Skippy the dog died yesterday ( Read more... )

The last four books I've read have happened to be about horrible oppression and abuse of a group of people:

Coming of Age in Mississippi -  about growing up black in the South in the 60s,

The Grapes of Wrath - about farmers who are forced to move West to look for work after having their farms foreclosed, and are met with violence and pitifully low ( Read more... )

I got a new cell phone. I know this may not be very exciting to most people, but this is a very big thing for me. I resisted it. I fought it. I can't remember the last time I actually had a brand new cell phone, but I'm thinking it must have been at least six or seven years ago. Since then, every phone I've had, I inherited when someone else ( Read more... )

okay, so i'm a hypocrite beacause I'm all like "hey let's lj" and then I haven't actually written anything myself ( Read more... )

Dear Friends ( Read more... )

Dearest friends ( Read more... )

Sometimes I really hate people. A lot. People suck. This is the latest reason why ( Read more... )

My trusty 'ole PC, the one I got right after I graduated from high school that carried me all through college, is finally just about dead. So right before it croaked I got an external hard drive and transfered all my documents and pictures and music onto my laptop. The other day I finally looked through the pictures, which I hadn't seen in two ( Read more... )

so I have a "friend" on facebook who floods my news feed with obnoxious updates filled with ignorant and conservative statements (along with a lot of statuses whining about how he has nothing to do and no one wants to hang out) and I've been tempted several times to unfriend him, but I hold back because I tell myself it's important pay attention to ( Read more... )

I just have to share the fact that I HAVE A CAR!!! My very first ever car!! (that I bought on my own)

She's a dark green '99 VW Cabrio. Her name is Starbuck. :) (Not to be confused with StarbuckS. My car has nothing to do with coffee.)