so, i am still in portland, it is a gloomy day here for the most part, and it's hard to find the motivation to look for jobs, as my mood is very much determined by weather. it makes me wonder if i should move to LA, where it never rains, and it is sunny every day. i really honestly should just invest in a UV ray lamp and start taking my vitamins ( Read more... )

"shukov went to sleep fully content. he'd had many strokes of luck that day: they hadn't put him in the cells; they hadn't sent his squad to the settlement; he'd swiped a bowl of kasha at dinner; the squad leader had fixed the rates as well; he'd built a wall and enjoyed doing it; he'd smuggled that bit of hacksaw blade through; he'd earned a ( Read more... )

i knew that our relationship wasn't healthy. our interractions with each other progressively grew towards fighting on a daily basis, the constant covering up of our problems through physical closeness, the distance that came from our lack of communication, but needless to say, i still really miss her. today, i called my dad, because i had a rough ( Read more... )

so, my housemate meghan and i were talking about how she changed her perceptions of life-long engagements in order to maker her happier. it came to her as an epiphany. we were on the topic of discussing how we invest so much of our lives in memories, and those manifest in themselves in objects or mentally objectified beings. she went on domestic ( Read more... )