It's been a difficult week, one where I needed to be home and couldn't be with the people who needed me. That made it hard. So my head was home, yet I had a ton of work to do, and I'm still sick. It made things difficult. Now, after thirty six hours in Rochester, I'm back at school, and I'm just so tired. I know--we're all tired. I'm not ( Read more... )

22 August ( Read more... )

And here I am.  I leave in about 30 hours.  I can't even begin to comprehend.  I won't believe it until I'm there, and even then it will probably take a week or so for it to sink in.  The laundry's done, the car is packed.  Now all I have to do is write a thankful, loving, nostalgic LJ post and try not to forget my phone charger tomorrow morning at ( Read more... )

I wrote this poem last winter, and on a whim entered it in MCC's writing contest, along with two essays. Ironically, the two essays--the pieces I'd written for class, revised and gone over and over--didn't win. This poem, that I wrote for myself, did. It got first place at MCC, and I just learned it got third place in some national competition ( Read more... )

Turns out my dad reads my livejournal. How weird is that? Hi, Dad ( Read more... )

I'm sitting in a hotel room in Collegeville, PA, while my family watches America's Next Prom Queen. I'm not really sure what role America's Prom Queen has to fulfill ( Read more... )

During the all-too-brief-but-still-wonderful time I spent with Sandra and Peter at winter camping, when Sandra wasn't pulverizing people during british bulldog and red rover, they mentioned they heard Girlyman at our house during the summer party and liked them. So here's a couple songs for you guys, and anyone else who is in the mood for some ( Read more... )

Exceptional love song: Red Right Ankle--The Decemberists ( Read more... )

Today is Michaela's birthday, which I know because one year ago was the JM concert. Those were the days ( Read more... )

Firstly--Thank you all for your input and advice on my life. It's so good to hear everything you have to tell me. Something I think I didn't mention was that I did have a plan for my life. I was going to major in Psychology or neuroscience and then go onto grad school at the U of R etc etc. So I'm not sure declaring a major is quite what I need ( Read more... )