Saturday, August 24

 
random quote of the day:

me: john wilkes booth is the sexiest assassin alive.
lindy: i vote for lee harvey oswald.

(and then, five minutes later)

me: did i say hottest assassin alive?
posted by from shannon at 10:47 PM

Friday, August 23

 
also, thanks to lindy for contributing the following selection, from peter pan, to the first star reading celebration:

They sat thus night after night recalling that fatal Friday, till every detail of it was stamped on their brains and came through on the other side like the faces on a bad coinage.

"If only I had not accepted that invitation to dine at 27," Mrs. Darling said.

"If only I had not poured my medicine into Nana's bowl," said Mr. Darling.

"If only I had pretended to like the medicine," was what Nana's wet eyes said.

"My liking for parties, George."

"My fatal gift of humour, dearest."

"My touchiness about trifles, dear master and mistress."

Then one or more of them would break down altogether; Nana at the thought, "It's true, it's true, they ought not to have had a dog for a nurse." Many a time it was Mr. Darling who put the handkerchief to Nana's eyes.

i still encourage you all to do the same. if you're reading this right now, you probably know how to read books, too. so please send me a quote to post! it's all part of us learning and growing together. as the usc office of residential and greek life always says, "learning doesn't stop in the classroom." let's all think about that tonight, folks.

posted by from shannon at 1:14 AM

 
screaming at the top of my lungs, wind wishing through my hair, spraining both my feet, hanging onto lindy for dear life...

tonight i slid down a flight of stairs on a box spring.

it was such a rush. and even though we all got hurt (lindy nearly broke her knee and my brothers very legs were nearly crushed under the mattress), it was totally worth it. actually, i think it was even better that way. no, i definitely think we needed to learn our lesson about the stupidity of riding a mattress down a set of stairs into a metal screen door. it would've been pretty lame if we all three got out of the experience with zero injuries.

which is why when we came out of unscathed on the first try, we promptly opened the door, marched that beast back up to the top of the stairs, and did it right - so that all three of us flew from the mattress through the open door.

i love college.
posted by from shannon at 1:11 AM

Tuesday, August 20

 
24 hours until my girls get here.

the panic is setting in.
posted by from shannon at 8:42 AM