news today:
49 killed as plane crashed into Clarence Center home
David Axelrod tells former Bush advisers what’s up
Judd Gregg withdraws as Commerce Secretary
vaccines do not cause autism (dur)
inventing ebay apparently qualifies you for governor of California
bill o’reilly is a dumbass, bears shit in the woods

picture unrelated obviously. I JUST LIKED IT.

reasons why my classes are so impossible:
- stupid people
- stupid people not making any sense
- stupid people making sense but say things that make me wonder if they really just said that
- stupid people that like to pretend they know what they’re talking about when they really just look like morons
- people in my political theory class that think it’s okay to disallow americans to change things just because the majority voted for it
- people in my political theory class who think spouting GOP talking points makes them smart

things that annoyed me today:
- rush limbaugh
- the entire republican party
- anti-choicers
- the country’s sad state of education
- stupid people
- people who sell things they don’t actually have in stock and neglect to tell you until 10 days after you bought it and need it really bad

things I want to plant in my garden:
- red violas
- foxgloves
- maidenhair ferns
- corsican mint
- ivy
- daffodils

songs that make me shiver (in a good way!) usually have one specific part that gets me, that makes me stop whatever I’m doing to just listen.

so here are 10:
1. craven leaves – zbigniew preisner; from the secret garden
2. iorek byrnison – hans zimmer; from the golden compass
3. a game of cricket – adrian johnston; from becoming jane
4. page 47 – trevor rabin; from national treasure 2: book of secrets
5. chevaliers de sangreal – hans zimmer; from the da vinci code
6. love theme from romeo and juliet – henry mancini
7. peer gynt suite 2 – edvard grieg
8. nara – e.s. posthumus
9. the great divide – jonathan elias
10. lighthouse – the hush sound

top 10 books I’ve ever read:
1. harry potter
2. his dark materials
3. persuasion
4. jane eyre
5. sabriel
6. sandstorm
7. the last oracle
8. love walked in
9. the mediator
10. jurassic park

here’s what pan likes:
catnip
rolling around
leaping
attacking
chasing
eating

here’s what I like:
hotels
libraries
harry potter
greek goddesses
lists
star wars
fluffy socks
aquariums
green bean casserole
politics

at the end of december, I said I’d do something to document my year, and of course I forgot. so I’m starting late, oh well! now for my first lists of the new year:

books caitlin approves of for young women:
his dark materials by philip pullman
harry potter by jk rowling
abhorsen trilogy by garth nix
the mediator series by meg cabot
emma by jane austen
jane eyre by charlotte bronte
persuasion by jane austen

books caitlin does not approve of for young women:
twilight