I thought, up until very recently, that I had moved on from Ridgeville and what happened there.  Not that I had forgotten it, but that I had accepted the loss and continued on with my life.  It's been three years, after all; surely the wounds have healed.

Then last week, as I freaking bawled my eyes out over the final episode of Yu-Gi-Oh, it ( Read more... )

(Not my main point, but it's the first thing that popped into my head when I looked out the window.)

WSU's wireless is screwing up again, so I've been working on this post for a good bit of today.  It actually crapped out right in the middle of me submitting a scholarship application; feel free to imagine the language I used at that moment.  Looks ( Read more... )

I was lounging in bed, trying to fall asleep with a massive headache, when my mind wandered off to the seaside.  And I started thinking and musing about the fact that if you spend all day playing in the ocean, when you lie down at night your body remembers the smell of salt and the feel of the waves, and you rock yourself to sleep.

Or if you go to ( Read more... )

Y'know how people are always telling you that college will be different from high school?  That you'll meet people who'll see you for you and be genuinely interested in you, and you'll make all kinds of different friends?

I always thought that was a load of horse hockey.  People are people, I reasoned to myself.  They don't magically change once ( Read more... )

Spiderman:

We watched the first one last night during dinner.  After it was over, mom asked us to put in something with a happy ending.  While I laughed at the time, I now wonder if she really gets it.

Spider-man is not meant to be a happy movie.  It is meant to teach a lesson, explore a truth, peel back layers and layers surrounding an idea.  It's ( Read more... )

Alright, I saw this on CJ's LJ, and I thought this would be a good way to unload everything I've kind of had pent up for a long time now.  So here goes.

Also, artwork for the new icon is copyright Goldenwolf.  Me no own, you no sue, do not steal.

1. ( Long meme is long... no tl;dring allowed <3 )

Today we inaugurated the 44th President of the United States.  He also happens to be the first African-American President in history.  I watched the inauguration during Brit Lit before lunch and had the following thoughts.

~Nice invocation by Rick Warren.  Lovely sentiments, carefully balanced wording, and I liked the touch of the Lord's Prayer at ( Read more... )

New Year's Resolutions

1.  I will take better care of myself.  I won't say "exercise", because that might not happen, but I will take all my eighty billion meds and eat healthy.
2.  I will not purchase yarn or needles unless it is for a specific project.  If it is for a specific project, it must be a doable project that I actually have plans for, not ( Read more... )