so today was busy. was supposed to get coffee with becca at 10:30, but fell back asleep so had to cancel. but i did get up before noon, so yay me! bummed around on my mom's computer for a while and then got my hair cut. it's just below my chin and i keep brushing it and feeling like part of my body is missing. but it's so nice to have hair that ( Read more... )

my mom is currently booking my flights to and from the dc area to see clarissa using a ticket my dad didn't use last spring. i'm sooooo excited!

so i'm still reading my old lj. tonight's readings were from may 2002 until september 2002. from graduating high school, to working at pennyroyal, to starting college at earlham. it's funny how i talk about so many people in there, but now have no idea who i'm talking about. there's a whole bunch of stuff where i gave "code names" to people at ( Read more... )

89% Barack Obama
87% John Edwards
87% Chris Dodd
86% Dennis Kucinich
85% Mike Gravel
84% Hillary Clinton
84% Joe Biden
78% Bill Richardson
37% Rudy Giuliani
25% John McCain
22% Mitt Romney
21% Tom Tancredo
20% Ron Paul
20% Mike Huckabee
10% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

 i never write anymore. just no time. no energy. too much to say and not enough time or energy to write any of it down. besides, half the time, no one would believe what i write because teaching at valley is so surreal as to be unreal some of the time ( Read more... )

i don't like hurricanes. i really don't like hurricanes that are going to hit jamaica full force.

if it destroys montego bay, i may have to quit my job and go there to help rebuild. and this isn't me just saying this.

so say a prayer, hold it up to the light, think about it for a minute or two, whatever you do when you worry about something like this ( Read more... )

1. Your real name: katherine ( Read more... )

i just finished harry potter #7.

and there's no one around to talk to about it and that's just sad.

and i realize this makes me sound like a huge nerd.

It's not difficult ( Read more... )

a reflection on my experiences in jamaica.

You must touch the ground with one hand

while reaching for the sky with the other.

-- Me

In other words, you must do the most basic of work-holding orphans, running wheelchair races, hauling buckets full of pebbles, laughing with handicapped kids-while working towards systematic change-putting Mrs ( Read more... )