Musings. Not particularly self-helpish.

I'm a hopeless procrastinator. I wish I weren't. I think I'd have a much happier, healthier, and more productive life if I weren't. However, I guess the first step is admitting that I have a problem.

It's strange to think that in less than two weeks I will have officially completed three years of undergraduate work. Technically, by next Monday I will be finished. That is strange days. High school is fading into this distant collection of memories. Most fond, others...not so much. I guess it's like that for everyone, really.

Sometimes it will hit me that within ten years I will (god willing) have a career, a husband, kids..a real adult life. But for now, I just want to turn 21. Oh yes I do.

Cross posted to le el jay

Star Magazine, Why?

So I have a sad confession to make.

I love reading Star magazine. I know I shouldn't, because it's total garbage. As I type, I'm leafing through the December 20, 2004 issue and I just can't help but shake my head. This magazine is lazy, stupid, and really annoying. And yet, I love it so.

I think the worst part of the magazine is the Normal/Not Normal section. I fail to see how Star is the cultural barometer of what is normal and not normal. For example, did you know it is not normal for Dean Cain to twirl a basketball on one finger but it is normal for Ashley Judd to wear a pom-pom hat? These are the kind of insights into the human condition that you get while reading Star.

Star also has a core group of celebrities in each issue that they talk about approximately 60 times. These luminaries include Paris Hilton (of course! What else does she really do except party and get her photograph in Star?), Lindsay Lohan (my personal favorite article about her was from right after she broke up with Wilmer and how she went nuts), Britney, the barefoot wonder, and for some inexplicable reason, Star Jones Reynolds. Lately, Star can't decide whether or not Nick and Jessica are "on" or "off," and have devoted countless magazine covers to sussing out this issue of national importance.

Overall, I enjoy celebrities and I do enjoy reading celebrity magazines. It's just that sometimes I feel an overwhelming sense of shame when I sit down to read Star.

Welcome

This is my new blog. I currently maintain a livejournal, but this is more for random thoughts and ideas. Also, there will probably be London pictures here.

So, welcome! I don't know how much this will be updated in the next few weeks, but expect a lot more when the semester begins again.