A good Christmas.

[nebulia]

As the title said.

I got Grey's Anatomy season two and over the hedge and a .Mac accound, and U2 greatest hits and a digital camera (not on my list, but cool!) and Final Fantasy XII (YAY!) and it was all cool. Oh, and I got a three-hole punch. Yay!

So it was good. I was happy. I am happy.

Mom and Dad and I aren't fighting and the dogs are being pretty good. So...I'm happy.

Content, I guess.

nebulia out.

Comments

[la-pia.livejournal.com]

Hahah, thank you. :) I'm lucky, I'm a good test-taker. ^^

Oooh, University of Chicago sounds awesome. :D I think my grandmother went to Northwestern, but I could be very wrong about that. Haven't heard of the other two, I'm afraid... my parents are sort of encouraging me to begin the whole college search process, but I dunno', I have more than a year... the only thought I've given it is that I'd kind of really dig going to Oxford/Cambridge/some other awesome European school. :3

Oooh, Amherst sounds awesome~ Have fun with the visits! ^_^

[nebulia.livejournal.com]

Luther is a good school in Decorah, Iowa, and Grinnell is an excellent school in Grinnell (wow, shocking!), Iowa. With your grades (or at least they must be good, I'm guessing), I'd recommend checking it out. It's a lot like Amherst...my biggest problem with it it's an hour away from home, and it's still in Iowa, which I really want to get out of. And I've been to Amherst already, and love it. I'm thinking it'll be there or Hampshire, or maybe University of Chicago.

But yeah, if you like Amherst, I'd consider checking out Grinnell. It's not as well-known, but it's one of the best liberal arts schools in the nation--it was at least in the top ten of Newsweek's 100 best liberal arts colleges for the past few years.

I've considered going to Europe--but I want to learn languages first (Japanese, French, and German). Maybe graduate school. Unless I get into the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop, which will very obviously change everything (given that it's arguably the greatest creative writing wrokshop in the world).

[la-pia.livejournal.com]

Sweet! I'll have to check out Grinnell. :) I understand what you mean about getting out of the area--my mom wants me to stay nearby, so she keeps on pushing me toward Georgetown and Johns Hopkins. Of course, those are great schools, so I'm not exactly complaining, but.

Yeah, I'm planning on studying languages in college, so I figure getting away from English as much as possible would be good--or at least being in driving distance of one. ^_^ I'm thinking French (since that's what I'm taking) or classics (taking Latin at school, took Greek at camp), or plain old linguistics, but really, ANY language would be awesome. My goal in life is to be one of those people who can say "I have working knowledge of 26 languages lolz!!!" (like the author of this book I'm reading...)

I take it you're a writer, then? :D Iowa Writer's Workshop would be sooooo amazing! :o You're applying, riiiiight? :D

[nebulia.livejournal.com]

Heart writing muches. My decided majors--since eighth grade--have been a double major in creative writing and history. So of course I'm applying. I don't think I'll get in, but if I don't, I'll try again after undergraduate. My Creative Writing and ELP teacher got in, so I'm really happy to be learning from her.

Are you applying?

Yeah, I want to be one of those people who speaks a zillion languages. Well, at least 6 (Latin (as well as it can be spoken, at least), English, French, Japanese, German, and Mandarin). I'd be happy with six.

John Hopkins and Georgetown are both great--I checked them out last year, but they cramp my style XP. It's going to be liberal arts for me, most likely.

[la-pia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd settle for those--although maybe Spanish too; that'd be pretty useful. And Greek, since I already sort-of-kind-of know it.

No, I'm not applying to the Iowa Writing Workshop. I love writing and everything, but I'm not sure I want to study it/make a career of it. :) If somebody randomly offered me a spot there, I would accept it gladly, of course, but I'm planning on just studying languages. :D

Yeah, liberal arts sounds pretty cool--I mean, there's just so much I want to study: biology, physics, chemistry, math, classics, modern languages, linguistics, English, history, yadda yadda yadda... I have a strange feeling I'm going to end up being one of those perpetual scholars who has, like, 10 degrees, but no real job. XD

[nebulia.livejournal.com]

I have a strange feeling I'm going to end up being one of those perpetual scholars who has, like, 10 degrees, but no real job.

Ditto that. I'm thinking I'll get a degree in library science and live in a library. Or maybe own a bookstore. Or be a professor.

If my novel doesn't hit the bestseller list, that is. XP

[la-pia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what I'm figuring. A degree in library science wouldn't hurt even if I got an actual job--you can get one over the internet while you're doing... whatever, schooling or working, and then if you're ever out of a job, somebody, somewhere needs a librarian. :)

I bet it will! :D Or at least, it will be awesome and achieve critical acclaim. And I will buy a copy. So you will have, like, $20 at least. XD

[nebulia.livejournal.com]

20 dollars is enough to buy three books or two manga volumes or x number of discount dvds. I'm happy with that. XP

[la-pia.livejournal.com]

Yup, you're set! XD

...unless you want food. Oh well, that's what ramen's for! (Actually, I find ramen kind of disgusting, but, it's, y'know, cheap.)

[nebulia.livejournal.com]

Hehe...I am one of those people who could literally live off of ramen (and potato pancakes). Cheap, and I love it. I also eat it dry, which is really gross to everyone but me, but I still love it. *sigh*

[la-pia.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh, you eat it dry? Ewww. XD

Hahah, my mom kind of ruined any joy I got out of ramen when she showed me how much sodium was in it. ^^

[nebulia.livejournal.com]

Hehe...the soduim doesn't bother me. Though it doesn't always equivalate, to me, sodium usually means salt, and I love salt. LCA and I decided that my preferred way to go was stroke, due to massive sodium intake. So while I hate doughnuts and maple syrup, my real guilty pl,asure as far as super-unhealthy things go is my love of salt (I put it on anything that isn't sweet or sour). *sigh* It'll be my death, I'm sure of it.

[la-pia.livejournal.com]

I guess a stroke might be better than a heart attack... XD

Me, I'm way too addicted to sugary/sweet things. So I'll probably end up diabetc, haha yay. XD

[nebulia.livejournal.com]

And Happy New Year!