i found a new way to waste my time this weekend when i went to this site called ancestry. com. normally the site requires a year subscription for some ridiculous amount however i am on the 2 week trial offer right now. anyways, i've always been interested in researching my family's history but i had no where to begin because most of my sources ( Read more... )

i'm going to stop complaining. actually i dont have too much to complain about. i'm in ireland now and i got to see the wonderful cliffs of moher just south of galway yesterday. it was one of the most amazing things that i have seen. unfortunately my camera was stolen, so i cant share pics but natalie took quite a few. ireland i beautiful, ( Read more... )

instead of studying, i'm going to play on livejournal!!


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Social Liberal
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last night i pondered, as i do from time to time (ponder is such a great word btw...) and i came to the conclusion that the current state of my room describes me completely. and what is the current state of my room you might ask? well, it can best be said as cluttered. this is its natural state unless important company such as the parents arrive ( Read more... )

whenever i get asked what i am going to do this summer, i answer that i might be doing my capstone abroad in europe.  might is the key word here in this passage.  there are so many roads that i can take and everyone one of them will take me some place different.

i'm going to meets for the washington center and the peace corps this week.  maybe these ( Read more... )

life frusterates me so much that it puts me to tears at night.  this hasnt happened in a while but last night it got to me and tonight it hit me even worse.  its weird because i'm usually happy and optimistic, i am and i want to be but when i start racking my brain, i end up feeling like i got kicked in the gut.

i evaluate myself all the time, i ( Read more... )

life's taught me well enough, you can't always get what you want.  yet sometimes that place where you don't want to be is exactly where you need to be.  and once you finally get to that place where you wanted to be in the first place, you know you earned it.   :)

i felt an energy beyond my control  tonight as i walked home by myself.  i walked slowly and took the time to look at the things around me that i had never noticed before.  at the time, it was lightly snowing and the flakes playfully danced around me as i listened to snow patrol's song, chocolate.  i desparately wanted the snowflakes' energy but i ( Read more... )

i need to let out some of my frustration which i shared with a few people and i am much happier ( Read more... )