My brother is enrolling in ITT Tech. but I don't know anything about it. I've looked a little online for reviews and so far the place is looking kind of shady. Does anyone have experience with an ITT Tech school, or know someone who has? I'm probably being overprotective but he's my little brother and I don't want him to throw money away for ( Read more... )

This is a poem I posted about a year ago that I just ran across when reviewing my old journal entries and decided to post again in remembrance of my dog, Daisy, who was put to sleep on Oct. 24. ( BEFORE )

I bought a new coat today. It cost $50, and is slightly too big but I love it. It makes me feel like an adult. It is a woman's coat, not a girl's.

I've noticed a change in my attitude towards politics in the US and hope something similar is happening in my peers, also. For the first time in my life I'm interested in what the President (elect) is going to do. I care about who Obama chooses to be on his Economic Panel. I remember the name Rahm Emanuel (Obama's pick for Chief of Staff) and more ( Read more... )

Wanda Sykes is awesome and this just goes further in proving that. Wanda Sykes-Detachable Pussy.

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So, my mom's computer is screwed up and so for the time being she wants to use my computer to check her e-mail. This isn't a problem, in general, it's just that it's been a while since I've had to share my computer space. I mean, it's not as though I've got porn littering my desk or something but I do have little stories and poems I've been working ( Read more... )

I can't even describe how happy I am tonight. Obama won! We won! Future generations will read about today in history and government classes. I will tell my kids about today. I was there. I voted for Obama. For the first time in my adult life, I can see that the system does work.

I was going through a book we used for my Race, Class, and Gender class and found this poem I'd bookmarked and thought I'd share it.

( With No Immediate Cause )

You know how it sucks when you start your period? And how much more it sucks when you start it at work, a week early, where most of the other employees are either old men or boys in high school so you can't just explain to the other cashier why you need to next door to the CVS. And then when it takes you longer to get back to the store because not ( Read more... )