(3) Sat May 01 2004 13:11 PST: I had a dream about going to London last night :(

Happy EU expansion day! (even though no one seems to care)

Sun May 02 2004 20:05: I am tired of thinking.

(5) Mon May 03 2004 15:56 PST: I think I am going to have to give up my little project of a PoliSci 199 because, once again, no one cares about the EU, and those who do certainly aren't sticking around for summer.

I would say I am dreary & blue, if that weren't in direct contrast to the weather.

(1) Tue May 04 2004 09:17 PST A little glimpse into my world: Yesterday: Part II of thesis due; spent aprox. 5 hours working on it. Started studying for Econ at 12:30, stopped caring at 2:30 & went to sleep.

Today: up at 6:30 to study more. Examen at 8. Class in 15 minutes, work from 11-5, or perhaps just until after I talk with my boss. May actually be the same time.

Thursday: Dino Midterm.

This weekend: home to hang out with mom & sissy & john.

Monday: PoliSci paper due.

Wednesday:Part III of thesis due.

Is it June yet? (although... I am surprisingly chipper. Perhaps is delirium :o)

(9) Tue May 04 2004 16:02 PST Question: If an eggshell cracks while the egg is boiling, can I still eat it?

Wed May 05 2004 12:49: I have a very healthy lunch today: baguette sandwich with tomato & hardboiled egg (whose shell was cracked, so if I die, that is why) and lots of yummy celery sticks & baby carrots.

(2) Wed May 05 2004 13:10 PST Freya Stark: The nurses were all women of the streets… I was sorry for one or two who looked sad and wistful; one especially who used to stop others from making jokes when I was there, because—I once heard her say—“she isn’t like us.” Since knowing them, I have never felt that there is a real barrier between different sorts of women, only differences of the accidental sort that divide all human beings.

My boss’ granddaughter has a GS who she brings over to play in the backyard. She acts just like Gretel, digging through planters and climbing on whatever she can to look through the window.

(5) Wed May 05 2004 20:09 PST AHHHHH: Dinosaurs!!!!

Thu May 06 2004 13:27 PST: Am having a little mini pre-graduation (or not) crisis. Since I’ve registered for summer school, all of my requirements on my DPR should be completed or IP. Two are not. One is the Celtic Myth class I took for a humanities; I should have petitioned for it in January, but I’ll do that today. The other came as a bit of a surprise (fun!); I thought I’d had both of my Ud electives for the major taken care of, but apparently not. I can’t remember why, probably I class I was planning on taking but didn’t end up… Actually, I think it was me planning on taking more than one PoliSci class that was Europe related. Back when I was delusional & actually thought they would OFFER more than one. Soo… yes. I have a class I can petition for that slot: Walking into History, a class I took at Sussex Uni. I guess it has about a 50% chance of getting approved; it’s really more of a Soc class, I am guessing, but it shows up as history on my DPR so I live in hope. If not, than I’ll go on a desperate search for someone to do my EU expansion 199 supervision, if a 199 can cross count, and if no I’ll see if International Law counts, or any of the other PoliSci classes offered, for that matter. If all else fails I can always take three classes (*winces*) in summer. There is a history of prostitution that looks interesting.

Of course, life has already taught me to prepare for the very worst case scenario, so if BOTH of my petitions get denied… I take four classes in summer? *dies* Or I drop the minor, and just finish up Euro St & am out of here? That sounds more like it… Problem solved.

Ran into Phil on campus; he’s going to Europe this summer for travel & study abroad, so I departed nuggets of wisdom & fun stories upon him. There’s nothing more fun than talking about Europe, and I love people who want to listen to my stories.

A fun thing to think about is all of the “what if”s. What if the train schedule HAD been right, and we’d really missed the train to Munich, and ended up in Rome like or last-minute plan was? Or what if we hadn’t woken up in time to switch cars, and had ended up in Berlin? Someday I will visit all these places, and write a “choose you own adventure exploring Europe”.

Thu May 06 2004 18:15 It's not so bad: I just have to write this PoliSci paper & I have nothing but thesising until the end of the month (at which point all hell breaks lose).

(5) Thu May 06 2004 21:10 PST Help!: I'm going crazy! Could a mac user PLEASE tell me how to get my yahoo! to download into Mail?

Edited: *whinewhimpermoan* its costs $$. I wonder how long I get to keep my ucla address?

(4) Mon May 10 2004 01:11 PST: Chris: This is why you're not the director of HP; it would be one hour of Harry and Ginny making out, followed by one hour of Ron and Hermione making out, followed by one hour of Oliver Wood.

Rachel: Naked. Wrestling with a bludger.

