If one little star
In all the sky
Winks out in the night,
Who would notice?

For once,
I don't ask this
Looking for justification
Of wanting to die in peace.

I ask as a planet,
Which will continue to orbit
A cooled sun.
Gravity. Loyalty. Habit.

My dad's family, whom he has forced me to be estranged from his side of the family b/c of transition, still loves and misses me. Someone went to great lengths to get the message through. My dad has perpetuated silence in both directions of communication, and mom is only an accomplice because of standing by dad, and respecting how he handles "his ( Read more... )

My PhD program isn't APA accredited. Meaning, I can be a doctor (if I ever get through the darn thing!) but I can't counsel when I do ( Read more... )

Maybe humans ARE awful. Maybe a nuke would be the best thing that ever happened to this planet.

Still no job. World's fastest apartment trashing.

But I got the textbook that's been holding me back, for $11 ! It's usually an $80 book, and having gotten one that didn't have the data disk last time, I was dead set against wasting money...

Just doing the best I can.

When I first found out there was going to be a movie about 300 Greeks making a last stand, I was excited. See, the only time I'd heard of a fighting force of 300 was that Sacred Band of Thebes, 150 pairs of boyfriends. Okay, well, this movie isn't about that.
Maybe there should be one! But, my boyfriend wanted to see it. Let's go ( Read more... )

Hi welcome to [insert nation name here ( Read more... )

So, yesterday, I finished my class very first class for NorthCentral University. Yes, on the last day. No, 13 hours early. Yes, after I thought I would need an extension. Yes, I wrote 2 papers on the same day. No, I didn't panic last-minute; I knew I had 50% of the course to do as of 8 days before the class ended ( Read more... )

Idiotic Ah-ha moment:

"At least when I was a kid, I could console myself with: 'I'll be taller next year' or 'I can grow up and move out.' now, when life sucks, I've got nothing good to say back."

Right, so I was half-jokingly accused by a dear friend of being unpatriotic a couple weeks ago. So, while I was at work, I began thinking about it to pass the time ( Read more... )