I just saw the movie Blood Diamond (which I highly reccommend everyone to go see) and I cried. I cried in the theater when the movie was done, I came home and cried, and I am crying now. I can't begin to say what I fell...I feel like Americans are filthy selfish pigs (me included, obivously), I feel like this world is full of greed, I feel like ( Read more... )

It’s all done and over! Election Day was yesterday and all my hard work and efforts are needed no longer ( Read more... )

I had a bad day today…a very VERY bad day ( Read more... )

Feeling lonely in a city where I haven’t had the time or luxury to create a vast social life is inevitable. Missing home is also inescapable. I just wish it didn’t hurt so bad; so bad and so often ( Read more... )

Every once in a while it’s nice to hear those three little words “I love you ( Read more... )

Do you ever feel underappreciated? Why on earth am I working so hard and exhausting myself for no one to say “Thanks Sylvonna, that was some really good work you did today!” I just pray that all this work adds up to one great resume by the time I am done with all of this ( Read more... )

Just stand still look pretty...

Today has been a somewhat rainy day with spurts of sunshine. Nonetheless I've spent the whole day couped up in my apartment once again. But today something was produced...my first piece of artwork.


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I sit here quietly...a faint mixture of many sounds: the loud southern cockraoches in the trees outside my window, the hum of the air conditioner, the ever so frequent sirens passing by, the tv I keep on all night to "feel safer ( Read more... )

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