Durham
Boston
Washington DC
Charlottesville
Ithaca
Nashville

Best Places to Eat in Each:
San Fran (La Note, French, $30 a person, AMAZING)

Philadelphia (Tequila's, Upscale Mexican, $20 a person, Awesome Mole&Tortilla Soup)

Boston (Al Dente, Italian, $20 a person, authentic&delicious, scallops&fusili were amazing =D)

Durham (Blu Seafood, Seafood, $30 a person, the best seafood restaurant I've ever been to, best mashed potatoes I've ever had (ties with the ones from our farewell dinner in France)

I'll have more later, I've been typing for two hours, and I'm tired XD

THE GREAT COLLEGE POST



First, this took me forever, so enjoy it :)
Second, here are the best college websites

http://www.mychances.net/
www.collegedata.com
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/
http://www.collegeboard.com/

Third, if you have any questions just comment here, txt me, or msg me on facebook.

Now to begin,
STOP 1, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Yes, Yes, most of you have never heard of this U, but it is a very nice institution.
We stayed at the most amazing hotel (The Hermitage).
Vanderbilt was very nice. It has classical architecture with a southern feel, and is the best option for a college close(ish) to St. Louis outside of Chicago. It has excellent programs and the dorms are THE BEST out of any college we visited. They are brand new and come fully equipped with anything you could ever need (within the dorm building). The Academics sound very nice (specifically for pre-med, of course almost every school has a great pre-med...). The Tennessee twang is much less obnoxious than it's deep south counterparts. Vanderbilt feels Southern, but if you don't like the South you'll still love it. Many of it's students are from the Northeast/Mid Atlantic States. Vanderbilt has a large campus that is situated ~1-2 miles from the heart of Nashville. Vanderbilt is surrounded by good/cheap restaurants and since it is in a major urban area, there are tons of things to do. Eventhough the campus is surrounded by the city, it maintains a wonderful serenity and green-ness that make it a lovely sight to behold. I would highly recommend Vanderbilt to anyone reading this blog.




STOP #2 Duke University, Durham, NC

Oh Duke. Duke is spellbinding, captivating, and downright gorgeous. The campus is what you picture the perfect college to look like. Rolling fields of green surrounded by ancient Oaks which sheild the gray brick facade of long halls and rising spires. Duke also has it's own botanical garden with a lake. Pretty much, the campus couldn't get better.
Academics wise, Duke only has 2 schools (THANK. GOD.) a liberal arts school (Trinity) and an engineering school (Pratt), so it's pretty straitforward which one you should apply to based on your interests. Obviously Duke Academics pale in comparison only to Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Princeton (Duke was ranked #8 in the nation last year, it's practically tied with MIT, CalTech, and UPenn, so I only consider those 4 to actually be above it). The dining halls were awesome, and the dorms were nice (though we only saw a old frat room, not a normal room, so it's hard to really know). The food was definitely better than Vandy (though Vandy's Commons, the awesome dorm complex I briefly alluded to is still the most amazing freshmen housing I've ever seen and the food there is probably equal to Duke's).
Honestly, I really can't see any reason to not like Duke. The weather is awesome (it's the same temp as STL during the summer, but stays in the 50s during the winter and 60s during the fall/spring). Also, being in NC means that you are right in the middle of the east coast and can easily go down to GA/FL for vacation or NY/DC for business/interships/etc. The campus feels Southern, but more than that, it feels like a bastion of learning and fun, a haven from the mundane.

UNC, Chapel-Hill, NC (10mins away)

I'll be brief and blunt. I didn't like UNC. UNC is an awesome school, but it really can't compare to Duke. 82% of the students are from instate, so obviously most students are only above-average. Carolina is not a school brimming with intelligence because the smartest N. Carolinians leave the state/go to Duke, and since state law mandates that over 80% of the student body must be from NC, they are forced to dip deeper into the bucket. They get what remains of the cream of the crop, and the nasty curds below. The campus was pretty, but not breathtaking, and it just felt like a better Mizzou (and I do like Mizzou). It's just one of those things. When you have so many great options, this is not the place to go. The Out of State (OOS) kids are much more qualified though due to the little 18% reserved for them, hence it is much harder to get in as an OOSer (as we all are).




