- finding a job (of course) before 10/24 when this one is over. Preferably one that I'd enjoy. I've been grateful to have a few interviews lately, but I'd like a job that pays more than $30,000.. which none have ( Read more... )

The Nashville Scene, the weekly alt/entertainment newspaper has a list today of 125 Things You Should Do in Nashville Before You Die. For fun, I decided to compile my own list of how many I've accomplished, since the year 2000 when I moved here.

I was shocked to find it so low.

( Here it is. )

I had never gotten one of these before. I like it, other than my chin is pretty off.  He gave me sexy eyes.


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- laughing over the fact that Scrabble doesn't allow proper nouns because someone might claim to have a second cousin named "Zxjkbzxdoiuxfchndrtl."
- Winning Scrabble (okay, I admit)
- knowing Corie spent $.41 to mail me a picture of a monkey figurine named "Baby Jingles" with a note about how she didn't want me to miss the opportunity to get it
- the ( Read more... )

Help me, O God,
To listen to what it is that makes my heart glad
And to follow where it leads.
May joy, not guilt,
Your voice, not the voices of others,
Your will, not my willfulness,
Be the guides that lead me to my vocation.
Help me to unearth the passions of my heart
That lay buried in my outh.
And help me to go over that ground again and again
Until I ( Read more... )

 Some days, or weeks, or months, even in the middle of a sweltering summer, the whole earth feels gray. Waking up leads to running, leads to a shower and cereal and coffee, choosing clothes I am less sick of than others, getting ready for work, walking what seems like longer than yesterday to a desk in a windowless room where I sit for long hours ( Read more... )

 The next time I get enough money that i feel like some of it can rightfully be expendable, I am buying a blender.

Right now I am eating a bowl of summer squash soup I made last night. As per the recipe, I attempted to puree the soup after cooking it. This took about eight batches in my mini food processor at a few minutes apiece left me with no ( Read more... )

Caitlin is moving to Charlotte tomorrow (she decided this a week ago.)

Allison broke up with her boyfriend right after their year mark AND lost her job, all within two days.

Sometimes I wonder if I have it in me to be a really good friend.

I read about discount gift certificates to Nashville-area restaurants going on sale on Wednesday morning. I just didn't know HOW early. I tried right when I woke up at 5, again at 6, and then, randomly looked at 7:20 or so. It must hve been seven. At that time, over half of my options were gone and more by the second.

I acted fast, clicking on a few ( Read more... )

Yesterday  at 5:15 a.m., I started my short run of the week. My hamstrings were a little tight, so I found myself shuffling my feet a little more than normal. On the narrower streets, I found the sidewalks. Slowly increasing speed waking myself up, until... BAM. I fell on my knees, elbows, and the heels of my hands. I yelled "ow!" to the darkness ( Read more... )