Sometimes I wish to not feel a need to interact with people. I wish I was content being by myself all the time. I hate how sometimes people can make my day and how they could make me feel so sad by the slightest action/comment. It feels so dependent. I don't want to rely on that; I want to rely on myself to make myself happy all the time because it ( Read more... )

You know what I like about my brother, Steve? Today is my dad's birthday and Sterling is living away from home. Steve gave my dad a gift and said that it was from both him and Sterling. Sterling isn't around during the week days and I thought it was so thoughtful of him to add another person's name to it when it was from him.

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"He drew a circle that shut me out: Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in." 
-Edward Markham

I saw a dead horse after school today. And another horse next to it. I think it was grieving over that dead horse. =(

Today I volunteered at Evergreen Place Retirement Resident for the first time. I was in charge of handing out auction items to the elders. I noticed that there were a lot more bids for practical items, such as paper towels and tissue paper as opposed to items such as jewerly or a certificate for ice cream with 7 friends. The auctioneer kept on ( Read more... )

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I really want an electric dictionary. Good reviews of the ones I've looked at online are over $80 and the bad reviews are from $30-$50. I want one with as many words as possible and includes a thesaurus. I'd like to have it handy when reading books. I could just sit in front of the computer with dictionary.com on my screen while reading books, but ( Read more... )

I'm trying to teach myself to not expect anymore, and to find more joy in the process rather than thinking about the results. Like, if I were to do something, it will be because I really do want to do it, not because of a "reward" in return. So if it doesn't turn out to be a positive reaction, I won't be disappointed. But if it does turn out that ( Read more... )

Yesterday, Amnesty International club sponsored a Daddy/Daughter dance for kindergarteners to 5th graders. The money made would be sent to UNICEF. All of the kids, as well as grown ups, seemed to have a lot of fun. But I noticed something different in a couple. They were doing the limbo and a little girl, who is 6 years old, was standing on the ( Read more... )

Another passage I really liked in The Catcher in the Rye:

"The thing Jesus really would've liked would be the guy that plays the kettle drums in the orchestra. I've watched that guy since I was about eight years old. My brother Allie and I, if we were with our parents and all, we used to move our seats and go way down so we could watch him. He's ( Read more... )