JESSICA

J

is for

Joyful

E

is for

Explosive

S

is for

Sassy

S

is for

Savvy

I

is for

Intelligent

C

is for

Cute

A

is for

Animated


What Does Your Name Mean?

I went to lunch with Annie, Nanda and Laura again today, as we have been doing every Thursday. The past two Thursdays have been murky, blurry. We weren't having meaningful conversation, weren't really paying attention to each other, weren't moving beyond the surface conversations that it is so easy to fall into - complaining about tiredness and ( Read more... )

A lovely day, a lovely day, a finer day you know you'll never see ( Read more... )

I was talking to Laura Eve today about being a female. I don't remember how we got on the topic, but we both decided that we were very happy to be female, and that we felt very full of femaleness, that we were comfortable in our femaleness, that being female was something that we not only liked about ourselves, but made us feel deeply connected to ( Read more... )

Wow ( Read more... )

Even without classes, school keeps me as busy as always. I won't go into the gory details of all of the meetings, the reunions, the rehearsals, the chores. But suffice it to say that I am loving it here, and it has been wonderful to see all of you, and I know that it will only become more and more wonderful. It almost feels like I had never left ( Read more... )

Sitting on my freshly vacuumed beige carpet that has been sitting in my basement all summer, waiting for use, I glance at my new friends, who I may or may not become close with over the course of this year. In way, it is just like last year. We are playing Scattergories and electronic Catchphrase, laughing lightly and trying hard to be excited to ( Read more... )

So... yesterday and today were both mostly packing and Becca days. Actually they were mostly Becca days that occasionally involved some sad excuses for packing. Mostly I talked to Rebecca. And to Mom. And we cleared up some important and emotional things, and also told a lot of jokes and were goofy and gave lots of hugs ( Read more... )

Do you know, I am sad tonight. Somewhere between yesteraday - or maybe two days ago - and today, that happy euphoric surreal overwhelming joy that I usually feel melted away into normalcy, and finally to sadness ( Read more... )

Well... it is over ( Read more... )