For one of my classes, I had to write a free verse poem about "things that remind [me] of childhood", and the era and place in which I grew up, with each stanza beginning with "I am from...". I haven't written a poem of any kind since maybe 10th grade, so forgive me if it's not the most, er, poetic...but I figured I'd share so y'all could enjoy the ( Read more... )

Year twenty-six is halfway over. I was somewhat wary about turning twenty-six because it means I have gone past the halfway point of my twenties and, if how fast the last four years went by were any indication, thirty will be here in no time. Thirty, when Real Adulthood is supposed to begin, and with that Real Commitments and Responsibilities like ( Read more... )

And so...my camera decided to, without any input from me, delete everything on the ginormous-beyond-belief memory card.  This includes Christmas, New Years, my Unbirthday Party and....all 500 (yes, 500) pictures from Barcelona.  Fabulous.  The one term since I got to college that I've actually been lazy about uploading, this has to happen.

So I ( Read more... )

OK, I admit it, there are things about Drew I really miss.  The big one is routine/predictability/stability, particularly socially.  But I have come to realize and accept that there is no such thing as a perfect school.  No matter where I go there will be things that I love, and things that really bother me.  I should have expected that in ( Read more... )