(5) Mon May 10 2004 16:41 PST YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Both of my petitions were approved. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Later: I just scrolled down my DPR. EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT says COMPLETE! Woooohooo!!!

(5) Tue May 11 2004 21:20 PST The countdown begins: 38 days til Graduation: (that sounds like a lot)

It begins, the downward spiral. Picking up speed now, its roots stretch back for years. Driven by madmen and propagandists, yet acted out by ordinary men and women. After this, there's no turning back.

No, it's not WWI. It's Rachel going insane and becoming crippled by neurosis as graduation approaches.

Lucky you, you get to watch the whole thing.

People's exhibit A: the absence of typing skills has always been evident, yet now grasp on English language seems to be also failing as words which have now resemblence to one another are freely exchanged somewhere in the journey from brain to fingers. Example: I foot he scarf the let. Translation: I told her I lost the frog. Yeah, I don't get it either.

People's exhibit B: repetitive process of the sudden occurrence of questions such as "What am I supposed to be doing?" and "who am I?" followed by a period of lack of conscious thought.

People's exhibit C: Laundry from this weekend is still not put away. I am dressing from the floor.

(4) Wed May 12 2004 09:28 PST Um, what day is it again?: Today is my one month anniversary with dave the laugh. You can stop rolling your eyes now, it's not as if I have enough mental capacity to actually remember that.

Here is how I know: I have to send in the rebate for the "free printer" in within 30 days. I am sending it in today.

(3) Wed May 12 2004 18:51 PST Me to Gigi: You can be feminist and chase boys at the same time!

(2) Thu May 13 2004 17:50 PST MOM: Yes, I am coming home, but I have not yet decided when. mmm apricots

(2) Fri May 14 2004 15:45 PST Argh: There was cat pee on my Big Ben purse. I tried to wash it, but it's kind of hard to wash a bag like that. I don't know how they get in; I keep my door shut.

Sat May 15 2004 15:24 A Jammin Good Time: Mom & I just made 5 jars of apricot cobbler filler (plus one apricot cobbler) and three batches of jam (apricot, plum, and apricot pineapple), plus prepared the apricots for three more bathces. I am tres exhausted.

(2) Sun May 16 2004 18:12 PST: I really wish I had something to do right now that doesn't involve thinking.

Tue May 18 2004 10:15 Ho-hum: I came to update my weblog & couldn't think of anything to say. Sarah is here, visiting from NY. I am going to see Marisa Friday. I had a pretty good day at work. I think I'll go read about Germany now.

(4) Tue May 18 2004 12:48 PST Ready for summer: I wrote an email to one of my ex professors, apologising for dropping off the face of earth, and when she wrote back the subject line said: Earth. Ha! They can have a sense of humour.

Edited: And I completely unintentionally spelled two of those words the British way. Time to go back to Europe, methinks.

(4) Thu May 20 2004 13:51 PST Let's talk about how brilliant I am: My backpack was sitting in my bed for most of yesterday, and I guess the water bottle lid was not screwed on tightly enough because there was a big wet spot on my bed... go me. I slept on a towel. But, always the optimist: it could have been worse. It could have been pee!

Mom will be glad to know that my Picture Has Been Taken.

Christina and I made plans to have an HP moviethon on Saturday. I've been feeling so ho-hum but this cheered me up considerabley. There's no reason to be blue, because tomorrow I'm going to see Marisa & I've been looking forward to that all month. But sometimes I just guess you are, no matter what.

Sunday I am getting married to my thesis. I'm banning myself from all extracurricular activities. I'm going to delete all the non-school bookmarks in Safari & see if I can uninstall yahoo messenger. So people will have to keep up with me the old-fashioned way--you know, email.

(1) Thu May 20 2004 21:08 PST Yay!: I just bought tix for me and Christina to go see HP at midnight at Universal City walk! I'm SOOO EXCITED!

(2) Sun May 23 2004 07:20 PST: My life is getting back on track. I ordered prints from my pictures & my annoucements/ cap & gown are ready. So I just have to do quicken & I won't have any non-class stuff looming over me (class stuff is a different story). I'm doing pretty good so far, yahoo messenger is in the trash, and I accidently signed onto iChat a couple of times, just because I'm so used to pressing that button, but I signed right back off.

Christina came over last night, and we hot-hennaed my hair. We left it in for all of Sorceror's Stone, so it's pretty red. I like it a lot.

I also had a great time in SD. Goldfinger played 99 Red Ballons for their last song, and said, "This is an anti-war song... it's dedicated to everyone who is going to help me vote Bush out of office!" It was awesome.

Time to curl up wih Thatcher, I think. Yay.

