Hey listen,

I just sent Marie a crazy, desperate letter about how I need to visit Fredericksburg. The place where I really feel at home - it's been months, more than 4 to be exact. I miss everyone - I feel like I've lost touch - are you all incredibly busy this weekend?

xo, Mary

...i think of all the things that seem important to me now and how long it will be before i realize "no, i don't need this book report i wrote about the nazi footsoldier in WW2." i guess i have the same problem with old papers as some people do with birthday/christmas/special occasion cards. i can't bring myself to throw them away, really. i want ( Read more... )

oh well...this is going to be another college girl post about my feelings of "i don't know what i'm doing with my life." I'm not ashamed considering all the rest of you have these most of the time, unless you're on the fast track to the Senate or your father has dinners with state department honchos or you're about to inherit a hardware store in no ( Read more... )

it blows my mind when blatantly racist individuals pull that liberal/conservative bull shit. since when did racism become part of conservative rural culture? i thought we were beyond that? "they" say the racism label is just a ploy by democrats to destroy conservative tradition, specifically in small rural towns. it's bad enough to be afraid of ( Read more... )

i feel like this high is beginning its gradual plateau - not unexpected, of course. these are the times when people make changes to try and get it going again, reaching higher and higher, but nothing seems to work. the older i get, the quicker these plateaus appear, the sooner they all end. i have my sad, inexplicable depressed moments like ( Read more... )

it's a little sad how people our age, at least people in my financial situation, can't help but feel extravagant every time we do something completely for ourselves. i go out to dinner sometimes, i go on little trips to fredericksburg that "waste" gas, or i buy beer occasionally. then i get in these financial binds where i have to ask one of my ( Read more... )

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she let herself go a little too far. those belly lines, seams where her posture just wouldn't suffice. light purple horizons, one on top and one below her belly button. lines that a baby should have, not a woman. they come from slumps she falls into quite often but can't manage to avoid no matter how repetitious ( Read more... )

i'm the entertainment editor at ODU's newspaper and i get tons of publicity emails from all over. here is one i just got, and it has since become my favorite ( Read more... )

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