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[zana16]

Ran into pinkglitter23 after the Pops! concert, which was fun (and I finished a square of knitting too). Chased her around a bit, stole Erin's hat, and saw Katie and P. Tried to distract Angel from asking Katie questions but the girl doesn't take a hint. Dragged her away in disgust. Four hours later and much recounting of the drama, I dragged Katie away from Gillet House while trying, again unsuccessfully, to transplant a notion of "leave well enough alone" into Angel's brain. Hung out with Katie, who was her wonderful mix of hilariousness and seriousness as always. I love Angel but there are times I want to strangle her. And I miss michoko, who always used to balance Angel's fluffy shallowness with laid-back good-humoredness. Teasing Angel is fun as ever, and her melodrama is quite entertaining. I think she finds me equally entertaining, or at least I hope so.

Cancer lecture did not reveal any new hope, but they have a few years before I'll be getting it so I'm not utterly discouraged. Although at one point the air was pressing in on me and I started panicking cause the fear is right there, hidden but it leaps up every time. Three years ago when I found a breast lump I didn't want to tell my dad cause I knew he'd freak out, but I had to have him drive me to the doctor cause I was vomiting the whole way, I was so scared. I have all these life plans. I don't want my life to end in my forties.
For those of you who don't know, my mom died of breast cancer a decade ago. Which is why I take this stuff so personally.

Went to dinner with Sally, Mandy, Odd Assorted Other Person From Tyler House, and Sally's parents. We discussed many things, mainly the future for us soon-to-be-graduates, and the financial state of the college. Am beginning to feel sorry for Carol Christ. She really had no idea what a mess she was being brought in to solve. But the alums seem to have convinced her that they're not going to stand for another round of kitchen closings.
Have decided that while I'm still mad at Smith and will donate no money when they hire firstyears for the Phonathon to guilt trip me, if I ever have money I will donate to the Rare Book Room and the Math Dept. Both worthy causes.

Jesus holy crap on a bright blue kangaroo, it's 4 am.

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[hedy.livejournal.com]

Why are you mad at Smith?

[zana16.livejournal.com]

Mostly money issues, budget crisis stuff, and the fact that they tried to take away my scholarship and almost got away with it. Going paperless and then charging for printing--ie, if you don't have a printer and don't have the money to print out the entire directory, you have to go to a computer lab every time you need a phone number--is just one example of how insenstive they are to those of us who really can't afford tuition in the first place, let alone a bunch of hidden costs that keep getting bigger and bigger as every year passes.