So I've been experimenting with business classes of late and I must say, I'm getting a kick out of it. I forgot how interesting college is, not for the learning per say, but the people ( Read more... )

So I'm in the community college today registering for a math class when one of the advisors comes up to me, seeing that I look a little befuddled. I explain I'm trying to register and she says, "Oh, have you graduated from high school yet?"

GRR.

So now I am back to Arizona, once again. Between my pressing schedule of watching Gilmore Girl reruns and occasionally going to the gym, I'm back to square one of planning out my life. After having gone on job interviews in D.C. and talking with fellow journalists, I'm rapidly realizing that this is not a profession where I'm ever going to be able ( Read more... )

I'm sorry to tell you all I won't becoming to DC. I received both Seasons 2 and 3 of "The Office" on DVD and have no plans of budging from my couch until I finish EVERY SINGLE EPISODE.

Just kidding- Merry Christmas, guys!

I think I've figured out the key to my mental sanity. It's proportional to the amount of time I spend with my dad. I've only been home full-time two days and I'm already starting to go a little nuts. Don't get me wrong- I love my dad, but I think we can only be around each other in small doses. Our presence to each other is like fingernails on the ( Read more... )

The real world is a dirty, dirty place.

Back when I was in a college, I started researching papers way before they were due and laying out an outline. Writing it? That was another matter. I've always had this sense of fear that puts a death grip on my insides everytime I actually start to approach something important. What if it's not good enough? What if it's not perfect ( Read more... )

I find it very awkward going to the dentist. The people who clean my teeth always want to get very chatty and find out about my life. It's one thing to have talkative barbers or doctors, but it just doesn't work as a dentist. How does one respond when your mouth is full with their tools ( Read more... )

This job at the paper here is turning out to be a lot cooler than I expect. They've slowly been mounting up my work supply. And now they gave me a really, really big assignment which could turn into something spectacular. There's this one guy in the area who's 30 and his kidney failed and has been on dialysis. He needs a new kidney or he's going to ( Read more... )

So Papa Strasser has been worrying me of late. Last week he was walking around downstairs in our house and his legs just gave out from under him and he collapsed. He was too weak to call anyone and just laid there on the floor until my mom found him 5 to 10 minutes later. And then he had trouble getting up and was kind of disoriented. He's been ok ( Read more... )