I talked to one of my favorite customers from the coffee shop today. Back in the coffee shop days she was dating another one of my favorite customers. She told me he died recently from complications with Crohn's disease. Fuck. He was 27. He was so friendly. And not creepy friendly or fake friendly. He was a fucking amazing person.... ( Read more... )

and the guitar of the silence will go on bringing love-lines, the language of non-existant rivers, well-beloved stanzas with no sense at all ( Read more... )

I survived Week 1 of class + work at Evergreen. 29 Weeks to go... I'm either in class or at work on campus from 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday. That is more then I ever thought I could emotionally survive, but I am here typing to you after the first week. I like Evergreen and I understand the potential it holds to get me on the path to ( Read more... )

I'm back to school full-time and working part time as a medical assistant again. This year I'm training the new medical assistants, which is fine-tuning all the skills I learned last year and I'm much more confident about patient care then I was in June ( Read more... )

I locked my keys, wallet and phone in my car first thing this morning when I was dropping a letter off at Ralphs on the way to work ( Read more... )

I must go here before I die.

My mom and dad took Tyler and I out to the bar this evening for a bit. I was feeling apprehensive about the whole thing (my parents are OLD, older than the average 21-year-old's parents)... but it was fine. Good, actually. My dad bought two pitchers of beer and onion rings at the Eastside, which were split evenly between the four of us. I ( Read more... )

The internet company that Tyler works for hosts some fucked sites. Here's one of many.

Seattle was perfect. The MEPN info session was a relief in that I am right on track and just as qualified as anyone else who went to it... I wasn't expecting that at all ( Read more... )

I am the personification of writer's block. Not really, but writing a compelling article on chemical dependency in older adults is not happening like it should. I type a sentence, then play with the font for ten minutes, hoping that a Courier New or Optima will shed light on a catchy way to tell people that old people are doped up and we need to ( Read more... )