Meteor shower strikes again. Another passage into a different life.

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Today was my last day of class at UC Santa Cruz. There's a breeze outside and I can hear the sea lions barking from the shore.

The whole time I was in Europe whenever I would get lonely I would dream about my future home. I would picture myself in my big Victorian house, I would be drinking tea in a big room filled with windows, and I would hear the sound of the rain all around me, and the voices of my friends coming in from the kitchen. When everything I knew or loved was ( Read more... )

Divisadero, from the Spanish word for 'division,' the street that at one time was the dividing line between San Francisco and the fields of the Presidio. Or it might derive from the word divisar, meaning 'to gaze at something from a distance.'..Thus a point from which you can look far into the distance.
This morning, the second morning of the new ( Read more... )

I skipped this last year, but here are my answers from 2006, and here are my answers from 2005 ( Read more... )

there's no place like home for the holidays.

HOW I SPENT THE BEST BIRTHDAY OF MY LIFE, by Diana Stegall, age 20 ( Read more... )

You need to listen to this song while you read this entry for optimal satisfaction.

I spent the whole night awake watching shows and television trying to figure out how I was going to get through all of Sunday without falling asleep, trying desperately to get back on schedule. Around noon I was watching Lars and the Real Girl when I was struck ( Read more... )

I've been so busy being thrilled that I haven't been able to set down any thoughts about the election. But right now at this moment I want to write about what I'm thinking so I can look back at what this point in time felt like ( Read more... )