A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

I forgot to write a blog on Friday continuing my explits within the Alumnae Bulletin. I'm supposed to keep this journal, and a lof of activities, regularly. On Friday morning I had my first full period of work, from 10-1. Wendy came up with a list of things for me to do for the semester- or at least for the next few weeks. One of the things I have to do is write an article on two teaching awards the school gives out to professors- one went to a professor of psychology, and the other went to a... Sign in to see full entry.

If you're in college, or have graduated within the past two years or so, you'll be familiar with the college phenomenon thefacebook.com. Begun by a bunch of students at Harvard, its basically one giant online community of college students. R-MWC has been pestering the administration for a while to get it- and we finally got it yesterday. God, is it addicting. Basically, while I was supposed to be reading about heresy for medieval history, I was looking up my college and old high school... Sign in to see full entry.

Its been nearly two weeks since the hurricane hit the Gulf Coast, but its effects are going to last for a very, very long time. One of my professors commented that the hurricane would kill more people, and have a larger effect upon Americans, that 9/11 did. Thats a scary thought. And its a natural disaster, not a man-made one! I guess it really is true when they say that you simply cannot control or have any impact upon nature, and that nature will eventually claim the earth. Humans are arrogant... Sign in to see full entry.

I had an interesting experience today. I got stuck in an elevator for an hour. Truth be told, it wasn't all that frightening. I got in on the fifth floor, and pressed the button for the first floor. I'd just been in the kitchen on the fifth floor and made myself some dinner; and I was on my way to English senior seminar, which begins at 7. This event occurred at 6:50. I pushed the button several times; no result. I pressed the "emergency" button; no result. I hit on the elevator door a few times... Sign in to see full entry.

We can't escape it. Instant Messenger has become a fixture in the lives of millions of people. We can communicate with friends who live in China, or we can communicate with friends who live two buildings away. Sometimes I'll IM the Roommates, who do indeed live two buildings away. Its a great way to contact people because sometimes you don't feel like talking to or seeing other people. But there are drawbacks to IM as well; namely, that its a great way to procrastinate. In this post I'm talking... Sign in to see full entry.