it's 12:06am on a now-wednesday evening and i look out my bedroom and see dots of light, near and far, receding into the darkness... it's comforting realizing how many people are still awake, whether it be for work or pleasure, insomnia, boredom, partying, or playing... they're awake and it's visible and the sounds never cease and life is okay. ( Read more... )

so i'm here. in manhattan. 'living it up', or something like that. okay granted, it's only my second full day. and it's been raining. and my parents were here. and i'm jet lagged ( Read more... )

I've spent the last forty minutes on Craigslist and sublet.com looking for apartments in DC next year and realizing how truly and utterly broke I am going to be. I've always known how expensive cities are, I know how cheap property in Tucson is, but I've definitely taken it all for ganted. I keep going over in my head just how much this year is ( Read more... )

it's amazing how lonely you can feel after only a few weeks of togetherness... it's only been a few days, but every night apart feels like we're being cheated of time we don't really have ( Read more... )

things that are awesome ( Read more... )

An Indiana mother recently accompanied her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend to one of Indiana's Planned Parenthood clinics, but they unwittingly walked into a so-called "crisis pregnancy center" run by an anti-abortion group, one that shared a parking lot with the real Planned Parenthood clinic and was designed expressly to lure Planned ( Read more... )

there are beautiful metallic grey clouds hanging over the purpleish mountains, and the palm trees wave serenely in the wind, branches and leaves comfortably waiting for the impending desert storm. the sun is taking it's time, rays bouncing off trees and through buildings in the western sky, holding on a little longer to this day. it's the only ( Read more... )

Two hours until exam time. Manic cramming should have set in by now, that panicked feeling associated with the void of knowledge that should be filled by Nixon's detantes and the misconceptions about Bush I's regime. But it hasn't. Instead- sleepiness, feelings that nothing will ever be accomplished the way it should. Because even when it does, ( Read more... )

Today is my last day of work at Amer-X after three years.

I found out yesterday that i got a position in the LA fellowship program at the Religious Action Center.

So I'll be in NYC this summer still and DC next year apparently.

Things are finally solidifying....

...I don't know how I feel.

i don't think most people would describe directing a camp as "comforting," but that's one of the best words i can come up with. yes, i'm exhausted, so behind on work, i have a pile of dirty clothes in the laundry room... but i needed this weekend. the campers, the songs, the games, even being on campus and having one last weekend to appreciate UA ( Read more... )