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Finals upcoming. Next Thursday I will be done with college.
Weird.
DC conference was awesome…family, friends, etc. Music all over the place. I acquired a nasty cold on Sunday, but am fighting it with all of my strength. I keep falling asleep randomly. *sigh*
Wish I could write something vaguely interesting, but I have two finals and a 15 page paper to work on, so I have to concentrate on that.
these sounds assault my ears
in joyful thumps and rings
I’ll tap my feet in time
I’ll take the rhythm
stash it away in my head
to walk along the corridors
snapping my fingers
and twitching my toes.
I’m leaving until Monday night to go to DC. I’ll see family, spend time with dear friends, and go to an amazing conference. I’m pretty excited. East Coast here I come!
I drank eggnog tonight from Oberweis, it felt like a sin. mmm. I used to hate the stuff, but I come home to my parents house and it is calling me from the refrigerator:
“Shooooleh, come drink me, I’m eggy and sugary and oh-so-yummy!”
Then it giggles maniacally.
I’m taking my little sister to see the new Harry Potter movie this weekend. I won’t deny it: I’m excited.
I don’t like the holidays (too much materialism, and I don’t celebrate Christmas), but I do like how things are all decorated at the stores. Stores should be decorated year-round. But then I guess it wouldn’t be special, would it?
(October 2005: Chicago, IL)
This is what they meant
when speaking in rhymes.
No fan of riddles, am I.
But in something they said
in the way it was read
spoke to me in symphony,
the harmony did not join,
I was left in misery
for a moment in time.
Why do these things always remind me
of things gone and lost and slipped away?
Rewinding back to where I first saw this
the beginning of my awakened state
desperately reaching for the one thing,
the only thing, I think
that will hold me up past the sunset…
1. I learned that the pollution is so bad that it can affect your skin.
2. Shopping is fantastic.
3. Flowers bloom in November.
4. The Pacific Ocean at sunset is awesome.
5. You can wear flip-flops in November.
6. It IS possible to think and stand on a rock at the same time.
I have been to 38 states (including D.C.) in the USA. As of Thursday, I will have been to 39. I am taking a little vacation Thursday-Monday to Los Angeles to visit my best friend.
Some of you may be thinking, “Wow, Sholeh, how have you visited so many states?”
The answer lies in the simple fact that my parents love to travel, and we took many road trips all over the USA. My mother is definitely fearless, taking us in caves in Kentucky and North Carolina. My father would take us on hikes through the woods. Now that I am old enough to travel by myself, my parents encourage me to do so. My road trips to Louhelen Baha’i School and Minnesota with friends are some of my fondest memories in the last few years.
Now, if only I can get my studying done for my midterm tomorrow, and get packed…