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2006 was quite an eventful year for me. I will update soon...

Whoa, I haven't updated my LJ in over two months. What is wrong with this picture ( Read more... )

Do destiny and freedom contradict each other? I feel liberated; the options of things to do with my life are endless. But, on the other hand, I feel a profound sense of purpose--like I am right where I am supposed to be and I am doing what I am supposed to do ( Read more... )

Row, Row, Row Your Boat is a fantastic song if you stop to think about it. It seems that everyone these days is blasting across the bay forcefully and angrily in a speedboat.

"Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily...
Life is but a dream."

When I am feeling annoyed, AA is extremely annoying. People spout cliches and bullshit and self-righteous wisdom and the same old "poor me" stories, and "i'm not perfect" means "but now that i'm in AA i'm pretty damn close" and "glad you're here" is a euphemism for "i am better than you. maybe someday you'll get it ( Read more... )

I just remembered--Happy Birthday to me!! Today is my 60 day sobriety date ( Read more... )

It's really easy to rag on myself about all the things in my life I still need to work on (make friends, become less self-conscious/self-centered, do something creative, exercise, get a job and on and on...) I can't win with that kind of thinking--there will always be more to work on. Yesterday, I ran into the dude who did my intake 6 weeks ago and ( Read more... )

P.S. On Friday I am driving down to the Bay Area for my spring break.

The last few weeks I have been telling myself over and over how busy I am and how I don't have enough time to do anything but stay at home. Well, it just hit me that I am probably the most unbusy person I know. I only have two commitments: school and my IOP. Why do I feel so busy ( Read more... )