I've just realized something as I'm entering into my fourth hour of alone time on this Wednesday afternoon. I don't like being alone at school. From dragging Tom to the bookstore, to walking to and from class with whoever is leaving my dorm, I just don't like being alone. It started last year, when Cara and I were both constantly out of the room ( Read more... )

Tonight's probably the least indicative evening of my semester so far, and yet I'm strangely moved to update. I'm doing well, classes are going tolerably, and for the most part I enjoy them. I am pretty much in love with BC and Boston and my extracurriculars (which, by the way, take up more time than ROTC, but are far more pleasing), so the ( Read more... )

It was a year ago I was terrified of leaving. ROTC, school, leaving home and the people I loved. And now I'm back to that same knot in my stomach. This summer threw me a lot of curve balls, but I flatter myself in saying I managed a pretty kickass time despite all of it. I got to go camping, plan random trips to Seattle (!), go to the beach, ( Read more... )

I had an entry completed, but I just couldn't seem to convey what I wanted to say adequately, even after extensive typing.

Rephrasing many useless paragraphs into a simple statement: I've found an appreciation for, and a new faith for love.  Love of friends, family, home.

It's like... when you're trying to get something out of the mud, you push ( Read more... )

I lost a lot of myself this past school year. I was thinking about that today.

I used to lose myself in a book all day every day over the summers in middle school, and early high school. Nothing mind-blowing, trust me; we're talking trashy fantasy. All the same, I read. I learned through reading those books... Not cocktail knowledge, but I learned ( Read more... )

I'm sitting home alone tonight, and I have to admit: I'm legitimately afraid of the dark. I look over my shoulder at shadowed areas. I turn on lights until I leave a room. I have to close every door behind me. It doesn't help that my boyfriend, who's supposed to be supportive, and STOP when I ask him, tells me a werewolf is on the prowl. Big ( Read more... )

My last day in Boston for a while... and it's grey and cloudy. And misty. Just like Portland should be, but isn't ( Read more... )

The following is supposedly an actual question given on a University of ( Read more... )

10. The fact that you put more ice in the cups than the actual drink ( Read more... )

"It is a very exciting time of year for Boston College with our men’s hockey team in the national “frozen four” tournament. We hope to see our student-athletes rewarded for all of their hard work by bringing home another national championship to Boston College ( Read more... )