Profoundly dark clouds overhead today and I am reminded of the power of caffeine to transform a similarly dark mood ( Read more... )

When I was little, I used to get in trouble for playing with my gum. I'd chew and smack and stretch the gum between my fingers and my teeth and see how long I could pull it out. It wasn't long before I was caught and scolded, but the image of that stretchy gum string is what I imagine when I am saying goodbye to someone I love. When we hug goodbye ( Read more... )

I wish I could afford a nervous breakdown because I would have done that bitch up months ago ( Read more... )

Every girl wants to be pursued. Every girl wants to be needed.
Every girl wants to hear, "I wish you were here."

I want to be wanted.

I don't think that's crazy.

This week I'm going to stretch my neck out a little further.  This week I'm not going to take 'no' as an answer.  This week I'm going to get some balls rolling...

... or heads, for that matter.

I HATE being sick ( Read more... )

 
I hate waiting.

I know that 'patience is a virtue' but honestly, waiting has to be the worst thing that anyone ever has to do EVER.

Especially when one is waiting on something big and life-changing... I am either in store for a giant exclamation or a giant disappointment. Waiting to find out which one of these is around the corner is like torture.

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If anything, this awful snow and ice has made my work week much more interesting ( Read more... )

I purposely woke up early, and stumbed through my morning routine with haste, so that I could stop and get coffee before work. Let me tell ya- it was a struggle to crawl out of bed even five mintues earlier, but luckily the thought of fresh roasted coffee beans and the glorious benefits of caffeine finally got my feet on the floor ( Read more... )

There were several things I could think of that I would rather do, as a sophomore at Sprague High School in Salem, Oregon, than take AP US History. I was a wiz at creative writing, photography, literature and Spanish, but when it came to math, science and history... I couldn’t be less interested. My mind is not wired for numbers and dates, so ( Read more... )