Elegant_Free's blog

It seems predictable on September 11, 2008 to write a blog about September 11, 2001. I woke up this morning at 6am, drove the 45 minutes it takes me to get to FAU, all the while watching my gas gauge quickly pulled downwards. I sat in a sleepy Biology class all without thinking about it. At 8:46, my professor stopped and reminded us what the day was.  Read More »

I’ve been out of high school for almost 4 years now, but lately I’ve been feeling as if I’ve landed there again, or worse, back at the middle school bus stop or the elementary school playground.

Me: “Barack, Sarah said you have no experience and community organizing doesn’t count.”

Barack: “Tell Sarah that she’s just a hockey mom, a governor and a moose hunter. Big whoop. Plus, McCain is really old and he could die any second.”

Me: Sigh.  Read More »

Is it me or is this the never-ending election? Somewhere around the time that Huckabee dropped out and Obama and Clinton were sparring, I stopped paying attention.  Read More »

Oh, the things you hear.  Read More »

I could never be a vegetarian, mostly because I like maybe one vegetable. And I love  meat, namely chicken. I don’t eat beef simply because I don’t like the taste or the look of it. It’s the persnickety eater in me.  Read More »

Last night after taking my zoology midterm I had a monster hankering for Dunkin’ Donuts. Yeah, I don’t know who says hankering either, but, moving right along. I’m walking with my sister and voice my craving and she turns to me and says, “Mmm. Dunkin’ Donuts. And did you know that now they’re getting rid of their trans fat?”  Read More »

I’m 21 years old and I just got my driver’s license a few weeks ago. I’m kind of scared of driving and a little terrified of the highway. Sad, I know. But maybe once you hear the story in this article, you’ll be a little terrified too. Or not, it really could be my irrational fear objects that move at high speeds.  Read More »

I was raised in a pretty strict home with a ridiculously overprotective mother. In 6^th grade when I was allowed to join the musical theater program and stay for the after school practices, it was like the break through of my life.  Read More »