i am generally a happy, optimistic person ( Read more... )

Well, I just finished moving in, for the most part, into my new apartment here in good ole Husky Village. I realized all over again just how anal I can be about the whole germ thing, although not as bad as some people I've met. I guess that to me cleaning is in a sense a renewal- a renewal of my scholastic routine, or risen opportunities, or re- ( Read more... )

duh ( Read more... )

Yesterday marked the end of the second Andrea Yates trial, with a verdict from the jury that classified Andrea Yates as not guilty by reason of insanity. Yates will now reside in a mental institution where she will have access to the treatments she needs and deserves as someone who is mentally ill ( Read more... )

HPV? STDS? WTF ( Read more... )

It is very discouraging to not be the person you thought you were. Especially when it hurts those around you. And the worst part is, they can leave you and ignore you, and be done with it, but you can't run from yourself, so you're just left to painfully try to make sense of everything and fix it. And then to supplement the pain, the shame that ( Read more... )

I don't believe in it, but Karma is a bitch. Or at least realizing what mistakes you've made too late and painfully is ( Read more... )

This past week has been one of the most awful, tiring, depressing, humiliating, and desolate weeks of my life. It is the culmination of my inability to come to terms with some issues that have risen within my family, my faith, my relationships, and my incredible hubris over the concept of Paula as "wonder woman" who can do anything and breezes ( Read more... )

My baby curls ( Read more... )

On Friday I went to Jones Hall and saw Baiba Skride play Mendehlsonn. Her breathtaking performance was even more impressive when I learned that she is still a student. I have observed this spark of genius within the young in literature as well (after all, Tennyson's infamous In Memoriam was written when he was barely in his early 20s ) and have ( Read more... )