The headline is true. I, Crystal Lee Marie Kotow, am now a student at St. Clair College. It was entertaining to have an out of body experience in my first class, and watch myself refer to myself as a "loser" when speaking about how useless I felt while out of school for so long. Busy will be my middle name from now until the day I drop dead, but ( Read more... )

The OC's new season starts next Thursday. Could life GET any better?! Gawsh.

It's the second day of September already. It was my mother's birthday today. She took my sister and myself out for lunch. That's how it works when your kids have little money ( Read more... )

Such a cliche statement, but I really do believe it now. This could very well be something I'm just telling myself to get through this pain, so to speak, but then again it could be true. I haven't decided if I want to be realistic or optimistic, but I'm at the very least in between that spectrum ( Read more... )

And emotional. This is all until later when the entry WON'T be a huge cryfest.

Crystal Kotow
aka: sad.

Day 2 ( Read more... )

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I just finished reading 'Salem's Lot tonight at work. I'm not sure how I want to format this book-review-esque journal entry, so it may just be completely void of flow ( Read more... )

I haven't posted in a long time. A lot of shit has gone down, good shit though of course. The Gin Blossoms concert was magnificent for the 10 dollars we paid to see it. Getting there was an adventure. We were on our way to Chicago at one point, because I-75 is so clearly marked with signs that I just ignored them and was in the wrong lane at ( Read more... )

As the title indicates, I decided this was easier...just to have all the entries in one link. I know how busy you get when you're online, so I can't have to searching different sites and such :P ( Read more... )