I'm really not always depressing, I promise!! It's just that, as many of you might agree, the sadder things in life are the ones that often provide the best fodder (and need) for writing...

I put down some thoughts in this letter:

November 27, 2007

One, Two pieces-
both come from some long-gone box in who-knows-what senior center-
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Hey, hey ( Read more... )

I could really use some coffee.... but I'm trying to ween myself off of it. Oh, the caffeinated goodness I could be having right now ( Read more... )

This place is lovely. It's good to be back somewhere where 1) I know, or know of, and have friendly relations with, a few specific people already, 2) there's a good church community I'm at home and active in, and 3) in general, opportunities and options abound--events, places to be, groups to be involved in, and interesting people to meet (or at ( Read more... )

( Il y a deux semaines deja )

(for tonight, relapse back to inane postings....  My quest for purpose and drive and discovering the world around me to be continued....)

Let's play.......personality/character study!!  
If you will, please take a second on the following link(s) to pick 5 or 6 adjectives to describe me (out of about 50), to help me further my personal growth.  :o) 
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When did I stop writing about things that matter?

probably around the same time I stopped reading about things that matter... watching things that matter....listening for things that matter...

...letting things matter.    
...letting things beside myself matter.

Just as ignorance, the seemingly harmless lack of knowledge, turns out to be one of the ( Read more... )

(I liked your idea, Kristin!)

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next three sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
6. You are all tagged.

"Au lieu de faire sa ( Read more... )

Well, well, well.  If it isn't old man Valentine...  
I'll spare us all the usual "Why am I single today??" story.  OMG--that's like SO unoriginal....!

Plus, I actually don't feel that way at all!  Lately I've been meeting regularly with my new, energetic, smiley, encouraging (and sparsely dressed) friends from "The Firm ultimate workout," and *they ( Read more... )

Yaaaaay I had a birthday party at last!  It wasn't big... I think there were 9 of us at the max, but that's a good size for 1) me (preferring smaller groups), and 2) my glorified dorm room (which I'd spent all afternoon cleaning and re-decorating--having guests is always a good excuse to do so).  I was sad that some friends I'd been hoping to see ( Read more... )