I am struck with melancholy tonight. Going to bed usually makes it go away because I can sleep forever and things always look brighter in sunshine. This usually happens when I am home alone with no plans on a weekend night. It makes me feel lame and lonely and stupid and boring and unloved, things I know are mostly not true, but darnit if you just ( Read more... )

I recently found this career advice site, Brazen Careerist, and it's been very insightful.

I like this post about grad school a lot. It cements for me a lot of the feelings I've been having about it. Don't get me wrong, I really like school, and I've always been good at school. But the more I work, the more I realize that work experience, the real ( Read more... )

Fall is a favorite season and this morning, at 40-something degrees out, it felt more like it. I love mild weather and always bristle a bit at the start of cold weather, but the crispness is just unmatched.

The grey sweater on the right I wish I had on right now. That photo is the embodiment of curling up in the chilly air.

The tall brown boots on ( Read more... )

Feed the baby turtles
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Drinking: Chocoloffee (A concoction I named at Dhall in college). Hot chocolate + coffee
Just finished: washing dishes, making lunch and coffee for tomorrow
Accomplished this weekend: gym for 2 hours, finally saw my bf, cleared off my dining room table, put away papers, relaxed, pay increase at ( Read more... )