Northanger Abbey and Mayda del Valle

And then there is the whole "me being a real person with actual feelings" part...
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Poetry is cool.
No really, the kids are into it these days.
I was as surprised as you, to go to an auditorium at Brandeis and see it filled with upwards of 1000 undergrads all whooping, clapping and standing in ovation to Poets!

Ok, so I am from NH and went to a state school there. We were not devoid of poetry. I took a very small number of amazing and intense poetry classes and was introduced to the concept of 'slam' . I was moved, and grooved and seduced by the words of the pissed off youth of the back woods in the hidden basement darkness of the campus center, a room much smaller than my apartment, with at most 15 tables that were never filled.

The appreciation of the students at Brandeis in and of itself was as inspiring as the poets, baring their souls, their insecurities, their hopes and weaknesses.

I left wondering what is harder... shooting a gun and taking a life, or asserting your own life in front of a room full of strangers. The answer may not be as easy as I would like to believe.

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And while I am at it I may as well stay up late every night thinking too much about everything and everyone that I allow or do not allow into my life. I may as well go through every harsh truth ever spoken to me by the people that know me best and every subtle insinuation spoken by those who don't know me at all.

Because I don't seem like the type to stay up late thinking about things, I guess.

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Other thoughts include, but are not limited to;

1.The window insulation that is designed to saran wrap your home like leftover egg salad is one of the biggest pains in the behind that I ever had the privilege of spending my money on.

2. I do feel as though the heavens have blessed me, in many ways, but today, as Julie and I sat on our couch eating my delicious pizza and complaining about how badly we wished a Jane Austen movie was on, we happened upon Northhanger Abbey on PBS. What a delight!

3. Amy says, "and by heaving I mean heavy things" when discussing seasonal depression and that "depression is a lack of expression", so to get those pens, paints, arms moving...

4. The Wind Up Bird Chronicles is quite good.

5. I need a dining room table by Feb 2.

6.http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qybte00VgWE

7.http://youtube.com/watch?v=oQ_o660d0oc&feature=related