There are actually a bunch of things I want to torture you with, including (but not limited to) recent tutoring, my most recent parking ticket, the latest annoying job, how I forgot my wallet today, the generalized self-loathing that accompanies any personal essay, how late my Proactiv is, and my cat's worrying ability to chew on his own collar - ( Read more... )

If I had a little more energy, and if we lived in times where it was culturally acceptable to storm upon a person's house carrying torches a la Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, I would so totally be on my local meteorologist's doorstep right now. I WAS PROMISED A BIG SNOWSTORM. And I did not get one! Nor did I get the snow day I was expecting! ( Read more... )

My father's latest crazy adventure is deciding in early December that he'd like to ring in the new year in L.A. with his family in tow. This means that my Christmas present from my family will be a trip to L.A. (can't really complain), and also that I will be in L.A.*! Excitement ( Read more... )

Reached epic levels of crankiness this evening. I could tell because all day I was short with anyone who talked to me, and then tonight I found myself standing in the middle of the kitchen, staring into space, shoulders slumped oh-so-dramatically, as if wearing the Weight of the World on my back when, in fact, it is simply the weight of the GREs ( Read more... )

1. It is snowing out today, tons of tiny flakes that won't stick. It kind of looks like God's sifting flour or something. Because of this, everyone in the office is obligated to engage in the following conversation at least three times today ( Read more... )

I've been having very vivid dreams lately, which I realize upon further examination have actually been low-grade nightmares ( Read more... )

It's my birthday! Nothing can get me down! Not even extended awkward office going-away parties like the one I just had to endure, since not only is today my 24th birthday, it is also my last day at this, my latest in a series of lame temp jobs. I had hoped and prayed that I would get out of here without the awkward send off, but no such luck. I ( Read more... )

1. I seriously spent all day today -- all day! -- contemplating the quickest route to my dry cleaner's, because I had a mess of coats and jackets that had to be dropped off today. The mess included the foolish Christmas gift I gave myself, a new off-white winter coat, which I still LOVE even though its upkeep will likely cause me to go broke, ( Read more... )

The highlight of today happened smack dab in the middle of my commute, which was unusual because I hate my commute, even if it is relatively short. I was all annoyed because someone in the fast lane wasn't going fast at all for no good reason, and I had no means of passing on the right, when I looked over and saw this beat-up white VW Rabbit with ( Read more... )

I've been thinking a lot lately about those ideas that change the way you see the world, those moments when someone says, or refers to, something so simple and profound that you know you've known it all along on some level, but never fully realized it. And how when you do, it colors the way you see the world ( Read more... )