If I ever wanted to seriously learn to play the piano, rather than just on a whim with a slightly ulterior motive, the teacher could not be at all attractive.

Holy shit, I forgot how amazing this feels.
Not just the darkroom, but my niche that I've found within it. Painting off-white liquid onto regular old watercolor paper, shining it under a light, and watching the magic as a fucking photographic image appears ( Read more... )

Statuses I can't post on Facebook because my parents are on:

Carissa D got plenty of love on V-Day.
Carissa D drunkenly, from the back seat, ordered Taco Bell for a car full of people.
Carissa D is very glad to not be hung over this morning.
Carissa D is also very glad she did not drunk dial anyone, except Katie's friend Julia, but that was really ( Read more... )

I'm going home tomorrow, just because. Not telling my family or anything. Hehe. SurpriseCarissa! Everyone loves it.

I just need out of Bristol for a minute. I left last weekend, too, but it turned out too disappointing and awkward to count. Here's a Life Tip from your very own Casticka: If there's this guy that you've known for about 5 years, that ( Read more... )

My friend's mom is giving me dreads soon, I think.

Will someone please tell me what I'm doing, and if it's right?

edit (12:41am)
I mean, I thought I had a good hold on things, and then it slipped, and then I pulled it back, and now it's slipping again and I don't know if I'm okay.
That's a bit dramatic, but. Just but. I don't know what.

so, because of the most recent xkcd comic (xkcd.com), i have a sudden interest in cuttlefish ( Read more... )

oh, dear God, not again.

I'm sure everyone else has experienced this, but the last couple days have been my first experiencing this particular sensation: That of not realizing how unhappy and stressed you were until that thing which was causing those feelings is removed ( Read more... )

I'm in the downtown "market" sort of area, like trendy-place, like Georgetown or something, saying good-bye to friends that I've just eaten with. I'm headed towards my car, and I can visualize exactly where my car is, but I can't remember what store/restaurant I parked outside of. So I start walking and I know that it's going to be down the next ( Read more... )