i hadn't listened to slowdive in ages. i don't even remember the last time i listened to them. but one moment i was looking over the grocery store circular, listening to music as i was planning out what to buy when i stop there after work tomorrow, and a song by slowdive shuffled on to my itunes ( Read more... )

on sunday i went to my parents' house. we still hadn't yet celebrated my birthday, and my sister anne was going to make me a cake. we had cake just a day or two before my actual birthday, but that one was to celebrate my graduation since anne wanted to make me a cake for that. so, i went home, visited with the family, played with the cats, and did ( Read more... )

yesterday i went to my first charm city roller girls bout in a long time. for a while i was tired of going to bouts since it meant basically losing one saturday each month so i could get a sore butt from sitting on the hard floor for hours, a sore back from hunching over my camera gear, a headache from the loudspeakers, not feeling well from being ( Read more... )

i hate trying to put my brave face on to convince myself and others that i'll be ok, as if a nonchalant attitude can make all the difference. can people tell when i do this?

( on relationships )

2011 is really a "did that actually happen??" kind of year. most things have been good things that happened. january was my breakup (that was pretty much the big bad thing that's happened all year, i'll revisit how i feel about that in a subsequent post), but most of everything else has been good:

in february…

( i had dinner with the president of umbc )

after almost 4 years in a relationship, i've forgotten what it's like to be single. cynicalscribe and i broke up this past sunday afternoon, and all i keep thinking about are little random moments in time that stick in my head. ( things like… )