Sick and miserable.

So this is still my life

always being a few steps behind and a few minutes too late.

To quote I Love You Man:

"I gotta get some fucking friends."

I feel ya, dude.

"No, I haven't heard your voice in two week now

and anticipation's been wearing me thin. And I just can't help but wonderin' baby if somehow we could tear these pages out and begin again."
-Matt Wertz

Migraine meds

in the middle of the day? Things could get weird.

ESPECIALLY at the Optometrist after work. (especially especially if they dilate my eyes!)

Welcome back

130s. It's been about 5 years since we last met. :)

I love that Ames

has a year-round indoor farmer's market. It sure is lovely to stop and chat with the little old ladies who run it after my weekly volunteering at the library. They sell the best coffee ever, so why not stop?

I am giving their spiced chai a go next. It smells wonderful.

Thanks Mom

for visiting this weekend.

Happy birthday tomorrow. ♥

Remember, remember

the fifth of November.

When you least expect it

BAZINGA!

the politics of notebooks

"at vassar, you take notes. you sit in class and you scribble whatever the professor says, whatever is written on the board, and/or whatever the idiot across the table from you has to say that sounds remotely interesting. for some, note-taking is a way to remember but for others it is merely a way to stave off in-class somnolence. it’s how you take your notes that is most important though… because, let’s be honest, you’ll probably never look at them again. it’s probably a given that whatever you just wrote down will stick if it’s really THAT important (i.e. you think about it when you can’t sleep at night).

here are a few modes of note-taking:
-moleskin: absurdly expensive, kind of “over” when you think about it, and oftentimes too small/not lined. covers easily tear. next please. they are pretty though.

-legal pad: the new moleskin. you don’t give a fuck if your papers end up looking raggedy… writers use legal pads dammit.

-plain notebook in some conservative color: whatever. i’m just here til the teacher says so. maybe i’ll doodle a bit…. woah, look at that cloud. has it been an hour and fifteen minutes yet?

-3 ring binder feat. notebook paper: does anyone use these anymore? hey, 8th grade called… it want’s its trapper keeper back.

-the fancy “enviro-note” variety they sell in the book store: i mean, i have to take notes anyway… i might as well be able to recycle this shit after the fact… but if i BURN this notebook at the end of the year will it emit less toxic fumes?
that’s all."

via Taylor Self

I am pretty sure that goes for all colleges/universities, though the first option is probably more rampant on campuses with a higher concentration of hipsters.

So homesick.