I got stung by a yellowjacket (which I just learned is part of the wasp family) at about 11:30 this morning and now, eleven hours later, the damn thing hasn't stopped hurting. I don't get it, the last time I got stung by a bee it hurt for about five minutes and then I got on with my day. Maybe I'm developing an allergy. I hear it's something ( Read more... )

While I have no regrets about my frantic lifestyle, because it's what works for me and my burning desire to experience as much of the world as possible, I'm beginning to realize that most people don't have to go through the stress of finding new jobs and housing situations every few months. In a week I'll be unemployed again, and with it I lose my ( Read more... )

*Worst week of work so far. Crazy monkey children of death. Terrorizing four year olds. Only two and a half weeks left. But next week older kids, and will try to get back into the swing of loving my job. I love children. Smile. Smile ( Read more... )

Strange, started reading my old postings, as I sometimes do, and read through all of the sea ones. Wow, my life was so much fuller emotionally, I was going through so much more and everything was fiercer and more passionate. But then I remember how burnt out and miserable I was by the end. I'm happy on land, and tipping more towards stability ( Read more... )

Okay, it's official, I just bought my plane ticket and will be in New York City and surrounding areas from September 6-13. I hope I know enough people there so I can spread out my visit time and not become a burden to anyone's couch. So excitement - I'm finally seeing New York city. I hear it's big and busy. I figure it will be like all those ( Read more... )

This post is brought to you by my deep, deep love of Spiderman. I just bought the dvd of the first movie because it was on sale for $10 at the grocery store, and seeing it again reminds me how much I love this movie, and this superhero myth, and how I saw it over and over in Europe in various languages and it was from that that I developed my own ( Read more... )

Life has been mostly good, but it never seems like the right time to write. To sum up ( Read more... )

Oh where to begin. Me and housing since moving to the Bay Area in mid-May, the condensed version ( Read more... )

Things have calmed down a bit. It's not that my housing situation is any more stable, it's just that I'm more okay with it. This guy Ari has been amazing to me, letting me leave all my stuff in his room, giving me his bed while he sleeps on his patio, and giving me his spare key. So it's a nice set-up, except it's hard to find my things because ( Read more... )

Okay, so the girl who's room I was crashing in came back, which was a fun suprise at 10:00 at night. The one useful, nice person here I can find offered to let me and all my stuff crash in his room, since he can sleep on his patio while I get his bed. Other than him everyone seems to not much give a fuck about my homeless situation in their house ( Read more... )