In September, I almost moved to Jeddah to teach English. My good friend John called me while I was in the process of applying for my visa and spent an entire hour pleading with me not to go. He said that I could do anything in the world except keep my mouth shut in the face of injustice, which is something I'd witness on a daily basis in Saudi ( Read more... )

God. If only I could mix a love potion.
It would probably still hurt, knowing that I had to use artificial chemicals to induce the feeling, but maybe not as much?

Ow :(

Nah, I could never use it.

Essay Questions ( Read more... )

His only flaw is that he does not need me.

It's so unfair. >:(

Today I am being deliberately nice to myself ( Read more... )

I've been taking Bikram's hot yoga classes on a (nearly) daily basis, and yesterday Elizabeth read us an excerpt from The Prophet that I thought was extremely pertinent to my life, the past and present. And because it is something that I will return to contemplate again and again and again, I've decided to put it here.

"Your pain is the breaking of ( Read more... )

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i haven't thought anything worth writing or written anything worth reading or read anything worth a thought in months ( Read more... )

People tell me that 56% of all recent college graduates are currently unemployed - the highest percentage of all time. They say it to console me, but what they don't know is that I don't care ( Read more... )

Alex Lotz on my college career:

"seemed like you just vacillated between "nearly dead" and "giant opportunity""