July 2011
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Trial Run for European Traveling (Otherwise known...
I am a very lucky person. Not only am I studying abroad at Oxford for all of next fall, but I am going on a two week European vacation with my family. And we’re leaving tomorrow.
It’s my second time going to Europe. The first time we did a pretty basic tour: London, Paris, Venice, Florence, and Rome. It was a sort of congratulation for my high school graduation. I loved it because I had...
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My Personal Harry Potter History
I know that the world is going Potter-crazy right now, but regardless I want to share my personal Harry Potter history. It’s a big event because it has touched so many lives.
My Harry Potter fandom started when I was eight. One day my mom came home from the bookstore with a paperback copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. She said she’d heard about it on the news and thought I might...
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Freedom to Read
Fourth of July, right? Not when you live in Travis County. There has been a drought here for so long that even the biggest, city-run firework shows were cancelled. I think I could’ve seen some fireworks, but only if I was willing to drive an hour or two outside of the city. Lame. The closest I got to these lovely, holiday explosions was the Katy Perry song. So how did I decide to celebrate...
