i think the real reason i haven't updated in over a year is that i've lost touch with my passions. my life is consumed by graduate applications and the frightening cloud of FUTURE hovering over my head like winnie the pooh and his rain cloud. i've grown up. i think deep down i've always been a grown up. i strive my life on being independent and ( Read more... )

i was pretty iffy about coming home but it hasn't been too bad. first and foremost i was worried about starting my new job. but i love the people i'm working with. it's sort of like i fit for the first time. the bullshit fades away and it's just like a fit. i mean we have the rocker who i talk about music with. we have the passionate politician ( Read more... )

it's the end of the year and you know what that means. (if i forget something please leave it in comment form ( Read more... )

cam - i could not figure out your no. 8 so i challenge you specifically ( Read more... )

i'm really happy with life now. this year has been amazing, busy, but amazing. i have discovered that there is no use in complaining (i do, but) and to make the best of everything. i went into this year with that frame of mind and has a result i have had one of the best years of my life if not the best year at state. i feel finally like i can do ( Read more... )

i'm going to europe this summer. i can't afford it but i'm going. i realized i need something to look forward to. i'm going galavant and have the time of my life. i'm going to see things i read about and take in the culture i envy. i'm going and i'm not telling anyone when. i'm just hopping on a plane and flying off.

realizing who my true friends are is my new accomplishment of 2007. it's been great.

i honestly am sitting at work and i have done nothing for the 4 hours i've been here already. i think my mind is nubbing. this is a great job when we're busying and stories are on deadline but i tell ya when there's nothing to do there's NOTHING to do. i sit and i email charlie. i sit and do 4 crossword puzzles. i read 5 different newssources. all ( Read more... )

+ being busy and productive ( Read more... )

growing up is the most difficult inevitable thing anyone has to encounter. in every journalism class i've taken they drill not to state the obvious. but think about aging. my mom is going through it. her body is changing and her children don't seem to voluntarily wear the matching outfits anymore. i'm going through it. i'm starting to choose ( Read more... )