Cassie: Delaney, you're not eating your pasta. A child in Africa is dying because you aren't eating that pasta.

Delaney: The pasta isn't AIDS, Cassie, gosh.

I'm surprised at the number of people whose mothers never taught them the simple adage

"Before you judge someone, walk a mile in their shoes."

Though I doubt many of you could fill mine.

Sometimes, the world gets in the way.

Don't you too make the mistake of letting it in.

Wow, my life is pretty fun. Despite IB. Or maybe even partly because of IB...?

I'm such a nerd. I love to learn.

Things are looking up, guys, things are looking up.

<<¿Qué puedo hacer para que me quieras?>>

Ay, amor, me duele tanto.

Es todo mi culpa.

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on the brighter side, tonight I was singing "Saturday In the Park" in Spanish in the band room ("Sabado, en el parque...") and Mr. G. stopped dead and stared at me for a minute, then went "That girl been on Buford Highway too long."

Jesu Cristo.