school starts on monday and it's weird to think about being back to taking classes at state again.  it seems like it's been forever since i've been in the school mindset.  probably because it has ( Read more... )

it's a sunday morning and for the first time in awhile i am sitting around, doing absolutely nothing, and feeling incredibly guilt free. summer school wrapped up last thursday and i can now be lazy without the guilt-inducing knowledge that there are other things i should be doing. work is going well and i find that my job is much less demanding ( Read more... )

so today was the first day of the new job and while i was filling out paperwork in HR i was confronted with an interesting dilemma. the section asking me to identify my ethnicity stared at me for minutes, insisting that i choose between an array of options, 'mixed' or 'other' not being one of them. i had a weird moment, trying to decide between ( Read more... )

i've thought about bringing this back for awhile. i have this sort of mental battle when it comes to things like this because i'm always slightly apprehensive about posting thoughts publicly. it seems to undermine the core idea of a journal, and i always doubt that anyone is truly interested in my daily activities. but i haven't been able to write ( Read more... )