I was hoping things would start to go my way after a pretty shitty and stressful 2009. Despite being really poor and having seemingly impossible debts to pay off, I was hoping for a 4.0 on the EIPA, the ability to pay off my parents and credit card with a second job, and a move to California (where the weather is perfect and everything is ( Read more... )

I should start writing in here, after almost a year of absence. There is too much in this journal that I don't want to lose. Either because it holds hilarious moments of my past, or reminds me how I've grown in the years since I started this journal back in high school. I don't know or really care if anyone reads this anymore. Journals are ( Read more... )

after all is said and done, i am appreciative of the blue line construction now that it's over. trains go fast as hell now! thank god. it's nice to have for sure. except some subway stations are TRASHY and embarrassing. time for a new project, cta ( Read more... )

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long time now. seems to be a recurring livejournal theme for me ( Read more... )

CraigsList interesting e-mail #1 ( Read more... )

"In absolute dollar terms, the U.S. military budget is by far the highest of any country in the world. By 2008, with the U.S. spending substantial sums in support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. national defense spending surpassed the combined spending of the rest of the world."

One of the benefits of lj is having an avenue to catch those wild thoughts in your brain that are keeping you up. You know how it goes when you are laying in bed, tired and ready to sleep, but wild and semi-random thoughts about upcoming things, things that excite you, or just about anything are keeping your brain running wild while the rest of ( Read more... )

What a wonderful weekend. Much time spent off work, no obligations, with friends and others that I enjoy very much. Had a wonderful time drinking, partying, parading, pride-ing, walking, enjoying nice weather (when it was nice), and much much more. I'm pretty sad it's over. Back to work with badly behaved kids at a mediocre job for the rest of ( Read more... )

Why don’t you tell him that I’m leavin’ never to come back again ( Read more... )