so i've been thinking lately that i want to start a new blog. i've had this one since my freshman year of college. so... a really LONG TIME. anyway, this journal has a lot of crazy weird feelings and thoughts attached to it, and i need a new start. i'll definitely keep this one, and check my friends page. maybe i'll even update every once in a ( Read more... )

last week i went to the state fair in syracuse for the first time in my entire life. i have vague memories of the erie county fair from my childhood, but the state fair is ten times better. it's the coolest thing i've been to in a while. i spent a ridiculous amount of money buying things like specialty honey, a handmade batik tapestry, and more ( Read more... )

well, my first semester back is finally over, although i had pretty much mentally checked out a couple of weeks before it was over. i had been half considering switching schools and going for a doctorate in english, but as both allison and bloomer pointed out, i seem to have an existential crisis every four months; going from thing to thing and ( Read more... )

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this comic made me laugh out loud, which is a bit awkward, since i'm sitting in a computer lab full of strangers...


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-this right here is the home of my dreams. seriously, why do i torture myself like this?
-yesterday i spent twenty minutes looking at prom dresses and decided that if i ever get married, i'm going to buy and wear a prom dress instead of a wedding dress.
-i went through all of the books i've collected from childhood through college. despite my ( Read more... )

so i need to unravel some yarn off of my  humongous scrap blanket (to finish a hat), and now i'm thinking of completely  pulling it apart, organizing the colors, and re-making it with this as the new pattern. i know it's slightly crazy but it has the potential to be the coolest blanket in the universe.

ever since i've gone back to school, i've been reading voraciously and doing a lot of thinking. i want to write again. i want to write enough to fill a book. the variety of experiences i've had over the past few years could be an interesting base for a series of short stories. at the very least, it could be a cathartic experience.  yesterday i had ( Read more... )