Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar has been sitting on my bookshelf for a few years, but I never took the time to read it.  Last week, however, in the midst of personal strangeness, I picked it up.  I have not finished a book in probably over a year, which says something about the haphazard direction my life is taking because I used to always have a book ( Read more... )

The only sexual activity that I will be engaging in from this point onward will be masturbation.

Thank you peer health education.

Rental car that Kandis and I have trouble maneuvering throughout the

entire trip (falling asleep at the wheel… wrong side of the road):            $31

Tegan and Sara concert tickets which should only cost $15, yet

Ticketmaster chooses to charge me extra for so-called convenience:       $20

Hotel room for Friday night complete with a ( Read more... )

I’m leaving you guys and going to Africa.

I gave my presentation on US national security issues in Africa today and I’m tired of the bullshit.  Africa will no longer be ignored and will not be exploited by neo-imperial powers who continually enforce sporadic borders created by greedy, old-school colonizers.  I’m tired of combating terror in ( Read more... )

Today I had a revelation of the not-so-good-kind.  I am the only one in my family working a damn job right now.  Literally.  My family is once again vacationing in Florida while I’m working and attending class.  And today it hit me: they can do this because not one of them have a damn job that they go to everyday.

Let’s take a moment and ( Read more... )

Student presentations in class are absolutely annoying.  Why would I want to sit through two hours and forty minutes of half-assed presentations that were more than likely completed only minutes before class began?  I don’t, thanks.  Take your PowerPoint off the screen and ho please be seated.  The government isn’t paying for this class so that I ( Read more... )

Saturday afternoon I drove back from Columbus, which is inconveniently far away from everything.  Because I’m me, I didn’t remember how to get home, so I ended up completely missing the road that I was supposed to take.  Instead I traveled some quiet back roads.  I enjoyed driving fast along that single lane road, and watching as the hills unfolded ( Read more... )

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVELYN!!!  

I’m drafting this entry while in class.  I need something to occupy my time.  This class is one hour and forty minutes.  So prepare yourself for a long update filled with random observations.

Here’s one:  I just noticed that my professor doesn’t wear an undershirt under his white dress shirt and this makes me uncomfortable.  But, then again, it’ ( Read more... )

Free nights at Piedmont Park are back this month.  This time comedy improv is the main attraction.  I know better than to pass up free entertainment, so last night I went with Amina, Toya, Kandis, Rachel, Chase, Jeff, Marc, Fatima, and Karess.  Before we made it to the park, however, we had to stop by McDonald’s because Rachel is forever V-I- ( Read more... )