STOP #3 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

I didn't expect to like UVA, but I loved it. Nestled high up in Appalachian Mountains, UVa dominates the landscape and proves the rule that the South has the best campuses. The dorms seemed average and from what the tour guide said, so is the food. Living in the shadow of Thomas Jefferson (who designed the entire campus) is awesome and Monticello is a must-see if you're in town. The Academics are great, though it does have a lot of schools within the college, which is a little frustrating (due to the difficulty in transfering if you want to switch majors). However UVa seems to handle it better than Cornell, UPenn, and some others, so don't let this fact distract you from UVa's awesomeness. UVa is entirely student run (outside of admissions, administration, academics, and varsity atheletics). The Student Council has a 3 million dollar! budget every year to appropriate for student activities. Which means, that it is very easy to found a club and do awesome things (since you actually have $$$ to use). Also the honor code/system means that UVa is completely safe and there are NO thefts! Someone once left their laptop on the quad and it was there the next day when they returned, almost 14 hours later! The Quad is the most beautiful I've ever seen. The Rotunda is an awesome building and Jefferson's original dorms still stand! (and oh are they beautiful). As a senior (they call it a 4-year since TJ said that you can never be a senior in education, that implies you already know it, which you don't nor ever will ;) you can actually live in these dorms! Though you have to enter a rather intense application process.
So anyway, UVa rocks!



STOP #4 Georgetown, Washington DC

Once again, I'm going to be blunt for the sake of brevity. I disliked Georgetown. It had 8 different architectural styles on a 100 acre campus (small). Airplanes fly overhead constantly as they land at Ronald Reagan Itl. Due to the small size of the campus, all of the buildings are 5+ stories, which leads to a very intimidating campus. The dorms kind of suck and the food is merely tolerable. It is very difficult to change schools within the college, and it is impossible to major in two different schools (ie Int Relations Major at the School of Foreign Service + an econ major in the college of arts&sciences is impossible, which is lame). I disliked the campus (especially since it has multiple brutalistic buildings, just google that treasure from architecture's past). I know that I should like Georgetown, but I can't see ever actually attending, and I'm on the brink of not applying lol. That's how much I dislike (I'm not applying to UNC, but that's because it was just OK, on the other hand I actually think Georgetown is bad). After writing this post, I've convinced myself that I'm actually not applying here anymore.
lol :)


Stop #5 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia was my favorite city, hands down. I hope that I live here someday. The food in Philly was THE BEST ANYWHERE (overall). I think I'm going to make a list of all of the things to do/places to eat after I finish this monster post.
As for UPenn, I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. The campus was very nice and the architecture was very unique. The schools within the University were a little rigid, but I'd make it work. Wharton (the business school) was amazing, and so was the libraries. OH! I've forgotten to talk about all the college's libraries XD Oh well, next post ;)
Really UPenn is very nice, but I don't know what exactly to say. It has THE BEST Campus store/bookstore ANYWHERE. It is better than Harvard, Stanford, Duke, and all the rest. I wish I could help you more with my thought process, but it escapes me at the moment. Just rest assured, that UPenn is worth your time. UPenn was also the first Ivy that I've seen :) (I will also post a list of those since no one seems to know exactly which 8 schools make up the Ivy League; I'll rectify that :)




STOP #6 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Well we've finally arrived at Harvard. My first impressions of Harvard were "well, this is Harvard." It defined the classic college look and has a very picturesque campus. The U has an infinite number of possibilites hidden within it, and I can't imagine that anyone would dislike harvard. However, I really couldn't get a handle on it. I couldn't find it's true identity (which slightly bothers me). First, there were way too many tourists. Apparently the statue of John Harvard (the benefactor, not the founder of Harvard, though the name does come from him) is the third most photographed statue in the nation behind the Statue of Liberty and the Lincoln Memorial. Come on people jeez. Harvard is not for everyone and the touristy ness was kind of annoying. However, during the school year the tourists fade away. The Library is supposedly the best in the nation, however they won't let you inside...Lame. Cambridge and Boston are fascinating cities and I will definitely attend Harvard (though I'm thinking for Business school, not undergrad atm). I highly recommend Harvard to anyone interested, it is what you expect, which is near perfection. Personally I would choose Yale over Harvard for undergrad, but since I can't apply to Yale ;) {Sidenote: Do be warned though that the traffic around Yale is constant and horrendous we had to drive through CT (and New Haven, where Yale is) to get to Harvard, oh the irony XD).



