June 2010
9 posts
New year's resolution (fashionably late edition)
I’ve decided to try and upload a picture every day. It may be cool, it may be tremendously boring, but it’s worth a shot. I am obviously no good at updating text, I’m hoping that pictures will suffice. In any case theyll be fun to look back at.
May 2010
1 post
Ooooh, summer days.
The summer has officially started. I have completed finals, gone to the beach, got a sunburn, and started work at the preschool. Work at the preschool is wonderful, as always. Something that is different this summer is my involvement in the Crossfit program. I love Crossfit, its good for me and everyone there is good people. That said, it is kinda hard to chase these kids around after having run a...
April 2010
1 post
There's... something... on the wing....
What an interesting position, the wing man. Being perpetually in a relationship, its a place I find myself often whilst accompanying my single lady friends. (Especially since my lady friends are so lovely.)
Tonight I was wing-man for my stepsister Lauren. Lauren is beautiful and she knows it. She knows what she wants and she gets it. She knows what she doesn’t want and she can gracefully...
February 2010
2 posts
Two small moments from a really big day-
Today I started my placement for observation in a classroom. I was due in this fifth grade classroom at 8:30 in the morning. As I made an emergency trip to the grocery store for pantyhose and oatmeal I heard a familiar sound- the giggle of Noah Taylor. Sure enough one of my favorite little dudes was marching up and down the isle and helping his mom select his breakfast. When he saw me this crazy...
October 2009
2 posts
Ewww....
So, I’ve been friends with this one professor of mine. We’ve been exchaging emails having a friendly dialogue about a variety of subjects including family, regional differences, personalities (its a class about personalities). Anyway, I looked up to him as a kind of mentor because he was the one of a handful of my professors who ever bothered to learn my name. And he is certainly the...
Biz-nitches.
So, I had a lovely evening watching the Vols lose. Upon my arrival home I noticed that the use of my driveway was completely blocked by Laura’s friend Liz. She does this every time! Three freaking people use that driveway, we need to get in and out of it. SO, when I jokingly said “excellent parking job, liz.” She got her panties in a wad. And then I discovered that Laura ate ALL...
September 2009
6 posts
When I drink...
Oh. my. goodness.
I’ve spent a lot of time lately reminiscing about days of old when I would get drunk and have fun and be totally irresponsible. So, last night I gave it another shot. I mean, I crafted and drank 3 beers (maybe four?) and then went to the bar and had two more. It was quite enough. I got the hiccups last night before I went to bed. That’s how you know its going to be a...
Scratch that last memo, please.
Okay, I just read over some of my posts from the last year. For give my most immediate post. I’m an idiot. I have so much to be happy about- I just need to find a way to cram more hours in the day.
Just like Oliver, my problem is loving too much.
Are the fireworks over already?
Its been a long time since I’ve graced these pages. I kind of doubt I’ve been missed, imaginary audience.
Things are different, but the same. I’m still living in my house. Its messy and wonderful. Laura has fused with the couch. They are one now. Katie has moved on to her own house and her own responsibility. I’m now living with Miriya, she’s pretty wonderful.
...
June 2009
2 posts
Dream a little dream of me
It’s okay, I’m still alive. Just barely though. I’ve been to bonnaroo. It is my annual vacation to exercise all my youthful indiscretions. Music, friends, camping, sun, etc. You can’t go wrong.
My travels aren’t over yet though. I’m going to Birmingham to visit my dad. It is going to be fathers day, after all. I am not sure how I feel about this trip. I was...
“Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying? Well, don’t...”
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May 2009
1 post
Don’t you hate it when mopey people ruin your good mood? That’s the worst in my book.
April 2009
23 posts
Last night was awful. I couldn’t sleep. I didn’t even really try until 2 AM though.
Today I woke up first thing and Troupe was here. Troupe is the kid I babysit. He is awesome. He’s really, really low key. We spent the morning in the park in my neighborhood which has an awesome tire swing. I mean, its incredible. Then, we took Ollie on a walk. Getting Oliver trained has been...
Rant.
I hate people. I really, really do.
My sister got a MacBook. I’m updating from a secondhand iPhone on the verge of death. I’m using the iPhone because if i use my computer I have to charge it up for a day before I can use it again.
Here’s why I’m so frustrated-
I work really hard. Really fucking hard. I go to classes, I get good grades, I have a job, I take care of my...
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I keep telling myself that it'll be fine- you...
Ugh. Stress.
I try really hard to live honestly and openly. I try really hard to put others before myself. I try really really hard to meet the expectations that people place on me.
Still it seems like there are times when I can’t do it all. I feel streched so thin already.
“Hoc ûnum sciõ: quod fãta ferunt, id ferêmus aequõ animõ.
[I know this one...”
– Terrence
3 years old again.
I’m laying in bed next to my sweet, snoring boys. In the last half hour we’ve been getting this incredible rain. Thunder, lightning, the works. And again I find myself terrified of the storm, like a little kid. But now instead of being afraid the storm will physically hurt me, I’m afraid of the damage it will do to my house (and the terrible inconvenience it will be to fix- and...
The world has turned and left me here.
I am pretty sure I’ve used that title before. Oh well.
I am in a funk. An unreasonable melancholy has settled in on me. I don’t have a reason to really feel sad, I just do. I feel alone. I feel like life is coming at me too fast. I feel like i”m going to wake up tomorrow and be 40 and still unhappy. Its unhappiness with a sense of urgency. I’m sure I”m just tired.
I...
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“I think it is totally unacceptable to wear shorts in a sit down restaurant.”
“Baby, you’re kind of a snob.”
“Oh, yeah. I’m a snob about everything. Even I don’t meet my standards.”
“So its a terrible cycle of self-loathing?”
“Yeah… Jewish.”
Its been an interesting day.
Running on empty.
Sometimes I feel like I can’t do anything right. Whatever I do, it is never enough. And I feel exhausted with the effort.
March 2009
12 posts
A poem for the heart.
Let the buyer beware.
Will wishes that he is able to be as great as Lee.
The path of the exiled.
Become broken.
Happy spring!
[translated from Latin and old English]
Suzanne, you're all that I wanted in a girl.
I am about to turn in my philosophy paper, effectively clearing my latest academic hurdle. I had a wave of tests before spring break that had me staying up late and working all day. Then following spring break I have had a test/presentation/essay every day.
I feel like during these intesnse periods of schoolwork I have put a pause on the rest of my life. I have barely seen any of my friends, I...