I miss chicago.  

so the last truly important semester of high school is almost complete ( Read more... )

the last time I updated this was in june.

I'm thankful for the beautiful people in my life.

goal for tomorrow: get my college applications done. 
I feel like I'm a failure because I haven't sent in any yet.

so this past week at ISYM on the campus of university of illinois was a lot of fun ( Read more... )

if your'e the praying sort ( Read more... )

summer has been great so far ( Read more... )

it's three days away from being over, and I abosolutely could not be more excited for it to be here. 
all is good. <3

my dad surprised me with a brand new dell laptop today when I got home; 
he did something wrong to my previous one, 
and since it was really crappy anyway, 
and it would have cost a ton of money to fix the already awful thing, 
he just replaced it. 
I love it. a lot. because it's amazing. <3
now all I need to do is figure out how to get my iTunes library ( Read more... )

(also posted to facebook and myspace).

this may be slightly delayed, but this is the first time I've had a chance to sit down and coherently express my thoughts and reflections on this past year. a year ago seems so incredibly far away; so much has happened.

the year 2006 began for me with the pain of a long relationship breaking- something that ( Read more... )

100. First off, what is your name? jill.

99. Why were you named that? my mom thought "jillian" was a pretty name.

98. Who is your best friend? I have a couple of those.

97. Do you have any siblings? a male creature that lives across the hall.

95. Favorite color? blue.

93. What does the 7th message in your text inbox say? "that's good to hear"

92. ( Read more... )