Oh, I Love Real English Classes

I read this today. And a bunch of other good stuff from the same website. You should, too.

Imagining Foxes

Dirt and Trees and Mountains and Fire

I want to live outside and get dirty and use my body and limited resources for so much of my life. Sometimes I read stuff like this, get excited, and wonder why I want to live in the inner city. It's such an odd conflicting feeling.

Then again, Camden is like an urban wilderness.

Also, I bet that kind of fire is the best and safest kind of fire to build in a 4x4 foot backyard if you don't want your neighbors to call the cops. =P

On This Day

1. I discovered page breaks in Microsoft Word. My life just got a thousand times easier.

2. The only sucky part of this semester was that I wasn't going to be able to audit a class I wanted to because I was scheduled for work. But today I went to see my boss and he told me that he had to switch around my hours and now I CAN GO TO THAT CLASS! I didn't even have to ask. So great.

3. One of my best childhood friends finished thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. She's a beast.

Lifelong Familiar Stuff

"There are no magic answers, no miraculous methods to overcome the problems we face, just the familiar ones: search for understanding, education, organization, action ... and the kind of commitment that will persist despite the temptations of disillusionment, despite many failures and only limited successes, inspired by the hope of a brighter future." (Noam Chomsky)

Going to Weddings Alone

I'm so glad other people think like this.

Diagnosing Things is Stupid (Sometimes)

“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.” -Siegmund Freud