1. My friend Sylvie is going to South Africa in November for at least three months to work with women and children, many of whom have HIV/AIDS, all of whom are transitioning to a better life. She will be working a full 40 hour week while she's there, completely unpaid. The airfare and living expenses also have to come out of pocket. She is doing it ( Read more... )

So, as many of you are doubtlessly aware, I have an extra ticket to see Radiohead in Berkeley on June 23rd. It was supposed to be for David, but was sadly not enough to entice him into visiting. I've been offering it around to people I thought would be most likely to be interested and/or be able to come down here, but no luck, so here's a far more ( Read more... )

This is short, I promise...one of my two oldest friends in the entirety of existence, sadisticseraph, has posted an awesome set of pictures from her earlier years, many of which, naturally, feature me, being that we were inseperable as kids. You'll have to be her friend to see them, as it's a locked entry, but y'all should be her friend anyway, and many of you ( Read more... )

Feeling under the weather is no fun. I slept in today on the premise that sleep would be good for me to fight off this damnable sore throat. I had breakfast (tea and a croissant). I had lunch (cream of potato soup with sage and rosemary added in) and finished reading Jonathan Franzen's 'Why Bother (The Harper's Essay),' which is wonderful and ( Read more... )

I had the most amazing dream last night (this morning?). Not amazing in the "Wow, this is so awesome, and damn, why do I have to wake up?" sort of way, but more in the "Holy shit, my subconscious knows what's up far better than I do, and this is totally fucked up but, wow, what insight!" I don't remember a lot of the specifics, but myself and ( Read more... )

In an update of my last post, I went to the 'Tro, bought stuff for all kinds of things, but totally fucking forgot about frozen pizza. I am, therefore, the most retarded person ever. If anyone is in Tacoma and has any kind of pity for me, be a doll and pick me up five Totino's from the 'Tro while they're still on sale, and I'll totally buy you a ( Read more... )

From the Department of Impractical Ass-pirations:
The Stranger is seeking an unpaid intern for their film/theatre/performing arts section. Three months, 2-7PM on Tuesdays plus five additional hours throughout the week. Now, I know that some of you think that The Stranger is really lame, but it's still better than Seattle Weekly, and I read their ( Read more... )

Writing personal statements is intimidating. I'm glad that almost all of my applications aren't due until after the new year. However, the one early one is NYU. As if writing a personal statement weren't intimidating and difficult enough as it is, the first one I have to write is for a writing program. Actually, two, because the program to which I' ( Read more... )

Obligatory weekly update ( Read more... )

Egads, I'm getting to be a once-a-week updater. It's been an eventful week, so forgive me, dear readers, for neglecting you ( Read more... )