maybe i'm becoming jaded in my old age, but this whole gap child labor issue  doesn't feel like earth-shattering news to me.  i mean, of course it's a huge deal.  children should NEVER be put to work, especially in conditions like those.  but don't almost all retail corporations employ child labor/sweatshops in some way or another?  and if they don ( Read more... )

i just remembered a ridiculous dream i had last night.  i'll try to keep it short, because i know how much it sucks to hear about other people's dreams ( Read more... )

11 more days until i'm 21.

my mom is healing well but she still can't do anything.  she's eating less than 400 calories a day (only for another 2 weeks) so she's extremely weak.  when she climbs the stairs she said she feels like she's going to pass out.  poor kid.  she can't even drive ( Read more... )

when no one else was 21, i was cooler than i am now.  now i'm the only one under 21.  therefore, i get left behind when everyone else goes to bars every night.  it's not that i think that's wrong, or mean, because i would probably do the same thing.  why should everyone change their plans to accommodate for one person ( Read more... )

this weekend was one of the best i've had at home in a while.  we hung out with parker, stuart's roommate, who is wicked cool ( Read more... )

tonight i was the victim of police brutality and racism ( Read more... )

my roommate is moving in tomorrow.  i don't know what time.  i'm nervous, excited and frustrated.  i'm nervous because i don't know how we're going to get along.  i'm excited because i have a feeling she'll be pretty decent.  i'm frustrated because having my own room has been amazing. but, of course, none of this changes the fact that she's moving ( Read more... )

today is boring.  roommate's coming tomorrow ( Read more... )

i know i've been terribly lazy about posting in this thing, so i really want to try to post more often for the select few people who actually read this ( Read more... )