Kyle and I are in New Orleans right now. His friend Jeremy is nicely showing us around, and it's been pretty fun so far. Turns out the French Quarter is dramatically overly romanticized though. There are some pretty streets, and some nice buildings with some European charm, but there are also strip clubs everywhere with teenage strippers (they ( Read more... )

I bought my plane tickets to Costa Rica. I leave May 26th and come back June 9th. I'll spend the first week at a volunteer sight in the jungle and the second week in a hotel doing touristy things. Aside from the fact that there will be spiders everywhere, I am very excited. I just need to learn how to use my camera before I go ( Read more... )

So, here's how the rest of my day has been going. This letter is going to our mayor, with a booklet called the Children of Incarcerated Parents Bill of Rights ( Read more... )

Regarding my car accident in JULY, I got a call today that my insurance company won the not-really-court thing (whatever it's called) and I'm getting my deductible back! Woohoo!

It's all being applied straight to a student loan, but still. So happy this is finally resolved!!!

Word of the week: Schadenfreude. Love it ( Read more... )

Is this number familiar to any Washington people? 425-443-6308

On-line "classes" are kind of ridiculous. This was definitely not worth $430, from an educational standpoint. But because this is the only way to actually get my last pre-req done, I guess it's worth it. This is definitely not the way I learn though. Considering this is a psychology class that requires memorizing a large number of otherwise ( Read more... )

The woman who rear ended me is trying to say I backed into her. Apparently it's not possible to just be an adult and take responsibility for your own actions. Apparently that is just an insane expectation ( Read more... )

My genius idea today: hike to Lake 22 (outside Granite Falls). "It'll be mostly in the shade," I said. "There's a nice lake at the top," I said. psht ( Read more... )

Skydiving improved my mood...I managed to achieve a couple of my goals (actually counting out loud until the shute pulls and watching the plane--which was pretty good for me, since it's taken me four jumps to actually have my eyes open while falling), but failed to land properly again. It was a little softer this time, but still a thump onto my ( Read more... )