Books I think I may like to read this break:

• The Hunger Games
• Brave New World
• Count of Monte Cristo
• Slaughterhouse-Five
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

 

Say, what is that thing up there? Oh, it's the face of the earth that I dropped off of like three months ago. How about that.

For the sake of documentation, I have done quite a lot since my disappearance:

• Started graduate classes at Northern Illinois University.  I am currently taking Usability Testing, Research Method, and a Semantics class.  My ( Read more... )

Still awake on one of the few remaining nights I have in the Quad Cities, primarily because I do not yet have a place to live as of January 20th...

It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift.

I remember when I was in 6th grade and I dressed up for Halloween at school.  I was the only one who had -- I guess I missed the memo about being "too old" for that kind of thing ( Read more... )

I've heard that when it rains, it pours.

Hard times, stress, disappointment, pain...they all occasionally contribute to that feeling that the world really will defeat you someday.

Though I've had my share, I know others have seen far worse.

But I have remained largely cheerful.  And, when pressed, I say that my life is good.

An optimist? I don't ( Read more... )

Step one: Have a great weekend with friends ( Read more... )

Dear Life:

Please find me.

I miss my friends!  Traveling every weekend is a little bit lame sometimes.