One for each personality

Earlier today I had a conversation with some friends about how I read. Meaning, when I read do I read just one book at a time or do I read multiple books at a time. I am (regretfully) the latter. It wasn't always how I read, but for some reason books have a hard time keeping my attention lately. Currently, I am reading:

• The Godfather by Mario Puzo (about 100 pages in)
• A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (14 pages in, but the introduction is a good 50 pages, so really I've read 64)
• Shiksa Goddess by Wendy Wasserstein (more than halfway done)
• I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley (3 stories in)
• Perfect Fifths by Megan McCafferty (90 something pages in, this is the one I'm the most ashamed of considering this is the final book of my favorite series)

And to top it all off, I'm about to add another book to the list (Twelve by Nick McDonell). If this were a few years ago I'd have burned through all of these books in no time, but it really seems like ever since I started Emerson the last thing I want to do in my free time is read. Hopefully this will right itself, or pretty soon I am going to find myself with a bookshelf full of unfinished books.

Meet my obsession du jour

Eric Northman from True Blood, also known as Alexander Skarsgård

Edward Cullen, eat your heart out...

What a lovely way to spend a Monday..

Today I went on a road trip with Jasmine and her friend Shawn to Concord, MA. I may do a big long post about it later, but for now here are 5 things I loved about the day:

1. Trespassing on Ralph Waldo Emerson's Property

2. Seeing famous graves (Thoreau, Hawthorne, Alcott, & Emerson)

3. And then having a picnic on Emerson's

4. Eating Shaw's cookies

5. Swimming in intelligent water at Walden Pond

My Happiness Alphabet

While on a bus ride back from Cambridge, I got bored. In an attempt to quell my boredom, I decided to right a list of things that make me happy... This then turned into me seeing if I could find at least one thing for every letter of the alphabet. Well it turns out a lot of things make me happy, so here it is... My Happiness Alphabet....

A is for... Andrew McMahon, Aunts
B is for... Brand New, Bagels, Butter, Bright Colors, Boloco, Brooklyn
C is for... Cupcakes, Cambridge, Collages, Chelsea Handler
D is for... Diet Coke, Damien Rice, Duvets, Daniel Tosh, Dulce De Leche Latte Carmelezatto (Gelato)
E is for... Emerson
F is for... Fan Fiction, Frappuccinos, Fresh Mozzarella
G is for... Gramma & Grampa, Gilmore Girls, Gossip Girl, Gnocci
H is for... Hoodies, Haircuts
I is for... Inside Jokes, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
J is for... Jessica Darling Novels, J.Crew
K is for... Kings Of Leon, Kevin Smith Movies
L is for... Letters, Lemon Sorbet
M is for... Movies, Music, Macaroni and Cheese, Macs, Martins Potato Rolls
N is for... Neil Patrick Harris, NYC, New Notebooks
O is for... OLVA
P is for... Pizza (Paulies or Pizza Hut, Preferably), Pasta, Pens, Pink Fuzzy Bunnies
Q is for... Queens Of Leon (My Kings Of Leon cover band)
R is for... Ray Bans, Rpattz
S is for... Sigma, Summer, So You Think You Can Dance, Salt, Skinny Jeans, She's The Man, Shaws Cookies
T is for... Twitter, This Blog
U is for... Uggs, Urban Outfitters
V is for... Veronica Mars
W is for... Wonder Bread, White Hanes T's
X is for... X-Terras
Y is for... Yankees
Z is for... Zack Morris

grahhhh

Reason #9809845039495872 why I need to get out of my 6-9:45pm Wednesday class:

The Andrew McMahon concert is on a Wednesday.

Why small schools suck...

Dear Emerson,

Please let me take the classes I want. I understand you can't let 50,000 people be in the same class, but 19 or 20 people in a Publishing class really isn't that bad. If I get raped walking home from my 6-9:45pm class I am totally blaming you.

Do you really want that on your hands?

Think about it,
Sara

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