Number of sequential weekends spent out of character: four
Number of current jobs/volunteer organizations: nine
Number of current projects: four
Number of people I want to talk to so badly I’m avoiding: three four ( Read more... )

I have a series of introspective (read: the most pretentious ever) letters to be distributed. first caller* in wins the prize ( Read more... )

I believe I am happiest when walking around in the cold ( Read more... )

things that everyone should do ( Read more... )

after some sort of school activity, I was walking by the side of my house, where nobody ever goes. I realized after a time that a strange boy was following me, and that he was carrying a stuffed rabbit. when I asked why he was following me, he asked me to a dance. I accepted, delighted, and pointed out that I was already wearing the perfect dress ( ( Read more... )

running in the dark down unpaved roads, a weak flashlight in my left hand. somehow, this is the ultimate sign of independence ( Read more... )

I've worn three pairs of pajamas today as part of a productivity marathon. The game is played like this: as soon as one task is accomplished, change your pajamas. It is the ideal balance, but I am two pairs behind the only other player in existence (to my knowledge ( Read more... )

if I wrote poetry, I imagine most of it would center around the idea of community and identity. my life centers around a few fragile themes - I go on about validation and belonging, but I get nowhere. I wonder about purpose and self without being a philosopher or even an articulate writer. john nash's quest for an original idea is now famous, and ( Read more... )

dear asian research paper, you should be fifteen pages. what are you thinking?

dear spanish presentation, why are you making me nervous? you are not an intimidating language. ps, why are you due the same day as my research paper?

dear kalamazoo, two more days. ha!

love,
meghan

This morning I have written seven pages that are Good, two that are Not. I have said hello to a golden retriever and mailed two packages to France. I have read my email with a smile and answered the phone with a memorized statement. I have taken a shower in the coldest water imaginable and tried to pretend I was in the polar bear club. It did not ( Read more... )