A custard dessert from the LCC cafeteria – one of the many foods I’ve been cheating with recently This weekend, feelings of optimism started to fade. I’m still an optimist, but always a realist as well (I try to be, … Continue reading
I enjoy learning about chemistry. I don’t know why I like it so much, but it fascinates me. I took my second exam, and got a 90%. It really should have been 100% after looking it over. I made stupid … Continue reading
I recently got paid for my peer mentoring gig in the summer! It came at the right time. I really am grateful for the experience I had, as well as the opportunity.. and the $500. Yup. I got 100% on … Continue reading
Yesterday, I was in the science room printing up something for class. Kevin showed me a cool article about the recent Higgs boson discovery, which went a little over my head and I wasn’t able to really concentrate on reading … Continue reading
*a poem i wrote in 2010 Remember the date They said my wedding day, is a day I’d always remember. And the day my first child was born… My prom, My first car, Graduation… The birthdays, Anniversaries, All aglow with … Continue reading
I thrive on adversity. This is something every optimist does, I’m fairly certain. The futility of a situation is almost too seductive. A challenge to be met. A small piece of cake to be consumed neatly, and speedily. You didn’t … Continue reading
I’m fascinated by the idea of a happy ending. Not the kind you find in a massage parlor or of the Disney persuasion. But an honest-to-God somewhat mediocre but also amazing in its simplicity kind of happiness. I don’t ask … Continue reading
Most days, I let things happen. People come and go, transactions take place and tasks that need to be completed are done in a timely manner. There is an unseen control that takes hold of all that needs to happen … Continue reading
One of the guys today, told me I look like a bag of bones. He said it more than once in conversation, so I had to ask him if that was a good or a bad thing in his opinion, … Continue reading
Today, I went and sat in on Math at LCC, early in the morning. I had an epiphany of sorts this weekend, in which I realized I should make my schedule line up better and take Math and Chem on … Continue reading