Add this to the list of things that I hate: weak coffee.

Add this to the list of things that I love: sweet emails on bad days.

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[[edit:]] Also: I need a vacation. Someone give me a reason to go on one. Pls. (no really. I've been at my job for almost a year. And the only TWO days I've taken off were 1) In March when ( Read more... )

Spent yesterday reading Flannery O'Connor on the beach in Ocean City with Matt. The weather was ideal and the company was fantastic... and the small period of rain was actually really refreshing and nice. I needed that. It was pretty perfect ( Read more... )

I loved this article. Research suggesting that animals have moral sense. Freakin awesome.

"The belief that humans have morality and animals don't is a long-standing assumption, but there is a growing amount of evidence that is showing us that this simply cannot be the case."Naturally, the brain-geek in me wants to see MRI studies that could be ( Read more... )

So. I keep being told how logical I am. As a compliment.

I mean-- don't get me wrong-- I do try to use logic as a tool in most life situations. Because I'm occasionally somewhat neurotic, I've never tended to have a self-perception in which I was terribly logical. (And I think it might be difficult for both of those things to live in the same ( Read more... )

-- Getting good feedback from the clients at work makes me really happy. I feel like I'm doing something really good when my clients tell me that they're glad that it's me who is their caseworker. The clients in my WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Planning woo! I <3 that group) group were telling me the other day that they never thought of me as ( Read more... )

hokay so ( Read more... )

I have a great: group of friends, fella, job. And(!) it's the weekend. Life is sweet, man.

Things I want to do in the very near future:-- Go the the Philly Museum of art for some sweet Buddhist art, Matisse, Cézanne, and Japanese fashion exhibits. They also have a Moriyama (Japanese photographer) exhibit that promises to be amazing. The shit that man does with black and white film is just so fucking incredible. The richness and the ( Read more... )

- I'm sick as a dog
- and I can't call out because this week is our state inspection
- fail.
+ but I love my job! yay ( Read more... )

I can't shake the feeling that I should have a million things to do when I get home from work at night. I'm still not used to being able to come home and not have to worry about papers, reading, homework, studying, news meetings, news office hours, photo assignments, color correction, or night classes ( Read more... )