A couple months back I read Why Do I Love These People? by Po Bronson. It's essentially a collection of stories about individuals and their families. The stories were peppered with stats about families and there was an epilogue discussing the traditional definition of family ( Read more... )

I don't that I'm qualified to give advice on much and I'm certain that what I am about to say write won't make any sense since I intend on being vague, but whatever ( Read more... )

So Monday I hated being an adult. I still kinda do, but to more accurately describe life at the moment it's been a bit stressful. Too many little, shitty things happening back to back. It all adds up and makes being dislike being an adult. But that's life. Everything could be a lot worse. Once again I am confronted head on by my need to learn to ( Read more... )

So being a grown-up kinda sucks. Sure there are good things about being an adult. Perks you may not have had as a kid, but the bad aspects tend to be quite serious and stressful. When you're little, even if shit is happening, you're either oblivious or you have watered down knowledge of the everything. True, not everyone has an innocent, blissful ( Read more... )

I just realized what it is that I truly miss about school. Well, it's not the only thing, but it's kinda big. The routine change. I know that sounds like an oxymoron, but it's true. I miss the start of the new school year. The change in schedules, routines, topics. You get change in school, but in a fairly routine way. A perfect balance for people ( Read more... )

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool ( Read more... )

Hello there. How's it goin'? Things are kinda odd for me right now. Nothing in particular. I just seem to be in a funk that I can't shake, which is rather annoying. It started before the New Year then went on a brief hiatus and has resurfaced. It boils down to an extra moody me, which probably makes me quite intolerable. I don't know that there's ( Read more... )

Well, as I have just finished tagging all LJ entries, I realized that I haven't given a real update recently. So here goes ( Read more... )

So, Vanessa calls me today to accompany her to Target. After some pleading, I decide that I might as well get off my fat lazy ass and go out of the house. We spent a great deal of time in the DVD section of Target. We (I especially) pulled a bunch of reasonably priced DVDs into our greedy little hands. In order to narrow down our selections, we ( Read more... )

Seeing the shady side in guys makes me wish that I could have feelings for guys that I know are the nicest good guys that would never hurt me. But then I'd be settling. Is that such a bad thing?

I hope that my eyes are always open.