this is the third presidential election i have voted in, and the first one that has actually turned out the way i hoped. maybe it is a small thing for me, to feel as though i contributed and made a difference, but it is an enormous thing for all of us. when i think about it and read about it and hear about it, i could cry out of relief. we could ( Read more... )

it's my duty weekend, which means i get to hang around campus and sit behind the front desk for five hours tonight and again tomorrow night and stare at stuff. i'm pretty happy about this, really. i am tired of doing stuff. i am tired of being around people and inevitably feeling awkward. i would say that i'm tired of getting drunk and having sex, ( Read more... )

sometimes i like to sit outside in the middle of the night and feel like i am the only person existing in this moment. except for the clerk sitting in the gas station across the street ( Read more... )

i wish i could talk the way i write, the way i think things. when i speak, it all comes out so jumbled and messy. i stumble over my words and my intent and i just prove how inept i am at dealing with people ( Read more... )

i just dumped soup down my pants. it's an amazing sort of day ( Read more... )

i was going to go to the fair on friday, but i decided to sleep instead. i decided to sleep a lot this weekend, and i think it was a good choice ( Read more... )

i figured that going into this RA training would be a nice break from working 8 hours a day on summer staff. but apparently i figured wrong. i guess because i got offered this job at the last minute and had no idea what i was getting myself into? this is a demanding job, not quite so much physically, but in every other aspect. i work more and sleep ( Read more... )

i can't remember the last time i slept more than five hours in a day. lately it has been less. i am running myself ragged again, and for no good reason ( Read more... )

me: i can't find my scissors ( Read more... )

me (shaking up a bottle of home-made energy drink): it's a bit chunky on the bottom ( Read more... )