I work as a software developer for Kaplan Financial. My first experiences with this career that I've chosen haven't been particularly pleasant. But I'm going try to place the blame for this feeling on the massive sickness that followed me back from Cornerstone this year ( Read more... )

I've had the most difficult time trying to be creative as of late. I haven't written anything in about a month. I must have misplaced my inspiration somewhere between the death of a loved one, the end-semester madness, interviewing for my new career, an increasingly unreliable car, and the impending changes that will occur in my life after I ( Read more... )

Of all of her grandchildren, I must have been the slowest to find my place. My dad comes from a family of farmers: a family of people who made their living by working hard. But I hated dirt, and my work was done with the mind rather than the strong-arm. It took me nearly 20 years to begin to feel that I belonged in her family ( Read more... )

We talked. We worked things out.

Yesterday, I yelled at my mother. This may not seem like something abnormal. However, if you know me you also know that I've always been very, very close with my parents ( Read more... )

It seems like I'm experiencing more and more accurate representations of adult life as I approach the impending days of my independence. And in my experience, these experiences are increasingly unsavory ( Read more... )

This isn't so difficult. I dropped a class that I apparently had no use for in the beginning. This last semester will be a little more manageable. I can handle this. I just keep reminding myself that I'll be graduating in a few months ( Read more... )

This is going to be a challenging semester. That challenge is translating into a great deal of excitement which in turn is keeping me motivated (for the time being). But I'm a little apprehensive about what happens when March rolls around and I begin to grow academically fatigued. Hopefully, the idea of graduating in May (with 2 degrees) will ( Read more... )

Today is the last day of 2007. It's been a year that passed quickly and yet crammed full of life. Over the past few days, I've spent some time thinking about all that has happened this year.

I recall starting 2007 off with a group of friends at the OBF House. We sat around my atomic clock and we welcomed the New Year with sparkling white grape ( Read more... )

There are days that leave me wondering if I will ever finish writing this novel. It's such a massive undertaking for someone who has never written a book before, much less a multi-volumed fantasy epic. I need a co-author.