There's something really comforting in the mundane. My mum sent a bit of money my way, and after using some to pay my electric bill and take David out to sushi to repay him for all his recent help (and because he's awesome and it was an excuse to hang out), I went to the grocery store last night and bought some staples. Not my recent staples--the ( Read more... )

Day Ten of the mysterious silence from Luke. I'm still upset and confused, but trying to force myself to stop caring and just go into robotic sleep/wait-mode. Because how someone can go from "I love you more than I've ever loved anyone" to inexplicably dropping off the planet for a week and a half just doesn't compute with me, so I have to go into ( Read more... )

If you were me, and you were bored to death of your hair, would you pick this or this for your new style? I'm also considering going back to this look, but I'm not sure ( Read more... )

On New Year's Eve, my friend Brandon met me after work and offered to buy me lunch from "that dinosaur cafe [I] like so much", haha. It's called Laughing Planet and their food is extremely yum for how affordable it is--mostly burritos and bowls with lots of rice and bean and veggie action, with some chicken and spicy goodness. I got the Che which ( Read more... )

I'm having a tea party for NYE tonight. It began as a silly way to meet up with my new friend Jenni, and evolved into an actual gathering. I'm actually kind of excited.

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A few years ago, when I was a girl of 21, I had one of those 4th-dimension-warping dreams. The type that lasts well over a month inside, though in the waking world it's only been a few moments. In this dream, I was (for reasons unknown) living in Argentina with a family who lived in the countryside. There was an aging mother and father, a sister in ( Read more... )

One thing the internet has done for me, personally, has been aiding in my cultivation of a real relationship with my father. When I was a kid, things were rough. When I was a teenager, things were super rough. Then after I graduated high school and began my 5-year stint as a receptionist in the high-end hi-fi shop he ran, we started to size each ( Read more... )

It was probably stupid for me to think that I could go to school right now, my finances and life being what they are. The student loan company finally sent me an "oh hey we did get those checks, sorry dude, here's a statement" letter, but it feels like the universe intervening ( Read more... )

I spent the day with my friend Brandon, since his wife Dieneke is out of town and we're both Portland orphans. We baked oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookies, watched internet memes on youtube, he gave me school supplies for Christmas, and we watched "Fight Club ( Read more... )

After a week of silence, Luke called today. He and Shannon had been up at his dad's place in the more rural area of the farm-town he and I grew up in for the past 3 days, and he (understandably) didn't have any signal on his cell phone while up there. My dad used to have the same problem when he went to visit my grandparents out there. I'm really ( Read more... )