Last Stop, #7, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

The drive from Boston to Ithaca was one of the most beautiful in my life, second only to my drive from Evreux to Les Andelys in Normandie. I never imagined that upstate NY was so gorges XD (no I didn't misspell that). Ithaca was nice and quantish, but I never did get a great vibe from it. Cornell however, was awesome. It overlooks a lake and sits atop a giant hill (the only one of these 9 that does). It has amazing access to trails, rivers, lakes, gorges (lush canyons with rivers/waterfalls in them), and nature in general. It has a sprawling campus that is magestic and grand. The schools within the U here were some of the most confusing/rigid that I've encountered, but besides that there are really no big negatives (other than the temperature in the winter :).
Fun facts that I remember from our tour:
1) Bill Nye the Science Guy TEACHES AT CORNELL ONCE A YEAR!! AND HE HUGS EVERY CORNELLIAN THAT WANTS ONE (hugging him is on a list of 179 things to do before I leave Cornell that everyone gets freshmen year). I don't even like science and I think this is awesome =D
2) It has a hotel/restaurant school on campus, so you have some really cool opportunities there (they have a wine class that is the only place in the entire state of NY where you can legally drink under 21, they actually ammended the NY constitution to say "No one under 21 may drink in the state of NY, unless they are enrolled in Cornell's Wine Tasting Course" =D That course is also it's most failed course (about 50% get an F because the final is drinking 7 glasses of wine, describing them, and then saying from what region of the world (specifically) they are from (ie north-western italy, southern Brazil, etc.).

I loved Cornell and I would highly recommend it to both the ivy-bound and nature lovers. :)



NOW STANFORD =D
Stop #2 on CA trip (if anyone is interested in my appraisal of USC, just tell me)
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Stanford remains my #1 even after seeing the above 9. Stanford is situated 45 minutes from the third and fourth biggest cities in CA (San Jose to the south, San Francisco to the north), however it is also bordered by a national forest and the ocean is 30 minutes away. So you are flanked by two urban centers and an awesome nature preserve/ocean. And Stanford's town (Palo Alto) is the capital of the Silicon Valley, and therefore is one of the richest cities in America (7th I believe). So, while it is expensive, Palo Alto is one of the best cities I've ever seen. Stanford students receive free bus/rail tickets, free sporting events (which many schools don't do, which is lame, like for Georgetown's basketball games, you have to pay $100 for a season pass, F that). Stanford's academics are unrivalled and easily tie with the Ivies. Eventhough I could never be an engineer, Stanford is #2 in the nation behind only MIT in engineering. Stanford also gives more money for undergrad research than any other University. It is easy (and common) to receive 5-10k to study a project in a foreign country over the summer (2-5k if staying domestic). Our tour guide (who was easily the best of the 12 that we've had) has a friend that got 8k to spend the summer in Beijing studying the effect of Hip Hop on China. Which meant that she went to the best clubs in Beijing for 2 months and then wrote a paper about it. =D
Stanford has the world's largest contiguous campus and really can't be beaten.



I hope this helps!

Friday, July 10

Blessings from Whitney

Here is a quick little post, I'll post a big one on colleges later :)

Whitney's statement:
I must say that, I drove by a car factory the other day and saw the saddest thing in the world. It was empty, No one was working. My friends g ma looked at me and stated "Yup they can pay somebody in Mexico $3 salaries. That is where the jobs are going" Someone please tell me, please inform me how this will help US get out of debt. How can people losing their lively hoods, their jobs help OUR economy? Will one of those who understand the world better than I please inform.

My answer/retort?

first, No to everything you said
second, The plant is closed because they kept to many overly paid union workers and didn't send enough jobs to mexico when competitors did. So now instead of laying off some, all are laid off. Therefore, being competitive benefits US workers in the long run far more than "Buy/Employ American"
third, for every $1 ... Read Moresent oversees in jobs, it brings $1.66 back to the US (which feeds & clothes you with its benevolence)
The US economy must have this cash influx to maintain the lifestyles of its constituents
fourth, I assume there is some anti-Obama's economic policies plug in your statement. That plant closed because of a recession, which was caused by the lessening of regulations under a republican congress ( the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act) in 1999. This act allowed investment banks and commerical banks to merge (CitiGROUP was a result, you know the one that was "too big to fail") which put hard working americans' money into the hands of overzealous Dan Stefanus at 10:39pm July 10
investment bankers who risked it all (needlessly).
Obama had nothing to do with this. This is republican free trade policy coming back to bite us in the ass. Responsible free trade is good, but this was reckless and stupid.

