As I think I mentioned, I went to New York City to work for an organisation called Sprout, which offers vacations for developmentally disabled (mostly moderate to high functioning mentally retarded) adults. Basically, my job was to take these people on vacations, and take care of them -- the best job in the world, if you ask me! I had the time of ( Read more... )

I'm back! -- but just for a bit -- I'm leaving for NYC and I'll be away through September.

This is an altered version of a profile/survey someone created at Occult Forums. After you read this, I want to know one thing you found interesting or surprising. :)

Name: Jason Michael Howard
Age: 21 years (~680,000,000 seconds)
Birthdate: December 16th, ( Read more... )

I'm considering spending some time with a friend in Boston. I'm also thinking about spending a week or so in the Chicago area this spring/summer. If not, perhaps St. Louis. Does anyone have any suggestions for things to do in those cities? Can anyone recommend a good hostel? I'm from Massachusetts, and I've been to Boston several times, but I know ( Read more... )

I've been wondering why so many people link to journals of people they know in person (rather than referring to them by name). Personally, I don't want to be referred to as a screen name, especially by people who know me as more than that. So, when I refer to people, I won't link. It just seems impersonal to me.

I may be able to expand on this general pattern ( Read more... )

I had an appointment to have my wisdom teeth pulled yesterday. I decided to record my experience with laughing gas since it was so strange! It was definitely better than spending the $200 it would have cost to be put to sleep! My only advice is breathe deeply and often ( Read more... )

What a great way to spark creativity! Here's a compilation of random text based on my entries on Live Journal. It is fairly random but much of it is quite beautiful and inspirational. Here are some of the randomly generated quotes I liked best. It's very Kerouac-esque, don't you think? I will keep these for future inspiration and contemplation. So ( Read more... )

Don't take me for an etymologist or linguist! I am a complete amateur pondering the connections between words ( Read more... )

The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one's mind, is the condition of the normal man. Society highly values its normal man. It educates children to lose themselves and to become absurd, and thus to be normal. Normal men have killed perhaps 100,000,000 of their fellow normal men in the last fifty years. ( Read more... )

Oftmals mache ich ganz und gar zu viel, wenn ich etwas Interessantes anfangen. Wie heißt Mäßigung ( Read more... )