I'm fairly sure that English classes are everything that is wrong with the American school system.

Watching the Bushs' fly away in a helicopter is amazing.

Matt Sanderson told me to.

Trick or treating last night: A woman who Lili was picking some candy from was making small talk with Lili, and my mom was with her and I was at the bottom of the steps. The woman asked Lili something, referring to my mom as Lili's big sister and me as the mother of both!!!

Today dropping off donations at the thrift shop: Two men asked me if I was getting rid of baby clothes (Lili's) because my kids are all grown up!

Do I look old??????

- Rainy start to the semester, which forced me to miss the first non-syllabus-explaining classes.
- Disappointingly bad grades. Goodbye 4.0.
- SICK FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK, and therefore missing two tests which I can't make up unless I go to the doctor, bring in a formal excuse, and complete ridiculous oral recitations. Who goes to the dr when they're sick?? Serious.


Can't wait until this semester is ovvvveerrr...

I don't care for the word "crisis".

Should be changed to some non-relevant term... like salt shaker.

So the news would instead read: We are in the midst of a financial salt shaker.


Fixed.

The anti-Palin rally turnout far surpassed the one in her favor.






From: http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/alaska-women-reject-palin-rally-is-huge/

has sucked.

This is one of the happiest aggressive drawings I've ever seen.

This morning my mom and sister were hit in their car while crossing route 100 by a 17 year old male driver. 17 year old male driver. 17 year old male driver. He didn't stop at a red light where Giant is.. so he hit them at full highway speed. That part of the road is straight practically as far as you can see, I wonder what he was doing that caused him to NOT SEE THE RED LIGHT (not yellow) from QUITE A DISTANCE, and the cars pulling out to cross the street. He hit the car right where my sister was sitting in her car seat, hard enough to make the car spin around and hit a truck on the other side of the car.

They're ok. My mom is fine, and my sister, aside from 8 stitches and nearly losing her ear, having pieces of glass go completely through it, and actually losing half her hair and having a ton of glass shards embedded in her head, is also alright. The car is totaled. All of the windows crumbled. Apparently people were really nice to them... there were two fire trucks, fire police, several police cars and a couple ambulances, Lili got to ride in one! Lucky her. Another young man stopped and gave her his coat since she had a dress on, and a woman gave her a stuffed Dachshund named Winston. Mom said their clothes and coats are completely blood stained.

This is exactly a week after Tim admitted himself to the hospital for what was initially thought to be a heart attack. He was released Sunday with the minimal diagnoses of "acid reflux" ... and though he was happy to come home, my mom was livid. Pottstown hospital is the epitome of useless. He had more tests done this week, and they couldn't find anything. Something is clearly wrong, but now he can't afford any more testing.

Naturally, I'm upset.

Does a candidate's race affect your vote?

Yes 21% 16386
No 79% 62245


CNN Poll






Seriously?

Last night at work a woman brought in a homeless man who must have been freezing along with starving. I don't assume she knew the man, he's really scruffy and I've seen him around only a couple times. She asked him what he wanted to eat, and ended up buying him 3 Clif bars and giving him the change from the money she used to buy that, and went on her way. It was really excellent.

Today an elderly gentleman informed me that for the last 54 years of his marriage he has been giving his wife a card on the anniversary of the day they got married EACH MONTH! Every single month for 54 years! He also told me that the secret to staying married for 54 years is to never have an ego and respect for one another.

CUTE!

Since I've moved here I've more firmly come to functionally believe in karma and coincidence.

I've also become a high maintenance version of myself.

But now I'm finding that you can take real good care of yourself BUT SHIT STILL HAPPENS.

Because after all, you get what you deserve.

Sometimes the only thing that can make you feel better is spending money on things you don't need and things that are bad for you. But that shits temporary.

I've never felt more vain in my life.

I like September. It's when the leaves on trees turn a deeper shade of green before they change colors and fall off. I wrote it on my to do list to make sure I notice this before it's too late. In this city I don't have a tree, unless you count the trees that everyone can have at the common, and that's a huge change. I think it makes me notice them more readily. Last night we walked through the common and I could pick up the scent of the grass - I guess since there isn't any around me all the time. It was so pleasant and made me really miss Pennsylvania nature.

The upstairs neighbors and the house next door - those people - they're all moving out all of a sudden. I wonder if we smell bad.

It's strange to be in a strange place and not know anyone besides one person and your cat and not even recognize the people at the grocery store. Exciting, but strange. Good thing I'm not a person who depends on the company of others. I'm glad we decided to move far away the first time, otherwise I'd be too tempted to run back home all the time, and that takes away from the sense of adventure. I really miss my chickens.

It's sort of useless to write about moving away.. it isn't anything unique, no one cares. I can say that I can't imagine myself ever settling into one place. I want to live everywhere. I love to visit places but I feel even more drawn to LIVE in those places. I'm especially drawn to quaint or small towns, or just places where I can get around by walking. But I think in the end when I finally have to settle for a period of time I won't stay in a place like that. I'd like to have a tree or two.

But then again.. I'm really bad at getting around by walking. I victimize myself. That's exceptionally embarrassing to admit, but it's true. I'm really nervous going places by myself, in this extremely low crime town. We live in a really safe part, and I'm going to be working in a really safe part. I don't know how to react to cocky frat boys and mexicans [like the 18 year old mexican who made kissy faces at my mom in the dollar store. gross.] who make it their job to make me feel slimy. It's upsetting. End of story.

I can't imagine myself living on a college campus, or sharing a tiny room with someone. Most would argue that it's a rite of passage or something, something you just have to DO. I don't want anything to do with that way of life, I'm not comfortable with it. I never wanted to spend four years being lazy and drunk (that isn't a typical stereotype, just an option - please take no offense).. and I think for that it's hard to fit in. I'm a good student, I have a 4.0 and I work and volunteer and I'd rather keep it that way. In my experience a lot of people don't want to hang out on a Friday night sober. I like to play checkers.

Ricky came in and totally disrupted my concentration. The end.

I now reside in Salem, MA where there are at least seven Dunkin Donuts, four CVS/pharmacies and three beaches within a ten minute bike ride from my apartment. I hear seagulls instead of cheeseburger birds and I have to return my soda cans to the store to get my 10 cents back.

In seven days I'm moving to Salem, MA.

HAPPY AGE OUT, SELF. :\

Not much to say on this but it makes me outraged that gay couples have such a difficult time adopting children in so many places based on the notion that kids need a mom and a dad. How many kids in this country grow up with divorced parents or NEVER KNOWING EITHER THEIR MOTHER OR THEIR FATHER!? Or! How many kids grow up in this country in foster homes or homes for orphans? And if a gay couple wants to adopt a child - and give that child the love of parents, then WHY THE FUCK NOT? Because people are afraid of the homosexual lifestyle and worried that those kids in turn will grow up to be g-a-y? This is so unbelievably WRONG to me.