And I don't think there is anything to envy in Mexico ;)

Oh btw, Dubyah increased the national debt to fund the Iraqi War by more than any other president in history (during peacetime, ie Congress hasn't officially declared war, unlike in WW2). Obama has put us deep in debt to save our economy. Had he not, I promise you that we would still be freefalling, and unemployment would be 2x as high.

John McCain would have done the same thing, fyi (regarding the stimulus, his just would have been allocated differently: more tax breaks less funding

Sunday, June 28

Reflections On My Faith & Beliefs

{Please read the following in its entirety & reserve your judgements until the end}

Today I realized why my church hasn't helped me resolve my belief, or lack thereof, in Christianity. It's because it always sounds like propaganda. There is no rationality, they just shove it down my throat and expect me to believe everything they say (which I just can't do). For instance about two months ago, our missionary leader gave us a sermon on "the state of things." It was the most intolerant, unfounded, scare tactic-ie thing that I've ever heard. He concluded with:

"I fear that someday the bells of Islam will tell our children when to wake up. I don't know if Americans will be able to worship the one true savior in the future. In order to protect our children we must spread the message across the world, so please donate, for the children. All of today's proceeds will go towards protecting your future children."

When I go to rational/not propagandistic religious retreats like Big Stuff, I feel like I get closer to finding an end to my sojourn, but then I hear some crappy, off-the-wall sermon, and I'm walking again.

To clarify, I am not an atheist, and I do care (so I'm not agnostic), but at the moment, I am very confused.

I really just need to read the bible in its entirety ; organized religion just seems to get in the way of the truth.

And some interesting food for thought:
http://thebuddhistblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/intolerant-christians.html

The above is my primary reason for opposing evangelism, I 100% support SHOWING JESUS to those who are unaware, HOWEVER, advancing Christianity at the expense of another religion is wrong, period.

Religion is a belief, not a fact, and therefore you cannot disparage someone else's religion, as yours cannot be PROVEN to be better, merely speculated to be as such.

I do consider myself a Christian, and I do try to improve my understanding of Christianity everyday, however that does not mean that I am not critical of it and every other idea that I encounter. Nothing is above reason and justice, especially not religious intollerance.

A Salam Aleikum

Friday, June 26

Staring Down the Colossus


Politics, that dreaded subject that makes millions of Americans cower in fear, are important.
Politics define your life, what you use, and how your children think and grow.
You must know politics; political ignorance harms you much more than you think.
HOWEVER
There are two kinds of politics:
real politics (the important one)
&
media politics (the bullshit one)

I am not attacking the conservative right and I am certainly not supporting the liberal left, however, I am saying that 90% of the politics that you know is incorrect bullshit.
Point 1: Obama is a socalist

FUCKING KILL ME NOW

In Europe they actually LAUGH at this idea. Obama does lean towards socialism (just as O'Reily leans towards facism), however that does not make O'Reily a facist, and vice-versa.
ALSO, Socialism, as a system, requires decades of constant stewardship.
WE CANNOT BECOME A SOCIALIST NATION IN 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS, OR TONIGHT
I'm sick of people complaining about something that they CLEARLY do not understand.
There is nothing wrong with socialism, just as there as is nothing wrong with capitalism. Both are competing economic systems that completely FAIL independently.

I hope America realizes that we have a lot of socialistic systems that work fantastically.
Unemployment? Socialistic? YES In 1800s America (almost pure capitalism, an excellent vintage) if you lost your job you were FUCKED (since you also had no savings or means to hedge your losses)
Medicaid/Medicare? YES Also socialist, Medicare provides healthcare for 50 MILLION AMERICANS that otherwise would not have ANY. It is extremely inefficient, but that is because of the nature of US politics.

Due to the constant switch from Dem to Rep and back, 75% of all US programs are wildly inefficient.
Example: Medicare is established by Johnson in the 60s (a Dem)
Nixon rolls back coverage and weakens the system in the 70s (a Repub)
Carter attempts to bring it back to the Johnson level, but in doing so creates a hugely unwieldy infrastructure. (a Dem)
Reagan's austerity plan nearly destroys Medicare due to the huge cuts he makes in the early 80s (though as the economy recovers he does expand it slightly later on)
Clinton strengthens in the 90s

And now we are left with an emaciated/obese cow that has developmental disorders due to being malnurished half the time and stuffed to the gills the other half of the time.
Had we fed the cow slowly over time, things would have panned out much better and we could have just expanded medicare until covered everyone.

