I had a few hours of absolute pure happiness today.  I'd still be completely happy, but I am not in possession of The Office Season 4 or a tasty drink of some kind.  Also, I'm sort of crushing, and that just takes good feelings away.  And I'm way too tired for it to be just after 9pm.  But other than that, pretty damn good.

But today?  At about 2: ( Read more... )

Some students are library people- they can work for hours in the silent atmosphere surrounded the less enticing smells of old books and creepy men that threaten to attack you in the dark crevices of the stacks.  Some students are coffee shop people.  I understand the appeal as I am a coffee person myself.  However, the countless 50 cent refills get ( Read more... )

Now I've been happy lately,
thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be,
something good has begun

Oh I've been smiling lately,
dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be,
some day it's going to come
-Cat Stevens, Peace Train
I've been on an election high all day.  It's made writing my 2 page single-spaced compare and ( Read more... )

I've had a pretty good 24 hours.

David Cook won American Idol, and no, I haven't been listening to his iTunes singles all day.  I'm not obsessed or anything.  If I was obsessed, I would have watched YouTube videos of his performances all day.  But, see, my computer's sound isn't working.  Thank God I'm not obsessed.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of ( Read more... )

There is a specific day of the year that exists just to scare the bejebus out of me: my Half Birthday.  Not only has it been EXACTLY SIX MONTHS since my last birthday, it's EXACTLY SIX MONTHS until my next.  That's not scary?  Oh...

It all began back in 2005 when I FREAKED OUT Lindsay style and decided that nursing was the better choice.  Of course ( Read more... )

Exhibit A: Last weekend, a caravan of clarinets took an hour roadtrip to play in the snow, gorge ourselves on yummy pizza, and scrounge our change for some of the greatest strawberry/rhubarb pie a la mode in the state.  Who knew such a place was so close to this town I’ve called home for nearly four years, and who knew that a few hours with a few ( Read more... )

Let it be known that I am anti-Valentine's Day.  Sure, maybe a lot of it has to do with the fact that I'm bitter and single and have become progressively more cynical about relationships over time and have quite possibly the most awkward love life of anyone I know.  I'll be brave enough to admit it.  But, it's not actually the being single part ( Read more... )

I've come to expect weather like this in the middle of February.  After being an Arizonan for over 18 years, I fondly remember the days in the middle of winter when we'd begin to beg our parents to take us to the pool because it was so. Freaking.  Hot.  Granted, I'm sure it rarely got above 80, but after playing outside in 50-degree weather for a ( Read more... )

After being completely anal with money for the past five months, getting a few paychecks and a scholarship check is basically like Christmas.  Granted, it was just Christmas like less than twenty days ago or something, but being able to walk around the mall and splurge on the massive sales was a lot like being a little girl in a candy shop.  No, ( Read more... )

So here I am, back in Tucson.  I've gone grocery shopping, made split pea soup (along with the most fantastic squash I have ever created and quinoa), enjoyed a movie, signed up for a free trial at a gym because the student rec center is closed until mid-January, and have sort of unpacked.  I've ( Read more... )