i paid some things off. i paid some things down.

i said no to buying things i didn't need. i said yes to rewarding myself with a sweet npr tshirt.


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I had a dream last night that I was back on livejournal again. When I woke up and thought about how long it had been since I wrote something here, I was filled with sadness ( Read more... )

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To the left, to the left, y'all. It's me, Sunoco Chanel, checking in and telling all y'all how to be too fast, too furious, and WAY FIERCE at the track. Let's get it started now. GREEN FLAG.


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Around April (possibly sooner), I started hoping, wishing, and praying for the time after final exams where my life would finally return to normal and I could actually enjoy this fabled thing called "free time". I spent so much time looking forward to it, that I didn't really imagine the emotional and physical repercussions of it ( Read more... )

Yeah, I meant to do another update before now. There's alot of things that have been going well. I ended up making A's on my 3rd round of exams (thank you Jebus for grade curves), I've made some progress with my feelings and come to understand that I was mildly depressed - and I'm getting help, and things haven't been going AWFUL at work. All of ( Read more... )

O hai, Livejournal. Long time, no update. No, I didn't start thinking that updating my blog once a month was acceptable. It's just, the combo of work/school got pretty overwhelming in the past few months ( Read more... )

Here in the Carolinas - both North and South - there are two glorious days a year where one can sit outside for extended periods of time. On those two days each year, one's mere EXISTENCE in the outdoors isn't cause for profuse sweating, and people do crazy things - like throw a frisbee, or take a little walk, or go sit in the grass and tailgate ( Read more... )

This past Saturday, CC and I went to the Bank of America 500 in Charlotte. (I'm aware that some of you don't follow NASCAR, so I'll just clarify that it's a Nextel Cup stock car race). It was ridiculous amounts of fun. So much fun that I have at least 3 separate posts worth of photos to post ( Read more... )