BUT partisan politics ruined that, as the media and dirty politicans used this as a hot-button issue to invigorate the base and win elections. So many Americans hate what helps them.

There are so many things to discuss, my brain is swirling, please bear with me.

This goes to the conservatives (politically, not morally)
The biggest problem facing corporate America today is the Spiraling cost of healthcare
Health insurance has tripled in the last decade, far outpacing inflation and wage increases.
The profit of corporate America, WHICH IS VITAL TO THE GROWTH OF THE US ECONOMY THROUGH REINVESTMENT, is being siphoned off to pay for overpriced vicodin.

If we introduce a US Gov't healthcare system, it will provide the competition necessary to reduce the outrageous prices of HealthcareAmerica LLC
THIS IS NOT UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE
This is a competing healthcare for anyone that wants it. YOU CAN KEEP YOUR PRIVATE INSURER. THis will alleviate the suffering of the poor (who often have to choose food or medecine, I'm not making this shit up. ACCEPT REALITY) who pay for ridiculously overpriced medecines. AND your private insurer will be 40-70% cheaper than it is currently, allowing you to save or spend more (depending on your financial acumen).

I beseech you to listen to the voice of reason. I am sick of hearing the constant jabbering of left and right wing nutjobs who have no idea about what is actually going on.

I voted in a mock election in the summer of 2008 and I VOTED MCCAIN, NOT OBAMA. Later, after I learned more about both candidates, I was rather torn since there were VERY few real differences between them, but ultimately I believe that I would have voted Obama because John McCain wouldn't have been able to shake this country up enough to put us back on the right path (the path where your kids are happy to be Americans, and you don't have to worry about your safety as you walk to the grocery store)
President Obama does have your best interests at heart, and he will make an excellent President. Just give him a chance and don't be a close-minded prick.
Legitimate criticism is good, pointless bickering is not.

Thursday, June 25

Breaking the last record: 2nd post



Hello dear readers,
I realize that there are a lot of you, so please line up in a queue so that server doesn't overload.
First, my name. Henry Kissenger was a great american statesman...yatayata... and then he met this chick Rita. This is my origin tale (not Oregon Trail, and better than genesis, jk Jesus!)
here is the wiki article, enjoy:

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

SO, tonight Joel, Brandon, et les filles went to the Hangover.
HILARIOUS!
I give it 9 blunts out of 10 (the 10th was stolen, or it would have gotten all of them; it's voracious!)

My dad's was pretty lame, as always. My sister flipped on the "You're the best big brother ever" switch, that'll last until next week.

I have a million things to do, and since you have nothing better to do, here is my list:
1) READ, I practically robbed a bookstore in Columbia and now I have 14 books awaiting my perusing
2) RUN, Cross Country will really suck if I'm still a fatty
3) PRACTICE, my French needs a lot of work and I need to order my AP books
4) VOLUNTEER, yeah so I scheduled myself on the 4th of July...oops.
5) WORK, so both congressmen didn't answer my emails...
6) PLAN, I still need to finish the details of my College Roadtrip
7) EXERCISE, Lankiness is annoying lol
8) WRITE MY COLLEGE ESSAYS, self-explanatory?
9) SUMMER HOMEWORK, calculus can kiss my balls, but...
10) SPEECH, I need to find/write pieces :(
11) EXEC, I have to organize half-time, fundraise, and start Prom stuff. yay
12) STOCKS, So the market didn't tank as much as I needed it to, so I have $3000 that will not be invested unless I change my pricepoints. yummy
13) COMM ADVISORY BOARD, I have 100 pages of PDF to read about the Mehlville School District, which I then have to draft into a proposal for the school board, and I don't know when it's due.
14) LITTLE THINGS, calls to make, papers to read/analyze, fun to be had, etc.

Well hopefully that brings you up to speed faithful reader.

Bonjour Bitches


Hello dear readers,
My name is Kissinger's Lovechild and I am the second member of the three muskequeers (and the lesbian hag).
At the moment I have little to report, other than my iPhone is on backorder (boo.).
I promise to shower you with witticisms later, but at the moment I have trivial matters to attend to.
Voila