I haven't written in here for a long time. I started a blogger blog to compile my "better" writing into one place and have all but left this one behind. (If you want to know my blogger address, please let me know. I am happy to share it with my friends, but have abstained from posting its address here.)  I noticed that this time of year seems ( Read more... )

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I was never a normal child. Rather than the carefree child I should have been, I emulated something more like a worrisome grandmother who takes Lou Dobbs seriously.

I’ve whiled away days looking at old diaries, reflecting on exhausted hopes and fears, and wondering how I came to be the way I am and was. I still have no explanation for the hours I ( Read more... )

In August 1987, my family moved away from the pretty, curved lanes of our Wilmette neighborhood to the unknown--Lebanon, Ohio. There are few things I remember about this period of time (I was, after all, only 32 months old). Mainly, I remember the large cardboard boxes, whose rough edges, in my many attempts to make forts or climb them, managed to ( Read more... )

Here I am. Just days away from moving out of this apartment and of kicking this town behind me. Maybe ( Read more... )

We decided last night, at about 10 pm, that a day trip was necessary. And though I can't quite do justice to all the moments, but in bullet-point form (my go-to in lazy moments), here are a few:

--A underworn-socked-light bulbed-scrubbered trip to the Target on Golf
--A lunch at the First Ever McDonalds (well, across the street from the First Ever)
-- ( Read more... )

Things are slow, quiet. And for the most part, that's good. After the boiling hot/smelly subway/New York chaos that was last summer, the lazy, beachy, part-time employed life is somewhat welcome for one last Summer Vacation. Not to mention, that being away from New York as long as possible is good considering who knows how long I'll spend in my ( Read more... )

I've graduated. Goodbye, Northwestern University ( Read more... )

I'm running on little to no sleep from the last few days, but it's important that I update now ( Read more... )

It's true. I made a few mistakes this quarter ( Read more... )