I'm only writing this because I'm bored.  I think I should throw that out there so that when you read it you wont expect much, you wont be wondering if I'm a good writer or not, or whether this is going to be worth your time or if I have something really, really important to say, for instance, about the election of America's first African-American ( Read more... )

I don't want to write crap, okay?

I never thought I was a very good writer, anyway.  I never understood why anyone would want to read what I had written, when most of what I wrote were drab narratives of that day's events.  I would write to avoid doing other things or to get some things off my mind, because it was easier than having real ( Read more... )

I used to write because I didn't deal with my problems.  I'd write because it was an escape.  I remember coming back to the dorm and blogging three times instead of doing homework ( Read more... )

Why is it that the future seems closer than any of my friends?  I'm thinking about how next year I might be able to save enough for a down payment on a house.  Holly and I can get engaged soonish...after Christmas shopping is done and I can try to recover from that setback...which is a significant one, since right now I owe my checking account ( Read more... )

In the interest of propelling my new resolution to write more, I'm making myself write.  About nothing.  It's like Seinfeld, without humor ( Read more... )

    On an overcast day I sat looking out the mall window wondering if the trees planted outside ever felt as imprisoned as they look between the two walls rising up beside them.  Do the bushes planted in unimaginative rows dream of wilder places?  Do the wild hedges, weeds, and stunted trees scorn them as a wolf might a dog ( Read more... )

1) Reply with your name and I'll respond with something random about you ( Read more... )

Hey! I don't know anyone here...except for Jen! Hi Jen!

I am a winner!

Anyway, check out my journal on GreatestJournal, it's where I update now. This makes four journals! It's crazy!