aims is almost over (thank god!!) i got a really nice job offer for next year. i finally talked to a nice boy. (yes, he is nice.) i am finished with school. i get to go to washington in 5 days to see 5 awesome people i miss. and then meg comes here. and then johanna comes here. and then i go to new mexico and the grand canyon. and then i ( ( Read more... )

now i don't think i like a nice boy anymore. i don't know. i thought i did, but now i'm scared because maybe he doesn't like me back. he has to be nice, HE JUST HAS TO. i hope i can talk to him soon, but i don't know when that can be. because we can't make time to talk. he can't, i can't, but i think mostly he can't. and maybe that is a sign ( Read more... )

spring is coming! and i'm almost done with my classes until august! and i might work in glacier bay, ak this summer! and my friends are awesome! and i like a nice boy! wooooooooo.

so i am supposed to prepare for these kids for a test that measures not their intelligence (ha!), not even their knowledge about a content area, but their english language proficiency. now, how, one might ask, does this determine a person's readiness to function in society or one's ability to process information (which is what no child left behind ( Read more... )

so this is what happened to me from october to january. enjoy, and stay tuned for future updates! peace & love ( Read more... )

i am scared to play soccer on a team cos i suck. but i really want to play. so i will. there is mariachi music playing at my school right now. it's super cool. the little kids are running around. they gave me a million hearts and candy and flowers just for showing up to their soccer game. now is that love or what? they make all the shit

i try so hard to stick my quasi-educated nose into political discussion. i get so frustrated & overwhelmed by emotion though. and what the hell do i know, sitting here in my middle-class white chick body in the states? there is so much shit going on in the world of which i don't even have to be aware. do i choose to educate myself about worldly ( Read more... )

goodbye seems to be all i can say. he wasn't passionate enough. fast forward to my house. there was someone living there with me for a month while my roommate was gone--someone i sort of called a friend. our short attention spans seemed to lengthen as we sat at the kitchen table for hours and looked at travel books and talked about our ( Read more... )

for not calling. who says, "stay in touch. i really want to know you're doing ok. give me a call," and then DOESN'T CALL? a jackass alcoholic, that's who.

cheers to that ( Read more... )