so, i'm not usually the type of girl to bitch about how fat/ugly/nasty i am. this is mainly because i don't believe these things to be, in general, true, and it annoys me to no end when women who are obviously skinny/pretty/attractive do this and can't seem to get how it's not the case ( Read more... )

-i got a digital camera, a bottle of scotch, a dvd (burn after reading), and two gift cards for christmas. it was a good day. (i did not, in fact, even have to use my ak ( Read more... )

i am in a strange state where i'm fairly motivated to work on my papers. i do not, however, seem to be able to get anything done, as the motivation stops when i sit down to work on it. i have it in the back of my head "wow, only 7 pm! i can work for a couple hours tonight!" but i gain absolutely no focus from working, and when i start i just ( Read more... )

it's amazing, really, what you can discover you already have if you just pay attention to your shit long enough to realize it ( Read more... )

i just found out cindy mccain's middle name is lou. i'm more amused by this than i probably should be, given that it appears i'm like the last person on the planet to see the joke here.


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usually i am amazingly screwed up by the end of daylight savings time. the light discrepancy really hits me, especially the evening when i look at the light and think it's about 7 or so, but it's actually six. i don't know why it's the fall one that does this; you'd think i'd be more thrown off kilter in the spring when it starts and i suddenly ( Read more... )

i finished a new knitting project. it's a wool headband intended to act as a hat/earmuff blend-type garment in cold weather. this item is noteworthy because a. it took me probably 3 hours, all told, across 2 days; and 2. it is one of the few things i've ever knitted that i intend to keep for myself.

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sometimes, i have days when i think, my issues aren't going to overwhelm my life. sure, they seem daunting, but i'll get through them because i have to ( Read more... )

in the back of my apartment building, it is raining rain, and raining leaves. (raining men, it is unfortunately not ( Read more... )

i just discovered something hilarious ( Read more... )