On the twelfth day of Christmas, ( Read more... )

on the first day of training, the second class scheduled was "philosophy and mission" of the particular agency i will be working for. the speaker will be Dr. Griffin, who i believe is the CEO or exec director or somebody else who wears a suit (grey with pin stripes and maroon tie). i don't, however, hear the words "philosophy" or "mission" a single ( Read more... )

i have successful been to 7-11 twice now without buying a pack cigarettes eventhough i want to. really bad.

the other day i went to my neighborhood 7-11 with the intention of buying cigarettes. i got a vitamin water instead but the shiny pack of winston lights was smiling at me...i swear it was. i wanted to scream at him and tell him to stop ( Read more... )

the other day i was filling my car up at the gas station on the corner of snyder and passyunk. it was about 3:30 in the afternoon and that intersection has lots of typical south philly pizza and hoagie shops as well as my favorite diner. school had just let out so there were lots of kids in khakis and white polos hanging about. one young man... ( Read more... )

this is probably the entry where i write about how much philly sucks in comparison to vermont, right? the air is better there, the people, the pace, the mountains, the community blah blah. i realize you've heard these claims so i will move on ( Read more... )

3 more days...green mountains here i come. i'm excited for thanksgiving but sad i have NO money to spend there. i mean, i'll make room for some duff hour...but still. i'm gonna be in charge of the stuffing, mashed potatos, deviled eggs, collard greens, homemade bisquits, sweet potato pie and apple pie. we're making 4 pies and there will be 3 adults ( Read more... )

so i've been meaning to update about my wonderful weekend but haven't found the time in my oh so busy schedule (yes, you're reading sarcasm). my existence is absolutely lazy. i'm still unemployed and working on broke. the organizing job said they should know about the funding situation the week after thanksgiving so we'll see how that goes. in the ( Read more... )

HALLOWEEN PICTURE UPDATE!!!!  oh yeah!!! here they are...some fun photos of a great weekend. i will probably put a snapfish thingie together (cause i always do) with more photos so if you wanna see more just let me know your email (if i didn't already send it to ya!). take a lookie...


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ahhh the halloween debauchery. i love it so. i had a great weekend with more fun to come tonight and tomorrow night. the haunted house on friday was fun times. as we stood in line these ultra philly (or perhaps south jersey) high school kids turned to us with a shaky scared voice asking "hey yous guys want to come with us so we don't have to be ( Read more... )

so we have mice. and we've had them pretty much since we moved in. we live on the first floor...of a row home...in a big city. i know its just gonna be part of life. but after finding the 6th one this morning...its starting to get really stressful. at first it was whatever. hilary screamed and cried out of concern for the little mouse's family as ( Read more... )