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"mouthfuls"
by fruit bats

• julie is taking the GRE today, so wish her lots of luck and send her supportive thoughts this afternoon. she's going to do great, and we're all going to be ridiculously proud of her. imagine that. : )
• we're going to new york next week! i'm taking a bus from amherst on tuesday morning, and julie and my brother will be getting there wednesday evening. i can't wait.
• i found out today that i'll get to see a taping of the late show with david letterman on tuesday night with my parents and sister. unfortunately, neither julie nor bryan will be there in time to go, which is heartbreaking, but i'll do my best to make sure they get to see one the next time they're in new york.
• my u.s. health politics & inequalities professor, dean e. robinson, told me today that he would sponsor an independent study political science course for me next semester. i was hoping to take his black politics course next semester, but it won't be available, which prompted the independent study idea. which is awesome, because i'll basically get to create a self-directed course for myself. right now i think it's going to be about the racial inequality in the u.s. criminal justice system, specifically incarceration rates and death penalty statistics.
• i saw jeff tweedy play at the calvin theater in northampton, ma the other night. it was fantastic. sort of like what i imagine it must have been like to see bob dylan during the time "don't look back" was filmed. but in color, and with a lot of excellent banter with the audience.
  
• i love honest tea. a moroccan mint green tea and an oatmeal raisin cookie makes for a great five minutes or so.

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"navy blues"
by sloan

currently reading:
food politics: how the food industry influences nutrition and health
by marion nestle