Every semester, I think "Okay, this time I'll stay on top of things. I've got it figured out." Every semester, I find new and inventive ways of defeating myself. I don't think I can do this anymore.

Below the cut is a little musing (with an admittedly pessimistic/cynical bias) on the nature of love. I know that some people who might be reading my journal are going through some heartbreak right now, so you may want to save reading it for later.

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Dear Friends Who Sew ( Read more... )

You scored as Storyteller. The Storyteller is in it for the plot: the sense of mystery and the fun of participating in a narrative that has the satisfying arc of a good book or movie. He enjoys interacting with well-defined NPCs, even preferring antagonists who have genuine motivations and personality to mere monsters. To the Storyteller, the ( Read more... )

It's the last week before exams, and my life has taken on a feeling something like riding in a rickety pickup truck down a washboard dirt road at 60 miles per hour. With the brakes out. I'm just clinging to the dashboard, trying not to bounce out through the windshield ( Read more... )

Well, college is now in full swing. At first, it was a bit of a shock to have so many people on campus, after enjoying a quiet, sparsely-populated campus over the summer, but now the crowds seem normal again ( Read more... )

Guh...I'm back from Chicago, and I'm totally wiped out. Quite a lot happened in those five days. I'll put something up here, hopefully within the next few days ( Read more... )

No, I haven't dropped off the face of the earth. Sorry to disappoint you all. :P ( Read more... )

I very rarely do these quiz thingies, but I found this one particularly interesting.


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For those of you who read Real Life, this is part of the IRC conversation that inspired Monday's (12/16/2002) strip. I understand that there's more to it, but this is all I had in my log file ( Read more... )