I'm not a good story teller. Typically, whether long or short, by the time I tell my story, its either a) passed over quickly or b) blank stares, blank stares, blank stares. Part of me used to chalk it up to simply not being animated enough, not having the "right" words, the sarcastic tones, the humorous mumbo jumbo. Now, I'm starting to realize ( Read more... )

i have a horrible habit of reading books .... being completely into them... and then weeks later being unable to conjure up just what it was I read. It is for this reason, I'm going to start a summer reading list -

Though I know there have been more, this is what I'll start off with. What I've read in 2008: (synopsis's borrowed from amazon.com to ( Read more... )

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* a deep & meaningful = a serious talk about the relationship's future.

* the slow fade = letting a relationship die out by slowly stopping contact, versus having a talk about it.

* the long, dirty road = breaking up but continuing to sleep together.

* the good old RDT - Relationship Defining ( Read more... )

Can you ever really trust someone? I'm talking REALLY trust them? Or will there always be a word someone goes back on? A white lie someone tells? A devastating action withheld ( Read more... )

of waiting for this student teaching placement. First we were told we'd receive them by the end of March, then sometime in April... well here it is the middle (ok, ok so beginning) of May and I still haven't heard a word. Some of my fellow grad students have but NO, of course not me. The one that is probably the MOST anticipatory over the entire ( Read more... )

Tuesday, May 6, 2008 ( Read more... )

I don't find myself writing often enough. God knows its because I'm hyper critical about it. There's moments when I'm filled with such intense pleasure or sorrow that my words just ooze out. Overflow. And then there's what seems like decades that go by where there's (as a previous entry noted) I just type and delete. Type and delete. You better ( Read more... )

holy week of bad luck ( Read more... )

There's nothing quite like being called out of the blue and told that you're job assignment will be ending in a week due to your lack of focus and accomplishment. The only thing that may take the shock away from that is when they decide to call you back two hours later and proceed to tell you to forget the entire thing and that you can continue on ( Read more... )

So both my trips, to Santa Cruz and Arizona, were beyond amazing. After a long time haitus of "hating life", I think the tables are beginning to turn. Nothing gets my heart more motivated than beautiful skies, tasty eats and an array of people I care for.

- santa cruz


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