So, I can't get a Visa to stay in the USA past when my OPT expires in October.

STOP ACTING LIKE I HAVE TERMINAL CANCER OR SOMETHING.

AND STOP THINKING THAT YOU CAN FIND AWAY AROUND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S LAWS WHEN AN IMMIGRATION LAWYER CAN'T.

I'm moving away, not dying, guys. I'm really, really sad to have to leave Boston. Seriously, you have no ( Read more... )

I felt like writing lists.

This is probably more for my benefit than for yours, but what the hell. I haven't posted in forever, so I might as well do it here.

Things I Want To Do:

1. Stay in Boston beyond September.
2. Write an album within a year, record it within two.
3. Move to Cambridge, Somerville, or Jamaica Plain with one or two other roommates.
4. Pay ( Read more... )

Almost nothing good is coming of me being here right now. Don't get me wrong, this is the place I want to be, but still... I don't think I can wait the four days until I go home. I feel like a waste of carbon right now and I can't figure out how to stop that feeling. I've been fine for the last few weeks... it just seems like it's all starting ( Read more... )

I started off today feeling like a really big pile of crap. Like an enormous pile of crap. Immense. Massive. My thought processes - admittedly with some flawed logic - went something like this:

Okay, so I broke up with him. Doesn't that mean I'm supposed to not feel like crap? Aren't I supposed to be spared from that, since it was my ( Read more... )

So, have you ever said something to someone and realized a couple minutes later that it was really out of line, but feel bad about taking it back because it was completely true? This just happened to me. It's going through my mind and I'm thinking of all the things I need to say to the relevant people (but probably won't) and so unless I vent my ( Read more... )

Yes, the sixth and final concert of the Symphony Under the Sky festival happened this afternoon, complete with the cannons of the 20th Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery. Sweet! For me, the 1812 Overture played in Hawrelak Park is the signal that summer's over, and it's time to go back to school or back to work. The last time I heard it ( Read more... )

I missed the fourth one; it was the Teddy Bear's picnic this afternoon, the concert designed for kids. My mom and I gave our tickets to a family with young kids who lives two doors down from us. Hopefully, they and everyone else enjoyed that concert ( Read more... )

Okay, so now I guess I'm officially blogging under the sky; rather, I'm officially linked there. That's pretty sweet and also kind of weird, because nobody I don't know ever reads my blogs... maybe I have to ramble about things that aren't completely selfish. I suppose we'll see ( Read more... )

Saturday afternoon was music of the ballet! I have to say how much I enjoyed this program; I haven't heard a lot of ballet music played live, and I've never seen a live ballet before. Even though this wasn't a whole ballet, but excerpts from many, it was great to hear the music together, and also great to see some of it actually danced. The pas- ( Read more... )

Tonight was the first concert of Symphony Under the Sky, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra's annual outdoor Labour Day Weekend concert series. The concerts have been going on for fourteen years, and my mom and I have gone to thirteen of the fourteen - we missed one in the middle because I moved to Boston! Needless to say, it's a really big and ( Read more... )