Lately I've been feeling all tired and mopey. I blame being stuck here at my parent's house for the next month and a half. Normally, I feel pretty alive, vibrant and eager. I am quippy, funny and charming. But lately I feel like my star is growing dim.

Not because I've been rejected or hurt; I think it's because I'm so insanely bored. Usually I'm ( Read more... )

There is something horrible about listening to too much Ryan Adams. It makes a life where there is NOTHING WRONG seem all of a sudden sad and full of so much exquisite and poetic pain ( Read more... )

I feel bad about my paragraphs again ( Read more... )

Found out this afternoon I was rejected from University of Arizona. My reaction: NBD. Too dry. I'm from the Ohio River Valley. I don't know how I could live without oppressive summer humidity ( Read more... )

WHY IS WRITING SO HARD?!???!?

Actually, it's not. I mean it is. But it isn't. But it is. GOD.

I've been struggling with this essay for three weeks now. It's about boys and self esteem and love and feminism and Christianity and life's questions and healing from heart break. I don't even know how it started and how it got so out of control, but it ( Read more... )

I finally finished my first digital essay! Yay! It's not incredibly moving, nor is it incredibly good as a piece of media, but I'm still proud. My first stab at anything film makery/computery!

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I wish that my video footage I wanted to include worked. The beginning is kinda meh because it's missing. Alas.

OH GOD TONIGHT I HAVE TO GIVE THE TALK ABOUT VIENNA. I'M GOING TO DIE ( Read more... )

Nothing like a good old fashioned bad hair day to start off the weekend! Thank God for my white newsboy hat ( Read more... )

OMG YAY MY SENIOR WRITING PROJECT DIRECTOR ISN'T SOMEONE I HATE! In fact, it's Shannon and I LOVE HER. She's amazing. And is so kind to me. And is uber supportive ( Read more... )

So, uh, it occurred to me today that I'm not ready for grad school, intellectually, creatively or emotionally.

Now....what in the hell am I supposed to do post college?!