Hmmmm... when I'm sick. Which, fortunately is not often at all - I think i prefer some balance between being left alone and fawned over. Like, be nice to me but don't smother or baby me. And I always went to school even if I was ill. It was more trouble than it was worth to miss a day. But for a vacation trip I was definitely willing to miss a day ( Read more... )

I'm ten different kinds of disaster right now. Seriously, like Britney Spears just before she shaved her head. For the past few days my inner monologue has consisted pretty much entirely of "fuuuuuuuuuuuuucccckkkk...   fuuuuuuuccckkkk" (and not in a good way). Also, periodically giggling to myself a la Crazy Lady. I'm preemptively exposing the shit ( Read more... )

Walking home from wherever alone late at night when the streets are pretty empty. I obsessively check behind me and peer around corners... probably end up looking like a creeper.

So my Political Analysis class. I wanted to take this class because it’s not a facet of Political Science I would have explored on my own. Except there’s one problem. I have no fucking clue what I’m doing. Of course neither does the rest of the class, but that’s not much consolation. The professor is fine - quite good, actually. But the subject ( Read more... )

Trip 1: Switzerland, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium

Trip 2: Italy (from Rome on down) and Greece

Trip 3: U.S. cities I haven't visited: Seattle, Hilton Head Island, L.A., New Orleans

Trip 4: Australia/New Zealand

Trip 5: Norway and Sweden

Pessimist. Definitely a pessimist.

To steal a quote from Janeane Garofalo:
“I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.”

I'm vacationing with my dad and brother in London for a week. We arrive at the hotel, check in, and pick up our room keys. My bro and I are in one room and Dad is in another. Exiting the elevator, we look at the key numbers written on the protective envelopes and compare them to the directional signs posted on the walls. Rooms 100 - 118: Go Right. ( Read more... )