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just an observation
Talk to me. Let me know what I can do. Surely there's something I can do for you.
Trying on a brand new dress
But you haven't worn the old one yet.
You've come too far, to turn around now.
Giving up a good fight.
You're as strong as anyone.
You're back when you started from,
I see you're back where you started from.
Staring down the stars, ( Read more... ) -
little piece of heaven
"Do you know when the absolute best moment is? It's when you finish your first draft and you read it by yourself, before the critics take something they couldn't write in a lifetime and tear it down in a single day."
William Forrester
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The start of a new year AKA 2007 in retrospect
I'm working on this new year of mine. There are a lot of opportunities beginning for me and it makes my head spin sometimes to think of it all. So, to gently turn it around in my mind, I'm falling on my old stand-by and writing down my thoughts ( Read more... ) -
apple cider, please?
We're reading about cyber culture in my male and female class and we've discussed the differences in male blogs and female blogs. Quite interesting if you're in the mood. However, reading about blogging makes me want to do it. So here I am with an update from B-World.
The Good: The semester is almost over and I feel almost on top of things. I ( Read more... ) -
A silly thing
Honestly ( Read more... ) -
It maybe shouldn't be
Many things happen in life that we aren't in a position to understand. Many times events spiral out of our control and spin aimlessly into a scary abyss of the unknown. We are thrust into positions that force us to flounder and become hurt. That hurt can spread and become worse everyday ( Read more... ) -
Dear Friend
When I call you a pumpkin, in no way do I think that you resemble a large round vegetable. In no way do I think you are scary or oddly made ( Read more... ) -
If there is such a thing as the Odyssey Years, then call me Odysseus and send me home!
So... Mom sent me a thing in the email the other day.
The Odyssey years
By David Brooks The New York Times
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
There used to be four common life phases: childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age. Now, there are at least six: childhood, adolescence, odyssey, adulthood, active retirement and old age. Of the new ones, the ( Read more... ) -
books
Usually when I go into a bookstore, I look forward to spending my money. I breathe deeply, smell the bookstore smell, and go hunt up that one book that makes the trip worth it ( Read more... ) -
blargh
Well, I'm in my last week of work for the summer and I'm just as bored now as I was at the beginning. This is definitely what I want to do as a career. Not the being bored part. I want to be a librarian. Actually, my preferred field of work is still museum archivist. But I'm completely willing to take the baby steps necessary to get where I ( Read more... )