Hello. I have a simple question, but a slightly more complicated reason for asking the question. Hmmm...maybe the question won't be extraordinarly easy to answer, either. But the question itself is simple. Anyhow, here it is ( Read more... )

I almost gave this up. I was going to fade out, but I care too much about getting my thoughts out 'there'. For public scrutiny. As if I have something worthy of sharing. Ha, yeah! That's the other reason I was going to stop writing - my stuff always turns out to be self-depricating and oh so cynical. When things are going well, there's not ( Read more... )

I'm going to be taking part in several experiments over the next few days. Tomorrow I have to negotiate with someone. Uh oh...I've never negotiated anything in my LIFE. It should be an interesting experience. Possibly humiliating or maybe just embarrassing. Then on Wednesday, I get to talk to a stranger for ten minutes and then fill out a ( Read more... )

It was a typical day at the flower shop. I was working away - dusting, Windexing, folding tissue paper - when a young-ish man walked in. He was calm, subtle. He indicated (with the help of a muted British accent) that he would like a bouquet of fresh cut flowers, and in response to my questioning, stated that he would like some white daisies ("I ( Read more... )

I keep chewing my LifeSavers when all I want to do is let them melt in my mouth. I have so little self-control. For the past while I've been experiencing something very odd, indeed. Aside from minor blips, I've been delighted by life. I don't see it as something that belongs to me. I do not have life, nor it me. Rather, life is open to me. ( Read more... )

Ottawa was fum (haven't used that word in a while). I had a superbly great time. We didn't get to all the things we had planned, but I don't think our mini-vacation could have been better. There are just as many eccentric people in Ottawa as there are in Toronto. You know, the kind that walk down the street talking to no one in particular about ( Read more... )

 Why am I up now?  Why am I even awake?  Ah yes - I work on different hours than most folks.  I consider it a fundamentally necessary quirk.  What the hell does that mean?  I think I know why this is turning out to be crappy.  I wasted all my good stuff writing comments to you guys.  Naw, I didn't waste it.  It was extremely well spent.  Have you ( Read more... )

I have to leave very soon for my drama exam. I got my period this morning. Normally, that's no biggie. But of course, this time it's hell. The pain - I can't even begin to describe the pain. Then there are the accompanying aches and shivers, and the inability to keep food down. I want to curl up into a ball and rock myself gently to sleep. I ( Read more... )

I have a riddle! What do you call an unmotivated, pajama-wearing, unkempt, lethargic eighteen year old female who should be studying but is instead writing this lj entry? Acceptable answers: Jodi or Stupid. I suppose that just about sums up my current state of being. I think I'll turn on some music so I can pretend to be busy. I don't know why ( Read more... )

People are starting to respond to posts again! Hurrah for winter breaks! I can't tell if the snow is still falling in minuscule flakes and at a rapid speed, or if I'm imagining things. I do know that I'm cold. My room needs some insulation, methinks. Perhaps I could staple blankets to my walls. Or I could adapt the survival skills of a polar ( Read more... )