Today was beautiful and okay. In my bed I heard the first Purple Martin chirping outside my window. And I didn't go to school, god bless it. My first act was to visit the post office, totally unkempt, to send off financial aid documents to the colleges. Next-day shipping to MA, NY, and IL: $40.95. Dayum.

I then came home and was shocked to find my ( Read more... )

At my church I serve as an acolyte--an "altar boy," if you will. I wear a white, hooded robe. I wear a cross. I act with the utmost reverence. And, mind you, I do this for the Episcopal church. We simply don't put up with shit. But today I went to church with very muddy, muddy shoes.

Right before the service I couldn't get that mud off my shoes. ( Read more... )

I'm sorry for being a dumb, rude bitch.
...that's directed at everyone, and just one person.

I am a bloody idiot for waiting 'til deadline eve to begin serious work on my portfolios for Math Methods and my I.B. Guided Course Work. Fizzuck.

I heard a cardinal singing this morning.

For any of you who can make it, I strongly encourage you to go to Rocket Revue, the Judson Choir Department's premier pop show. This year promises to be exceptionally entertaining, no lie.

So schedule it. ROCKET REVUE: Night at the Movies is going to be THIS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4th @ the JUDSON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, showtimes 5:30 and 8:15. ( Read more... )

It should be mid-week before I have absorbed everything that has happened today, so, in the meantime, let us look at the future!

-Rocket Revue is this week. I'm in the two Chorale performances: Hooray for Hollywood and Disco Survives, and, pending approval, I may appear in a little pre-show skit.

-Next week I have my first session with my new ( Read more... )

Judson is hosting the HOSA Area Conference today and this weekend. Today's my written test for Dental Spelling; I'll probably wreck, it's just my forte. Can ya dig? Anyway, you're welcome for the half day.

P.S. My colleague Amanda and I in our "professional" dress for the conference...yep, our milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.


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"...A literary jewel dripping with political nitroglycerine." --Entertainment Weekly

All is not lost--far from it.

Earlier this week I wrote about how it was too soon to comment definitively on how things are going for me, but things have progressed to the point where I can be reasonably certain of where I stand:

Exactly where I stood more than nine months ago.

FUCK. God, FUCK.