Write some poetry that's not all angsty. I tried to find one to post, but I got nothing.

It needs a better title I think.

Visitation

Entering the house
I slip on the enormous, stifling coat.
The familiar weight
settles on my shoulders.

Rough, heavy wool
which has always warmed me,
but was never really my style.
A gift you gave me so young,
I wear now to please you.

Each year it grows more threadbare,
more leaden.
Still I clutch it tight
to tangle ( Read more... )

My birthday passed without much fanfare, which is generally the way I like it. I spend most of the day in class, then had a lovely dinner and cocktails at No Fish Go Fish. I stayed out far too late again on a school night, which means I'm like the walking dead today, but I'll muddle through. The person responsible for keeping me out so late was ( Read more... )

The walk is tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. Anyone who would like to donate should do it soon!

Time for a little shameless self-promotion. I'm participating in the 2006 AIDSWalk, which raises money for the Cascade AIDS Project who's mission is "To prevent HIV in youth and adults at higest risk, support men, women and children with HIV and their ( Read more... )

Probably will make some changes. I'm open to feedback.

Vacation Blues ( Read more... )

I found a convenient way to decide who to vote for in the September elections.  Simply go to the website for the local anti-choice whackjobs and vote for those they consider eeeeevil.  The only choice that I'm torn over is Joel Penoyar for the Washington Court of Appeals.  He's made a very stupid decision regarding work release for a confessed ( Read more... )

Why is it that the local community college can manage to provide bus passes for students for $15 per quarter, while my school, a branch of the second largest university in the state, charges $60 per semester? That is, incidentally, more expensive than the two lowest level parking permits. Parking is a huge problem on campus (parking permits sold ( Read more... )

I took the GRE again on the 18th and performed much better this time around. I raised both my Verbal and Quantitative scores to 690 and 620 respectively. I'm pretty pleased overall. The Quantitative score is pretty average but it's adequate for a Liberal Arts graduate. Unfortunately, I totally blew it on the Analytical Writing portion. I don' ( Read more... )

I finally got around to watching Batman Begins. While there were enjoyable moments (mainly the scenes involving Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman), there was also much that annoyed me. For example, phenomenally bad movie physics. All the flying and stuff aside, why doesn't the microwave emitter vaporize the water in the people standing right next ( Read more... )

In this case, real friends help you on rescue missions.

The kitty has been retrieved from the clutches of the (in)Humane Society. After all my anxiety and scheming and weaving an elaborate back story, it was a really simple matter. They didn't even make him license the cat because he lives in Portland (the cat lost while moving explanation was ( Read more... )