Frustrated with my father. You'd think he wouldn't bother me so much anymore, but sometimes he catches me off guard and I just want to scream. He says he's not trying to tell me what to do, but we all know differently. It's the same conversations, over and over, only the topic changes ( Read more... )

Bored out of my mind. I've gotten into the habit of staying up till 2 or 3 in the morning and sleeping in till 11. I feel like half the day is wasted already, but then the late afternoon and evening drag on forever. And then I can't fall asleep the next night. Seriously, is break over yet? All I'm doing is waiting around for the next change of ( Read more... )

I've been stressing about my Artificial Intelligence grade, well, for most of the term. I'd managed to not think about it too much since school ended, but I remembered this morning (this being tuesday morning) that grades were going up tomorrow, and started stressing all over again. Checked a little after midnight, not really expecting grades to ( Read more... )

Ever wondered how to say 'gay person' in Yiddish? Yeah, I hadn't either, but somehow it came up during Thanksgiving dinner. So random. I'm sure I'm butchering the spelling, but gay person in Yiddish is freykhella. There. Don't you feel enlightened now? Who says family events can't be learning experiences ( Read more... )

Okay. Not flipping out anymore. Generally doing significantly better - for the moment, anyway. I think the schoolwork is under control. And the emotional roller coaster has at least leveled out, if not climbed back up a bit. Not feeling isolated and unnoticed anymore, anyway. breathe. calm. going to make it through the next couple days, and ( Read more... )

I can't do this. I can't do this. I can't do this ( Read more... )

It's all of a sudden the end of the term, somehow. I don't want to go home! I just want to stay here and play with friends. And not be stressed out by other people's stress ( Read more... )

So I spend Thanksgiving with my extended family on my dad's side every year. About four or five years ago, my grandparents decided that making Thanksgiving dinner was just too much effort, and started ordering it from a local restaurant that does that kind of thing. (Isn't LA just amazing?) I understand the rationale for ordering a turkey. Sure ( Read more... )

I wrote a piece for the GSC newsletter about the election results. Originally it was supposed to be results and what it means, but I realized as I sat down to write it today that there was no way I could write something newsy. The following is what I came up with instead, and I wanted to share it with all of you. Because this is what is keeping ( Read more... )

Georgia just nominated its first black and first woman ever for US Senate. Her name is Denise Majette, and she won on a shoestring budget against a big spender because of her grassroots organizing. The Republican she's up against is much more well known (and also has lots more money). Her response when asked about the long odds of her actually ( Read more... )