In Search of: A Request

I have a request.  When you hurt someone, say you’re sorry.  Even if you didn’t mean it.  Even if you did everything you possibly could to prevent it.  Even if it’s their fault.  Even if they should know — they should just know you would never do anything to hurt them.  If it turns out [...]

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In Search of: The Unwritten Rule and a Demolition Project

I hesitated to publish that last post.  I worried that people would cringe when they read it; I worried what they would think.  I hoped my family wouldn’t bring it up.  (For that matter, I sort of hoped they wouldn’t see it.)  It’s hard for me to be open.  It’s even harder for me to [...]

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Why I Don’t Want to Date You. So Stop Asking.

Every once in a while, something hits you.  Like in the face.  Here’s what hit me:  I suck at reading people.  I mean, I used to think I was pretty good at it.  I used to think I was a pretty good judge of character, of intentions, of reality.  I was a damn psych major [...]

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In Search of: Traveling, Granola, Free-Spirits

I’ve been in this mood lately where I really want to write.  I want to let go, forget everything that “supposedly” matters and just put pen to paper.  There isn’t anything particular I’m dying to get on the page.  But there’s something lurking in the background that so obviously wants to be written.  I think [...]

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In Search of: Truth and Love

There’s so much I could say.  But I think this pretty much sums it up.

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In Search of: The Answers to Everything

Lately, my blog has had a few issues.  Mainly because there isn’t much writing going on.  I put up very few posts — often I’ll take time to write a post only to decide not to publish.  I’m at a place where I’m not quite sure what I want to share.  As a matter of [...]

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Beautiful? Or Just a Beautiful Disaster?

I’m sitting on my bed, laptop on lap, surrounded by diagrams of cells and cell membranes and active transport and diffusion.  I spent the day writing lesson plans — first, to facilitate discussion with my health class about physical activity, then to teach my biology classes about cell structure and function.  I think I came [...]

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Warning: This Post Contains an Unusual Amount of Bitching.

It’s official.  I have no idea what I want to write.  I have no idea what I care to tell you, my friends.  I write posts; I delete them.  I’m feeling all sorts of angst, but then I’m also not sure I want to talk about it.  You know how sometimes you confide in a [...]

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The Ebb and Flow of Water

This week has been some kind of crazy.  Between getting used to being back, wishing I were pretty much anywhere but here, getting ready for school and making some decisions about work, I think I’ve nearly lost my mind.  I’m not completely over the jet-lag.  Night time sleep comes at a premium, but I seem [...]

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The Year of Total and Utter, Disgustingly Wonderful Selfishness

Per Eran’s suggestion, I am changing my outlook.  Instead of “The Year of Letting People Down”, I’m dubbing this “The Year of Total and Utter, Disgustingly Wonderful Selfishness!”  Because sometimes, you’ve gotta do what you’ve gotta do — for yourself.  Sometimes, you’ve got to consider your own happiness above all else.  And I’m coming to [...]

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