Ahhh! I can't wait to go to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I leave on my 22nd birthday, only one month and one day away.

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This look is coming back, I can feel it:

(j.crew)


It's very similar to the Pendleton skirts my mom used to wear in high school/college in the late 50s and early 60s. She said that they used to cost close to half of her monthly allowance, around $30. Now they cost around $150. She still has a couple in the basement, too bad the waists are tiny.

I'm very excited about my Fall lineup of classes for this coming semester:

English 3100 - Intro to Literary Theory
English 4320 - 20th Century American Literature
History 4200 - American Cultural and Intellectual History since 1865
Rural Sociology 4335 - Social Change and Trends
Sociology 4320 - Culture, Identity, and Interaction

The only one that I'm doubting is the 8am 'Cultural and Intellectual History of the US since 1865' It's the only one that I don't know much about the teacher. If it happens to suck, my two options are:

Plant Sciences 2025: Home Horticulture
Food Science 2195: Grapes and Wines of the World

J. Crew got all Anthropologie-ish for Fall. About time, they were getting very tired.

photos at jcrew.com

I knew it...

I watched an interview with JK Rowling on Dateline and towards the end of the interview she admitted that the religious undertones were kind of on purpose. If I remember correctly, she said something along the lines of in writing Harry Potter she was struggling to believe the story of Christianity. In the last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry is kind of given over to sacrifice himself for everyone but is resurrected. And throughout the book Harry struggles with whether to believe what Dumbledore said and if Dumbledore really cared about Harry or if he was just a tool. Interesting. I love it.
Here's the interview in video and written out:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20001720/

J.K. Rowling reads 'Harry Potter' book

Author J.K Rowling reads from the second chapter of her new book, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.' SPOILER WARNING

ORLANDO, Fla (May 31, 2007) - Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and Universal Orlando Resort are partnering to create the world’s first fully immersive Harry Potter themed environment based on the bestselling books by J.K. Rowling and blockbuster feature films from Warner Bros. Envisioned as a “theme park within a theme park” and titled “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter,” the new environment will become part of the experience within Universal’s Islands of Adventure theme park at the Universal Orlando Resort. read more.