A poem for a rough day

It’s been a rough couple of days.
As you set out for Ithaka
hope your road is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery.
Laistrygonians, Cyclops,
angry Poseidon-don’t be afraid of them:
you’ll never find things like that on your way
as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,
as long as a rare excitement
stirs your spirit [...]

Will you be my Valentine?

Lee-
I just wanted to send you some V-day cheer. Have a fantastic day, week, year - heck, life! Can’t wait to meet you on the dance floor.
-*heart*Irena
Dude, how often do you get a Valentine… from South Africa!?! This totally made my week. Rock on!
Does 1-800-flowers deliver to Cape Town? [...]

IM conversation of the day

Friend: youre great
Friend: kind of like a window into the male mind
Friend: haaaaha
BerensIsACommie: ummm…. thanks?

Put some clothes on!

One thing I have to admit about Carleton. We may be a bunch of dorks, but we have some cool parties.
The fact that it was 5 below did not stop me last night from going to the Carleton “Anything but clothes” party. I managed to make an outfit by taping and stapling together [...]

To sketchballs everywhere

Lately I’ve been dealing with a lot of comment spam. Maybe I should add a disclaimer, like the folks over at Johnny America:

Please stop posting links to porn sites in the comments. Tell us why we should visit your Japanese Schoolgirl Bukkake Gangbang site. When you just say ‘visit’, you give so little to [...]