So once again, time constraints and lack of motivation kick my sorry ass in keeping this journal updated. I suppose I really don't need to keep apologizing. It is my own damn journal, after all. Not to mention I often doubt who bothers to read what I post here ( Read more... )

You know, despite a lot of shit that occurred...this past semester was pretty fantastic. Classes were fun, I went to a lot of events offered on campus, I utilized my car for a lot of events off campus. I interacted a lot with old friends, though sometimes I wish I did more to keep in touch with those old friends, and get to know new ones more. But ( Read more... )

The God Who Loves YouIt must be troubling for the god who loves you ( Read more... )

I have an amazing tendency to put an effort into something I want, then not take it when it materializes. I do this regularly, usually with small things. Finding a rare book in a store that I've been on the lookout for and not buying it, for instance. Driving to the grocery store then not buying anything there, either. Or, not buying a Threadless ( Read more... )

It's a pretty established fact by now that when I say I'm going to make a legitimate post soon, I never mean it. Even with this post, that promise may not yet be fulfilled. But, it's been over a month since I posted anything, so time to check in ( Read more... )

My to-read list from last summer updated:

This Perfect Day (Levin)
Franny and Zooey (Salinger)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)
2 books that Peter lent me [returned; never got the chance]
Gravity's Rainbow (Pynchon) [and/or...]
V. (Pynchon)
Ulysses (Joyce) [reading]
On the Road (Kerouac)
one of Steinbeck's short novels
Lolita ( ( Read more... )

So, maybe someday I'll update this more often ( Read more... )

As I sat in my car this morning waiting to enter the building for work (the boss, keeper of the key, was running late), I extended my normal session of listening to NPR during my commute to include The Writers' Almanac. For the unacquianted, this is a 5-minute-or-so program that comes on between shows each weekday morning, in which the gentle- ( Read more... )

Scott Whiting --

[noun]:

A level headed person who always makes the wrong decision

'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Long-overdue legitimate post coming soon.

Avril 14th will always hold a place in my heart.