(4) Mon May 24 2004 13:29 PST: There's been this big to-do in the Daily Bruin about whether or not Taco Bell will be allowed to stay on campus, because they might buy tomatoes from slave-drivers and failed to submit a report about it, but today it appears that they WILL be allowed to stay, just not signing a year contract. Which I think is a shame. Why doen't they invite Inn-N-Out, which a) has moral business practices b) is much yummier and c) does not make me nausous everytime I walk by? Or something healthy? I suppose it doesn't matter to me too much, as I won't be here next year, but I do care about the fate of society, and would much rather have Bruins eating tomatoes that were picked failry and grown locally than by evil exploitation in Florida.

Mon May 24 2004 15:43 PST Mom sent me this: http://www.moveon.org/images/nothingaccomplished.gif">

Get yours today!

Mon May 24 2004 22:01 PST wireless: For some reason we've been getting superb free wireless lately. My theory is someone with an airport base station moved in here or next door and keeps it on all the time. I hope they stay! I am getting spoiled. Although it is a bit distracting, even though I *did* delete Y!M and a lot of bookmarks, to have constant access even when I am *unplugged*. I realize I could just turn airport off, but...but... free wireless!

(1) Tue May 25 2004 11:41 PST: Just picked up my cap, gown & annoncements. I can't believe I'm graduating! This is so weird.

Tue May 25 2004 19:10 PST: Life without IM is sad and lonely. I just got so bored I checked my old email. 1100 spam messages! Amazing. There was also an email from Sumana, with a link to the jkrowling official site--which I have seen, but did enjoy immensely, in particulair the bit that she linked to. But, at least until they kick me out, send me love to rachnmi@ucla.edu. Please? Love?

(3) Wed May 26 2004 20:52 PST: I am excited to learn that Sumana & Leonard are coming to see me this weekend! (Or, you know, mom & grandparents.) And for once, I am told ahead of time!

I got an A (minus) on my polisci paper, and I have an econ midterm to study for demain (bleargh).

Wed May 26 2004 20:58 PST 8 days: That is all.

(1) Thu May 27 2004 06:24 PST Here is the thing about Econ: I hate it. Who is surprised? (No one.)

(2) Thu May 27 2004 06:20 PST: My pictures came! And I spent dinos addressing labels (while also being v attentive) so announcements are all ready to send out!

Stupid econ midterm was at 8 this morning. I am trying to decide whether to take a nap or read for a few hours and just go to bed early. Going to bed early will allow me to get up early (theoretically) and then I can work more tomorrow, so that might win.

I'm going to try again to add my picture to yahoo photos, we shall see. Yahoo hates macs. I am beginning to hate Yahoo. If it doesn't work, and even if it does, I'g going to burn it on a CD for Leonard this weekend so he can change the picture and we won't have to look at 17-year-old me anymore!

Fri May 28 2004 21:14 PST Hee!: According to m-w.com, �defenestration� is the favorite word of 2004. I remember learning about the denfenestraion of Prague; I can�t remember to whom or when it happened, but it was during the religious wars, and it helped me remember that fen�tre is �window� in French.

It comes from fenestra, latin for �window,� also as in dinosaurs & birds have an antorbital fenestrae�I don�t know its that�s strictly true, a word I am getting slightly sick of, mostly because I can�t keep all the fenesrae straight.

(1) Sat May 29 2004 22:50 PST Fabby: I read the latest Georgia Nicholson yesterday. Sometimes I wonder if I wore "boy entrancers" (false eyelashes, people) and said things with more humourosity, maybe boys would want to snog me aussi. But then it occurs to me that if Georgia were a real person I saw in real life, I would probably find her very annoying.

(1) Mon May 31 2004 00:08 PST For those who may be worried: I am home safe.

Mon May 31 2004 20:22 PST Less than 3 weeks: Can it be? Is the end really in sight?

Mon May 31 2004 22:01 PST Short Skirt, Long Jacket:

I want a girl with a mind like a diamond,
I want a girl who knows what's best,
I want a girl with shoes that cut,
and eyes that burn like cigarettes.

I want a girl with the right allocations,
Who is fast, and thorough, and sharp as a tack.
She's playing with her jewelry,
She's putting up her hair,
She's touring the facility
and picking up slack.
I want a girl with a short skirt and a long jacket.

I want a girl who gets up early,
I want a girl who stays up late, 
I want a girl with uninterrupted prosperity,
Who uses a machete, to cut through red tape.

With fingernails that shine like justice,
and a voice that is dark like tinted glass,
She is fast, and thorough, and sharp as a tack.
She's touring the facility
and picking up slack.
I want a girl with a short skirt and a long, long jacket.