Last night was the one-year anniversary of a weekly gathering of gay people at Uno's Chicago Grill. I had no clue it was only a year old because I had just moved to the area and just assumed it had been going on a while. However, last night was the first time I actually went. It is not in a pedestrian-friendly area and not walking distance to ( Read more... )

Crazy Week ( Read more... )

I am very disillusioned by a lot lately. I was let down by the dream of an urban planning job where I would have some impact on a place, the ability to help shape its future into one that is smart, pedestrian and transit friendly, get people out of cars, make life better ( Read more... )

I had a lovely time in Richmond, and then had to go back to Norfolk where what awaited me was more heartache. I have had way too much stress in my life in a short period of time ( Read more... )

I feel so good being in Richmond. I just love the way this city feels, looks, and the people here. There's so much vitality here that I just don't feel in Norfolk. Just being here makes me ever so much more serious about moving back here. My only fear is that I would move here and then end up getting a job in another city and would have to move ( Read more... )

So it's another weekend. How is life going in the tumultuous world of the crazy one? Well, it's a little smoother than it was a week or so ago, which is great. I found out some excellent stuff that took one big weight off my shoulders ( Read more... )

This morning I woke up feeling nervous and anxious. I can't seem to stop my mind from thinking really bad things, can't stop being angry and upset at myself for my life being in the horrendous mess it is in. No one knows how many times I have cried in the past few weeks. And when I say cry, I mean ball my eyes out in terrible fits of anxiety and ( Read more... )

Today I went to an informational session about an accelerated program to become a licensed teacher in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Sounds pretty cool. I was worried about one of the requirements, which is five years of full-time work experience. I have not had that much full-time work experience, what with grad schools and being ill and being ( Read more... )

I don't want to be the downer again. My life has had too much disappointment and misery. But yesterday, I got a visit from the landlord where I live and he was mad at me for some stupid reason, and now my living situation is a mess. Well, it's been a mess. My old roommate, Jeremy, who is the only person on the lease, decided to move upstairs. ( Read more... )

So many thoughts these days, most of them not very good. I just keep thinking how I always manage to mess up my life, and that doesn't help me feel good at all--big surprise. But it seems to be true. My life has been so full of big mistakes and unemployment I am starting to go insane. It took me forever just to get the job I just lost, and now ( Read more... )