it's new years eve, and, as of tomorrow, i will have lived in portland for a full year ( Read more... )

every once in a while, when i'm sitting in my bedroom, i hear what sounds like someone running around. i'm sure it's the little kid downstairs, but each time, for a split second, i think it's my roommate. really unlikely, but stranger things have happened. i still can't explain the occasional heavy beats that come from my neighbors apartment. ( Read more... )

i want to talk to my dad about options for this winter, for taking time off school. just vent about the lack of a job market, and figure out what i can do so i can simultaneously be in portland and not be going to school. but every time we have that conversation, i start crying at one point, or want to cry, so i just shut up and shut down. i ( Read more... )

I've been doing a lot of healing. Thinking about where I've com from, where I am, where I'm going. Lots of learning to be an adult. Last night was wonderful. It just helped me discover things and think things over. I'm figuring it all out, and last night really helped with the journey.

today's challenge ( Read more... )

Detective Olivia Benson is totally one of the reasons I am the feminist I am today.

from father's day to this last monday, i was having a crazy ass week where i was sick, homesick, crying, freaking out about classes, broke, drunk, and in the emergency room, worrying about maybe being homeless for a bit. since monday, when we found out we can stay in our current place for a another month (!) I've calmed down, felt better. i'm ( Read more... )

one roommate left that house around 6 this morning, and the other is still asleep. we have 5 days until we move out, and we haven't received word on whether or not we got the house we applied for. this is kind problematic, since i'm not planning on going back to seaside until the 3rd. but, considering how my spot in one of my classes was given ( Read more... )

if i ever feel like i'm going crazy and going to loose it, i'm going to pull and emily dickenson. i'll stay in my house, maybe have a nice garden in my back yard that i'll weed and water. most of my time will probably be spent writing. writing stories, writing poems, writing letters. i will totally receive guests, with few exceptions (family ( Read more... )

Should I take Philosophy of Religion this fall? Let's weigh the pros and cons, shall we ( Read more... )