why did i volunteer to take a double today ( Read more... )

i'm not a fragile person. i never have been. i've always been completely independent. and though i used to be overly trusting of people and assumed everyone was essentially good, i've learned my lesson, and i've shut down a lot. i no longer give people the benefit of the doubt, i automatically consider people to be untrustworthy. i feel good ( Read more... )

things are so great right now. work is actually fun for the first time in ages. i've met a tremendous amount of incredible people in the last week, some of whom i'm (weather-permitting) going floating on the river with tomorrow. i've had fun nights. there are only two things that could make me even more content with my life right now. one of ( Read more... )

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PARTY AT MAH CRIB, YO.
who: anyone.
what: the shindig of the year (aka a nice, friendly get-together)
where: here. if you don't know where that is, ask.
when: tomorrow (saturday) night, from dusk until dawn (good movie)
why: because i feel like it.

if you've got any special requests, let me know in advance.

i think i will definitely enjoy working. joe's calling me tomorrow with my schedule, and i'm pretty sure he said i'd be working thursday through sunday, but i don't know my hours yet. it'll be kind of strange not knowing when i'll be leaving every day, since the shifts don't have an end time. it'll be fun though ( Read more... )

JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS
SUNDAY, JULY 24TH
PGE PARK, PORTLAND OREGONi've never missed a show of hers in oregon, and i'm not starting now. anyone want to come along ( Read more... )

salem wasn't so bad. had some quality family time (aka watching hitch with my parents, haha...), and got a phone call i never expected ( Read more... )

very few of you know travis, but he's an incredible person. i've known him since he moved to oregon six years ago. two summers ago he broke his neck, and he's been paralyzed from the his shoulders down. travis was a varsity football player, he participated in track, he wrestled, he did everything. his injury was devastating. but there's a new ( Read more... )

today was spent being wonderfully lazy. i wrote a little, rode my bike to the park, spent a few hours lying in the grass reading, made a stop at the library, spent an hour sitting in an aisle reading f. scott fitzgerald, checked out a book, and rode home ( Read more... )