"Your mom and I went and saw Smart People last night."

"How was that?"

"Depressing." My dad pauses, swallowing. "It's about a burnt-out English professor and his daughter, who's growing up just as solitary and unhappy as her dad."

I can't help laughing. So that's two roles scarily close to my life that Ellen Page has played.

Today we're holding a goodbye party for our pastor, who is heading out to another church. I'm friends with her, so I'm definitely interested in going-- I'm going to miss her, and I won't see her for at least a year after today ( Read more... )

The most disturbing dream I’ve ever had occurred last night. If you’re familiar with The Shining and you’re familiar with It, imagine a developmentally disabled, insanely jealous (… Job-like?) Pennywise trapped inside an old, labyrinthine house with you, and you’ll know just how I felt. There was a regular horror-movie cast in there along with me ( Read more... )

Nat: (buys whiskey for Dad for Christmas)
Me: ... I thought that was what I was getting Dad for Christmas ( Read more... )

My brother and father (especially my father) are driving me crazy. Mom's in Michigan until later tonight, celebrating the holiday with her family, and I hate being the only female home as it appears that the balance of common sense gets seriously thrown off. There's the stuff like Dad suggesting without irony or joking that we do all of our ( Read more... )

I went to therapy today and talked to Deborah about why I'm having so much trouble lately (with depression in general, getting through everything, and urges to self-harm [filtered post]) and she thinks that it may be linked to the fact that there's so much pressure put on me by my dad to not only complete college but succeed in every aspect of it, ( Read more... )

I got my period during work today but was (thank God) prepared for it. I'm crampy now, but I'll take cramps over wondering why the sight of the jar of teaspoons makes me want to burst into tears, as has been per usual for the last two days.

May I now present to you the difference between my mother and my father, regarding my job.

Mom: How was ( Read more... )

Public service announcement: My snake is back, and so is my father! The events are related; my father returned from his five-week solo hiking trip (California to Canada), and my mother immediately saw the snake in the room with the mice, and commanded him to grab her. We're a whole family again ( Read more... )

I'm nineteen today, guys.

I started the day off calling my parents, on a day that was still the 18th for them-- it shouldn't be anymore anywhere in the U.S., if I've calculated right. I got birthday wishes and general updates from all of them (Constance is doing fine, and appears to be missing me). Nat and Eleya say hi, too, which makes me happy. ( Read more... )

Coffee with my dad today was-- interesting. It was the first time we'd sat down and talked since we had the fight, and he basically told me all the things he thought I could be doing better. How encouraging.

Anyway, to distract me from that, here's an RP meme that's been savaging my flist for the last few days, and looks like fun.

Name a ( Read more... )