Well, I spent a lot of time and money applying to M.F.A. programs. So far I have been rejected by three of the nine. I am starting to feel like following your dreams is a silly thing to do.

On the other hand, I guess I am happy knowing that I tried. I was so restless wondering "what if." Now I can just wonder "what now?"

And thus I arrive in the real world. Most people approach, take a deep breath, and enter it, but I seem to have stumbled in on it like a person tripping on a doorstep. I never thought I would be one of those people who did not know what to do with her life. I have always know what I wanted to do, and even though I’m reverting to an earlier dream, ( Read more... )

I no longer feel qualified to comment on anything. I am taking a sabbatical. Write me a letter.

London, my love, I'm coming back to you!!!

Weeeeee!!!!

Katy was successfully married off and we were the most fabulous bridesmaids there ever were, in our unmatched green dresses and matching pearl earrings. Andrew asked me to foxtrot, and I danced my heart out with my girl cousins. I also fell down the stairs at my grandma's that day and my wrist still hurts ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is my last day of undergraduate classes. Next time I walk to class it will be from the elevated height of a snooty law student. Aww ( Read more... )

And Erin knew it was time for bed when she tried to wash her face with toothpaste.

Thesis Defense: Passed ( Read more... )

July 15 ( Read more... )

Today I have been wondering which is better, to be home grown or technologically refined? I've noticed that I keep choosing the former, in my school, in my boyfriend, often in my friends. I've stuck with the earthy, home made and molded people and places, and I love them for their realness, their beautiful simplicity, their honesty. But I've also ( Read more... )