My whole life I’ve tried so hard to be good, to make my mom happy. I’ve bowed and scraped to try and do what she asked and not be disobedient. But regardless, I think I’ve disappointed all her greatest ambitions ( Read more... )

I’m watching the new Project Runway with my mom, and she keeps talking about how she hates it when people talk themselves down (particularly she’s worried about Brandon) and how she “just wants to be there to comfort them” or something like that. That’s great and all, but all I can think of is how, throughout my whole life of being a negative ( Read more... )

I was about to post bitterly about how she forgot and ignored me yet again and while she did, I think, forget,it seems she did in fact respond to the text I sent 12 hours ago (supposedly - my trust is stretched thin at this point) but, due to phone issues, it just now sent.

"You realize I'm not listening to a word you say, right?" - one of the most hurtful things anyone ever says to me, which is stated verbatim on an extremely regular basis ( Read more... )

It's...really hard being the second choice friend, especially when it's pretty across the board ( Read more... )

Sometimes I really wonder how me and what I have to say can matter so little to everyone.

I like everyone in my Korean class. Well - the closest I probably am to disliking someone is Kouros, and he's kind of obnoxious and egotistical but not bad. We all get along really well, we've done a lot of stuff together with varying members of the class and it's all been pretty good. Given this, I thought I got along well with pretty much ( Read more... )

I had never considered that the majority of Americans live directly in, or in close proximity to, cities. It makes sense, I suppose; cities are huge and so densely packed with people that when I think about it it seems logical. But it had just never occurred to me before.

Most of UMBCs students are from the Baltimore metropolitan area, if not from ( Read more... )

I'm in my premodern Korean history class and we're discussing why we feel love and loyalty for your country and people are talking about how learning the great history of their country makes them feel patriotic but that's honestly something I've never understood. For me I've always hated the States. Being an American has always been a source of ( Read more... )

As with most of the percieved problems that come up in my honestly privileged life, this one may be petty, yet it is one that I feel very keenly ( Read more... )