i think fireflies have become smarter in the past few years.  i remember catching those guys easily - just putting out my hand and they'd practically land right on it.  i haven't been able to catch a single one this summer.  they must have caught whiff of my firefly jar night light idea. 

cory:  "i've always wondered what kind of person would have an online journal."

i logged onto facebook this morning to see this:

Mark Seversen and Beth Seversen are married.

Mark Seversen and Beth Seversen said their vows and made it clear on Facebook. They're married.

enough said.

i think i am a better version of myself when i'm at home.  here, i sometimes feel self-centered, proud and insincere.  it's true that while here i've become much more blunt.  it probably spurred from desiring to be a good communicator and disliking pretenses.  two respectable reasons.  however, i think maybe i've taken it too far.  i've been rude, ( Read more... )

as is so often the case, there's good news and there's bad news. and as you must be aware, the only acceptable way to deliver it is the bad news first. i've never been one to over-dramatize things, so i'll give it to you straight: i'm laying on my deathbed. my immune system has keeled over and is on the brink of despair. she used to be such a ( Read more... )

lisa broadwater. she loved herself. i hated her. i used to think people were bad when they did drugs, cheated on a test or had sex. but when lisa used other people to further her own interests, all other sins seemed negligible. we were acquaintances - meaning, i knew her name, and she knew my face. on a macaroni and cheese day at the ( Read more... )

goooood morning!  i just got up early to have breakfast with ingrid erickson.  she is a really sweet girl.  she's one of those people who is easy to be around - makes me feel comfortable.  she's actually one of the people who inspired me to give up wearing make-up.  she probably doesn't realize it.  she's so naturally beautiful - never wears any ( Read more... )

i'm on the metra headed back to wheaton after spending yesterday evening and this morning with uncle jamie.  he took me shopping at the gap, out to dinner and to see a movie - so generous. growing up, i never realized how difficult it is to talk to uncle jamie or how long-winded he is.  it's funny how adults always seemed perfect until i became one ( Read more... )

i decided to stop wearing make-up for lent this year.  the first few days i kept looking in the mirror, thinking i looked ugly and wondering how much make-up i could wear and somehow justify it as "not wearing make-up."  so i prayed that god would make my heart more beautiful.  then, last night one of my supervisors at work followed me up the ( Read more... )

kids, kids, kids ( Read more... )