There are a few things that just generally don't seem characteristic of a mid michigan October and they are as follows: sunscreen, bathing suits, multiple applications of antipersperant, struggling carburators, eyebrow sweat, mirages, and dying marathon runners. But today all bets are off. Because on this day, October 8th, 2007, the temperature ( Read more... )

Why I don't like psychology ( Read more... )

Hi, my name is: Zoe ( Read more... )

Quote from The Normal One by Jeanne Safer, Ph.D.

"Nobody knows I have a brother. My best friends never hear his name. He has always been a source of embarrasment and discomfort for me, but I've never wondered very much about his impact on my life. Being his sister feels vaguely unreal and irrelevant; my destiny has nothing to do with his."

So my book list is finally beginning to dwindle ( Read more... )

cynicism comes with age. Why? Because age comes with the awareness that all of those sparklers you lit as a kid were in celebration of a country that lost track of its humility.

I hate that I must feel guilty being an American.

Love,
Zoe

It is funny to imagine that every moment of our lives depends upon the moment just before it…and that all of these moments are made of happenstances which conspire, as though stars are realigning. These interviews have inspired me to measure moments. From one day to the next, I have had the pleasure of watching huge moments as they unfolded from ( Read more... )

WHY do I ALWAYS feel SO UNinspired to write in here ( Read more... )

tea leaves...

Steam steals their scent and
Water steals their color
My body steals their nutrients
My soul steals their peace

:)

In my last month in spain my voice seemed to trail off like the end of a longwinded sentence. My endlessly dedicated writing suddenly became undedicated and unpassionate sentences. I just had nothing left to say. Perhaps I was tired. My mental energies were dedicated toward studying, researching, socializing, writing, reading, and exam-taking ( Read more... )