Se acabó el semestre
Another year done, and it dawned on me that I’ve now been a Texan for as long as I was a Floridian, a somewhat unsettling fact. Putting down roots anywhere makes me freak out, and the fact that I’ve got about four more years here in the Heart of Texas is a little crazy. Strictly … Continue reading
Why Oaxaca? Because of Tuscany, of course.
When I was a wee 20, I wrote an application for a fellowship that grants a handful of year-long travel projects with two basic requrements Your trip must have a singular, specific purposes that advances understanding in the humanities or sciences You can’t return to the US for a full 365 days It seemed like … Continue reading
"What do you do at Kiawah?"
A couple of people have asked lately “Thea, what exactly is it that you do at Kiawah?” and I sat down to try and think about it. For approximately 20 Decembers, various members of the Williamson clan have trekked from locations across the ‘States to a small island twenty miles from Charleston, South Carolina. Why … Continue reading
Blast from the past
I got home today, and what to my wondering eyes should appear? Not a sleigh and eight tiny reindeer (although that would be cool), but a clean room and semi-organized garage. This is something that I have not observed in the Williamson house since some time when I was in college. Definitely pre-2002. In the … Continue reading
Nocturnal Activities
I was awake at 6:15 this morning. Normally, Ms. Williamson in a state of conscious thought would be no novelty. In fact, on a weekday, if I weren’t up by 6:15 there would be serious cause for worry. Fortunately, last night wasn’t a weeknight, or I’d have been fucked. I climbed into my soft, happy … Continue reading
Holy Shit…it’s really happening
Goddamnit. I just wrote like a 3 page post and then accidentally erased it. Grr. So what I was going to say was… On Thursday night, just as I was about to creep off into dream land, I had a bit of a panic attack. When I came home from Haverford, I could still measure … Continue reading
Commencement?
Well, I’ve been home for almost a week now, and it’s weird. I’ve been dividing my time inefficiently (as usual) between 1. unpacking 2. blowing my nose, due to sickness c/o ex-roommate and boyfriend 3. running (yes, even in the heat…it’s bathing suit season, eeps) 4. being freaked out about tfa work 5. reading 6. … Continue reading
Concentration Factor = Negative
This is ridiculous. Just finished my CompLit Oral exam, ridiculously nervous about the questions Roberto, Ulrich, and Sedley were going to ask me, I almost answered Ulrich in Spanish again after talking to Roberto. Again, ridiculous, was my immediate regression to Baskin Robbins to reward my *stellar* (read: sufficient) performance. It is now 3:30, and … Continue reading
Twilight Zone
I’m too young to be nostalgic; I know this, I’m not stupid. But these past few days have been messing with my head a little. So many familiar scenes: matinee movies at surf and sand; meeting the parents for dinner out after work; getting up in p.j.’s to drive Dad out to the base and … Continue reading
Big Apple
I love NYC, just wish it weren’t so damn expensive. Once again, fantastic times were had in Manhattan with the other 2/3 of the fantastic Cape Henry alumna trio. Two guys, independent of each other asked if we were “Charlie’s Angels, or something” when we went out together on Saturday night. It’s good stuff. Top … Continue reading
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