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Why 30 Rock Offends My Sensibilities
Last night after dinner, my boyfriend and I were seated on the couch staring at Netflix, trying to decide what to watch. This is a nightly ritual. No, it's not very enriching. But after four months of living together, there are some things that have started to settle into a routine that feels normal for us, which is nice ( Read more... ) -
On Returning to Livejournal
It's always somewhat of a revelation, after spending time away from a journal (leather-bound or online), to see what was happening in your life the last time you were writing. It's been over a year since I last wrote here... oh, how things change ( Read more... ) -
I Can't Sleep
So, I just moved back into my folks' house. Not really a huge surprise, because I was living in university housing, but the idea of having to be back for the summer (and potentially... indefinitely, since I'll only be taking my senior thesis in the fall) is not exactly appealing. I have been throwing myself my own drawn-out pity party for the ( Read more... ) -
Mindful Enjoyment, cont.
Last month, I had meant to follow up after my previous post about my determination to use the French press I had gifted myself for my birthday but I never got round to it in between the end of the semester coming up and starting to move out of the apartment. It has been one of the most hectic end-of-semesters I have ever had ( Read more... ) -
Mindful Enjoyment
Lately, I've noticed that I feel like I have hardly any time. I always feel stressed about fitting things into my day or scheduling different things around each other. Class, work, studying, poetry events, socializing, and just "me time." It's been on my mind in the last few weeks, and I think one of the reasons why I've been most frustrated is ( Read more... ) -
Take Back the Night
Tonight my sorority co-sponsored an anti-harassment event, Take Back the Night, on our campus. The first poem that was read at the event was this one, which I thought was just perfect & wanted to share.
Your Playing Small Does Not Serve the World
Marianne WilliamsonOur deepest fear is not that we are inadequate ( Read more... ) -
Perception Is Everything
So, this past week and a half I was house-sitting for my grandparents, which I mentioned already. But this weekend I was also house-sitting for a client on the other side of town. It was a really hectic weekend of running back and forth between the two places. The two houses are about a forty-minute drive apart, which was a significant chunk out ( Read more... ) -
Live the Life You Have Imagined
I have a friend who lives in Paris. Yes, the one in France. For the last three years, she has attended a university in the city of lights and, despite how happy I am for her, I have also spent much of this time privately resenting her. Almost every time I've talked to her since she left the country, I have told her that I'm jealous of her (or " ( Read more... ) -
Fireworks
I'm pet-/house-sitting this week for my grandparents. They have a nice house that sits alone on the top of a hill. It's easy, sitting in the sunroom at breakfast, to imagine that I'm in the middle of nowhere in a peaceful cabin by myself. It's also easy, tucked under my covers at midnight, to imagine that whatever erroneous sound I'm hearing is ( Read more... )