I hate missing class. Not only does it usually mean I get a 0 for class participation that day but it completely throws me off track. I end up having to hand in assignments late and miss the lecture and discussion. Sometimes, though, I cannot seem to motivate myself to wake up early and spend […]
Entries from October 2007
An excused absence
October 31st, 2007 · 1 Comment
Happy Birthday Allie!
October 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments
My amazing younger sister Allie turns 17 today! I’m so proud of everything that she has accomplished and I’m so excited to see what the coming year brings for her!
XOXO!
Tags: General
Naked As We Came-Iron & Wine
October 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Hello all!
I want to contribute from my new discovery of the ability to post youtube videos on GHQ……….so HERE WE GO!!!!
I’m about to post an amaaaaaazing song and video by a band called Iron & Wine made up of Sam Beam. He also directed this warm video! You may know him from the Garden State […]
Tags: Music · Love · Too lazy to pick categories
Stressed but Peaceful??
October 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments
One word to describe me right now is STRESSED!!! I’m kind of freaking out about like 100,000 different things and I don’t know how to deal with it all! I’m stressed due to a new school, and all of the challenges that that awaits, from schoolwork, academics, to friends, social stuff, and being a […]
Tags: Growing up · Relationships · General · Too lazy to pick categories
Believe in your dreams
October 24th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Well GHQ fans, my time has FINALLY come. I am officially employed! Nearly 6 months later, I am currently set to work for a newspaper in Washington, D.C.
I am writing to tell you all of this not to brag or be exceptionally excited or anything, but to let you all in on a […]
Tags: General
yorkie candy bar: it’s not for you
October 22nd, 2007 · No Comments
While shopping in my local Sainsbury’s (the food market about ten minutes away from my flat) I was browsing the chocolate section when I came across this rather shocking slogan for the Yorkie candy bar.
To be honest, I had to stand there for a minute, attempting to comprehend what I was holding. I […]
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Righteous Woman: Ida B. Wells
October 17th, 2007 · 2 Comments
I love Ida B. Wells and it has been so much fun reading about her for my Gender Politics class…
A pioneer in the American movement for gender and racial equality, Ida B. Wells used independent media as a tool to confront racial terrorism from 1892-1900. Long before black feminists were writing about intersectionality theory or […]
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Want to Be in a Book?
October 16th, 2007 · No Comments
Hey GHQ readers,
As many of you know, I am writing a book right now about overachieving girls and the pressure on girls to be perfect. The book, which will be published in January of 2009 by Simon and Schuster, discusses the lives of the girls who balance getting great grades with being involved in […]
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The romance of old movies
October 15th, 2007 · 2 Comments
I’ve been meaning to write about my thoughts earlier last week when I watched the 1959 classic movie Pillow Talk with Rock Hudson and Doris Day. I’ve always been a sucker for old movies and I can’t say that this one was any different. I loved it!
It’s just so interesting to see movies […]
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“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometime, you’ll get what you need”
October 11th, 2007 · 4 Comments
So I’m sitting here at my family’s computer, marveling at how beautiful the cloudy, dusty pink fall sunset looks right now. I’m still home, nearly five months after graduation. I’m working part-time down at my church and blogging for this great Web site right here. I can honestly say I’m not 100% […]