After class today, I stopped by to see Crissy at her apartment. When I walked in the door, I noticed that she was on the phone and she had an uncomfortable expression on her face. I could overhear that the voice on the other side was my mom's boyfriend, Jim. He was telling her that I needed to call my mom right away. Something was wrong with my dog ( Read more... )

Lately, I've become even more consumed with thoughts about graduate school. I'm really looking forward to it, but I think maybe just a little too much. When I start romanticizing about studying and conducting research, I think I'm probably setting myself up for disappointment. But I need to be optimistic about it. It's the basis of the rest of my ( Read more... )

Ok, a friend from highschool wrote me today in his livejournal in response to my post the other day. And after responding to his comments on his livejournal, I realize that this is something that I would also like to addresss on here. I think that some people may not have understood some of the points I made, and I would like to take the ( Read more... )

I forgot to mention college education and his bullshit about Pell grants going up when cost of tuition actually went up so much more and also problems with medical care,national security, everything else... but I'm too tired and hungry and I have an exam tomorrow morning I need to finish studying for. I need to stop. I'm going to make myself sick..

After staring at the television from from 6 in the afternoon, into the early morning hours, I woke up around 4:30 in the morning and checked the television again. 99% of the votes in Ohio were in. Bush won. I went back to bed. And like a lot of other people in this country, I woke up this morning feeling depressed and miserable. It doesn't make ( Read more... )

I was offered a job tonight at the shelter where I volunteer. I'll be getting paid for doing what I already do now for free. The only change will be in my hours. Instead of working Wednesday and Friday from 5:00pm-9:00pm, I'll be working Saturday and Sunday from 7:00am-3:00pm. Twice as many hours and no more sleeping in, but it's well worth it. I'm ( Read more... )

My first semester at college a scored an A- in English Comp I. Now, I've always been pretty sure that I should have received an A in that class, since I scored an A on every paper. But today, two years later, I finally decided to call up the instructor an ask him about it. Of course he said I should have seen him about it sooner, and now there is ( Read more... )

William James was a little out there and went a little to far with his theories, but he was on to something. And that kind of crazy thinking is just what we need to make progress. I'd like to read the first ever Psychology textbook. It's available on-line for about $12 ( Read more... )

The day before the hurricane hit Florida, a lot of the people I know in Tampa Bay came to Orlando to avoid the storm. Meanwhile, that same day, I went back home to face it head on. And while I enjoyed a hurricane free weekend in NPR, Orlando got trashed. On Sunday morning, Crissy and I left New Port Richey for St. Augustine, where we stayed ( Read more... )

Tonight was a rough night at the shelter. Still, I think I may have helped a little bit.