Do I dare
Disturb the universe?
In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.Stealing a line from T.S Eliot's "Prufrock"--one of my favorite poems ( Read more... )

I'm a person of extremes ( Read more... )

I can't believe it's happening ( Read more... )

I strawberries, white chocolate, and cream ( Read more... )

I have a 20 page paper looming over my head. Even though it's not due for 5 weeks, and it's on a topic that I absolutely LOVE, the very idea of a 20 page paper turns my stomach. I need to get started on the reading (as in, I've been "waiting" to start all afternoon), but I'm terrified of this paper ( Read more... )

Overheard today in the ND bookstore/cafe:
"She's so pretty!"

I couldn't resist my fatal curiousity--I turned around to peek: the two girls working at the expresso machine were taking advantage of the slow period to flip through the current edition of People magazine. I was at one of the tables, taking a break from Meville's Billy Bub by browsing ( Read more... )

Book recommandations:
"Appetites: What Women Want" by Caroline Knapp.
I'm not much of a feminist (more of a humanist then anything else), but she writes very intelligently and passionately from a balanced yet feminist perspective. It's not solely focused on ED's--I think it drives more at one of the main roots of ED's--desire. It's worth your ( Read more... )

Why did Dante envisioned hell as being circular ( Read more... )

...eating above my "max" calorie level, and not making vows to fast tomorrow ( Read more... )

I started writing in this journal again about 2 weeks ago, at Adrian's suggestion. I can't even begin to explain how much this has helped. Being in a position to give advice/help (as well as receiving it) makes me feel accountable--an incentive to be a good example. It's also a reminder of that I want of why I want to recover ( Read more... )