It has truly been a while since I have made a peep on live journal. I haven't been writing elsewhere, and I feel kind of awful about that. Well, I've been writing, but it has all gone toward a paper or a grant. That being said, I don't know if I've had much to say. My mind used to be a jumble of thoughts and worries and excitement, and I'm not ( Read more... )

Today I had my last meeting with my field liaison and field instructor who have been overseeing my internship for the past few months. I meet weekly with my field instructor, who is an amazing director of Virginia Organizing, this organization that works with groups to promote their cause and organize around it. They are fantastic. My field ( Read more... )

I have been staring at a computer screen for the past several hours adding medical professionals to a directory that I think is mostly ridiculous. Reason #23094832093483 I don't think I can fathom working for a non-profit in the near future is that people forget that they can just look things up on the internet and I am left putting together a ( Read more... )

Is it possible to be homesick for a place you've never been? I want to go to Torreon, Mexico to see my family, stat. Sometimes I don't feel like the US is my real home.

Why do I always have existential crises when I have to write a 15 page paper ( Read more... )

Day 1 Pride: 7 Great Things About Yourself ( Read more... )

I know a lot of people do things like this all the time. Like, well, every day. But I am just SO SO SO proud of myself and I feel like I am starting my year with my ONE and ONLY ONE New Year's Resolution. Be more adventurous. Now, I don't feel like it is really a resolution like work out more or stop eating so much cake (though I should ( Read more... )

Where did you begin 2010 ( Read more... )

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Three Nicknames ( Read more... )