Check out the pictures!

Hey all. I'm posting my pics from my trip on Shutterfly. So the address is www.asilouise.shutterfly.com. I'll be adding every few days, so check it often!

I'm off to Scotland this weekend!

Who knew Rod Stewart could bring such happiness?!?!!

So I was in England for 7 minures before I spotted a celebrity. Rod Stewart!! He walked by about 3 feet from where we were standing. So even though no one in our group really likes him, it still made our first hour in England pretty memorable. And that is the only happy memory I'll ever have about Rod Stewart!

Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog

Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog

This is a funny blog for all the English dorks out there... Check out the t-shirts.

I never eat December snowflakes...

I honestly don’t know why I did nothing with this site for more than a month and then in one weekend decided to post two new blogs. I suppose it will always be like that… I’ll go a month without any inspiration to write and then suddenly be overwhelmed with inspiration for about a 36 hour period.

The source of the inspiration this time? It’s snowing!!! It’s not wimpy snow either, but huge fluffy flakes that are actually sticking to the ground. And for some reason, it makes me very happy. Suddenly my homework doesn’t seem quite as depressing, my semester doesn’t seem quite as busy, my computer doesn’t seem quite as noisy… It feels as if time has stopped and the snow is swirling around me, telling me, indisputably, that life is… good.

And for those of you who out there who are looking at the snow with a scowl on your face, wishing that it were spring… shame on you! An unexpected snow is one of the many small pleasures in life, and I hope you can all enjoy it as much as I am.

Imaginary men

So I found this quote the other day—“She liked imaginary men best of all.”

You know how you occasionally stumble upon something and realize it’s so perfect that you have to make it your own? That’s how I felt about this quote. For years now, I’ve been under the impression that the perfect guy (in my mind), unfortunately, does not live outside of romance novels. Is there really a guy out there who’s as gorgeous, charming, rich, romantic, and intelligent as the woman-created man? I hope so…

Weird things come to mind after 12 ½ straight hours of homework.

The beginning

Every journey must have a beginning... so here's to mine. Okay, so creating a blog doesn't seem like a very exciting journey, but I think that somehow it is for me. The first time I heard the word "blog," I thought it was absolutely ridiculous, and I vowed to have nothing whatsoever to do with it. I guess that's a vow I'll have to take back now.

In retrospect, I think that blogs are important. They're important because writing is important. As an English graduate student, I naturally think that the world revolves around literature. It revolves, more specifically, around communicating ideas, thoughts, loves, hates, passions... And that's what literature is. It's the world being interpreted through the eyes of one person. And that, if you break it down, is what blogging is all about.

So here's my life-- my thoughts and passions and hopes laid out for all to see. This is a journey... It's a journey for me through the complicated layers of my own mind, and it's a journey for you because you get to come along on the ride.