It's so cliche to say, but in college you need to find your passions and pursue them with all your heart. You might not get a degree in your exact career, but you should study something you love. And your goal should be to find a job that you adore so it feels like you aren't doing work ( Read more... )

Sitting in the back seat of Lauren's car on another Syracuse Sunday morning, en route to church, Lauren asked me if I had ever heard the song "3x5" by John Mayer. Earlier in the semester I had downloaded Mayer's album Heavier Things, but "3x5" was on another album. When I said I had not heard it, Lauren told me the song was about a guy who was a ( Read more... )

If you had told me at the beginning of the semester that I would grow closer to God by wearing the same t-shirt for the week, I probably would have laughed at you. Some of you might be laughing right now, asking what I'm talking about ( Read more... )

My cell phone is not turning on ( Read more... )

I'm the least stressed I've been all week. Okay, so I still have one interview to do that is very close to deadline and I am two sources short for a story, but I think its an okay story and I can't stress about it anymore because that won't change anything ( Read more... )

It's hard knowing next time I go home she won't come bounding down the stairs to see me, that I won't be able to reach down and pet her head and say "Hello woof woof," like I always did whenever I came home. I don't know when I started calling her woof woof, it wasn't a nickname, it started as a substitute for hello puppy or doggie or what have you ( Read more... )

It's Saturday and the snow has fallen, my bags are packed and I'll be traveling from one home to another, though neither place is quite "home" anymore. And as I sit here I cannot believe spring break is already over and I know the next two months will fly by and I'll be in Massachusetts for an extended period ( Read more... )

You know how when you're little your parents film everything you do (at least mine did) and like to ask you questions to show how smart you are, etc, etc, because every parents thinks their child is a prodigy and they need to document that fact. Well, my parents would ask me where I was from when I was little and instead of saying Bondsville, I ( Read more... )

It came to my attention this week just how crazy I really am. I had the opportunity to go to two shows this week, it was my first time seeing live music since the summer I think. I didn't go to any shows last semester and I didn't go to anything over break. It's funny, because in high school I spent so much of my time at shows. Usually Chasing ( Read more... )

When I look for words that describe how I've been feeling lately, often I see myself on a stool, reaching in a dark closet for that box I know is there that I can't seem to find. It feels like my hand is clutching at empty space or when my fingers finally brush something tangible, it's not what I'm looking for. And I strain and I strain and I can't ( Read more... )