I didn't realize how "disillusioned" (as my dad phrased it) I'd become about relationships until just recently, when I tried to start dating again. This effort has also coincided with efforts to find a new apartment, so I've met quite a few complete strangers in late March and early April, from ( Read more... )

So I have an interview on Friday for a job I don't know if I want or not. I guess part of the "yay." for today is being able to possibly find an alternative to sitting in this office by myself ( Read more... )

I'm trying to transition, but I have the feeling I'm not getting anywhere because I'm not sure where to go. So I'm just sitting, hoping for my motivation to clear up and suddenly there will be a direction in front of me. I wore a bracelet made of duct-tape for a bit of high school and the beginning of college, as a reminder that I really don't ( Read more... )

I marvel that the enormity of the “Big Field” surprises me. I envisioned more of a tangled meadow. I envisioned tall brush, with the ever-present possibility of a moose or a bear emerging from the briers. This is a wide-open mowed field, with exactly the right amount of sparse trees to accentuate the largeness of the open space ( Read more... )

list of awesomeness from a weekend I didn't expect it from ( Read more... )

I'm working at a new job, in addition to the original. Here is the list of jobs I currently attempt to perform, along with the initials of the people from whom i inherited the task when they left the lab ( Read more... )

Went "home" for part of the weekend. I don't want to call it home, I don't want to call it "my parent's house" because that's inaccurate, and I don't want to call it "Mom's house" because it's rather sad to think of it that way. I guess I could just call it by the city name, but that doesn't reflect that it's 1) where i grew up and 2) semi-beloved ( Read more... )

the west coast...sorta ( Read more... )

how do you know trees don't benefit from hugs?

it's the best running weather ever. it's 40 degrees and rainy ( Read more... )