I like living in a city. I like living in Durham. When I check out the Independent on Thursday mornings, I like that there is a brand-new encyclopedia of area information and happenings. I think it's fantastic that I've read three different organizations' endorsements for the Mayor & City Council elections in November, and that my weekly paper ( Read more... )

I was only leaving a message on a customer's machine, asking him to call the office regarding a job. I couldn't have said much more than that, but when I hung up the phone, Fernando was standing in front of me with a blank look on his face, and Renee was in the background cackling. "What? What?!" I asked. "Could you not understand me ( Read more... )

haha! nobody here knows i'm not really a duke student ( Read more... )

so in your town, in your city, in your neighborhood, who would be the ones to escape?

thanks andrew and jackie and matt! come to think of it, it's silly that i should joke about people not knowing if i'm alive and well at a time like this. it's unbelievable what's happening in that beautiful south right now. i wish there were something i could do.

well, here's to a fun labor day weekend that involves little to no driving!

to everyone out there who has given me a thought since i left, i'm still alive. i feel like the only people who know that i'm alive and well right now are taylor, teddi and now my parents. of course i guess those are the only people that it matters to at the moment. but i sure would like to be able to talk to anyone right now, and i can't until ( Read more... )

it occured to me, as i flipped my attention from the opening band to Mind of Mencia on the television screen hovering over the bar, that maybe this is a sign of getting old. i go out to see a band play, and instead i wind up reading closed-captioned comedy bits on television and laughing a deaf, unselfconscious laugh. around me, everyone is ( Read more... )

i swear, sometimes i feel lost in my own misery ( Read more... )

Advanced Global Personality Test Results
Extraversion |||||||||||||||| 63% Stability |||||||||| 36% Orderliness |||||||||| 33% Altruism |||||||||| 36% Interdependence |||||||||||| 43% Intellectual |||||||||||||| 56% Mystical |||| 16% Artistic |||||| 23% Religious |||||||||||| 43% Hedonism |||||||||||| 50% Materialism ||| ( Read more... )

i'm coming back to fredericksburg with a very fun surprise...clear the couch cushions because we're going to be spending a lot of time sitting on our asses in front of the tv!