So much has been going in my life over the past couple months...where do I even start?
Okay - I just found out my transfer application was accepted by Smith College.
Smith has been a women's liberal arts college since its founding in 1871, and was Sylvia Plath's alma mater. I still can't believe they accepted me.
I now have to look into getting the appropriate financial aid to attend this institution...if this is actually where I choose to go. I'm also considering Reed University in Portland and Bowling Green State University in Pennsylvania, as well as UI in Chicago. But I do need to come to a decision by mid-July at the latest.
Frankly, I'm not sure what the hell I'm doing. Everything has changed so much for me in the past year. I feel pretty rootless. The people that used to keep my grounded are gone - either for good or lost to distance. I just concluded my last session at a job I've had three years - tutoring and living with Japanese female college students. I loved this job, as well as the campus I lived and worked on, and I'll really miss it.
And I recently moved into a house with a friend, his girlfriend's mother, and basically, his girlfriend - although she moved out (for more privacy, I think, which I'm beginning to understand) she's at the house every day. I love both my roomies - they're probably two of the five people I really hang out with on a regular basis - but I'm feeling somewhat cramped. Still, we have a great time. I'm teaching Linds how to make a vegan dinner tonight, and then we're going to create EVIL COOKIES!!! You know, sugary satanic delights such as goats, bats, inverted crosses, and Baphomet heads.
So, I haven't been getting out much. Most of my non-work and non-school activities involve reading for personal pleasure, hanging with a few close friends or taking out of town trips. Being a non-drinker means I pretty much sip silently on cranberry juice while listening to drunken stories the tenth time around, or avoid the bar scene altogether. But I did just get back from the Goregon Massacre Fest (entry and photos forthcoming!) which was fucking awesome.
However, I'm getting tattooed again this weekend, too - I cannot wait! I'm looking forward to having my other shoulder done, as well as the long awaited text behind my ears and if I have enough money, the beginning of a half sleeve on my right arm.
Oh, and I need to start making plans for the trip to Seattle to see Dragonforce on June 29th!
Anyway, I got a few photos taken a couple weeks ago. Here is one of the finished products:
And I was goofing around with my camera one morning and came up with this, which I thought I'd share:
Even worse:
So that's enough information about my awesome rock 'n' roll lifestyle for now. (Tongue firmly inserted in cheek).
In any case, it looks like change is ready for me, whether or not I'm completely ready for it. Now is not the time for trepidation.
Okay - I just found out my transfer application was accepted by Smith College.
Smith has been a women's liberal arts college since its founding in 1871, and was Sylvia Plath's alma mater. I still can't believe they accepted me.
I now have to look into getting the appropriate financial aid to attend this institution...if this is actually where I choose to go. I'm also considering Reed University in Portland and Bowling Green State University in Pennsylvania, as well as UI in Chicago. But I do need to come to a decision by mid-July at the latest.
Frankly, I'm not sure what the hell I'm doing. Everything has changed so much for me in the past year. I feel pretty rootless. The people that used to keep my grounded are gone - either for good or lost to distance. I just concluded my last session at a job I've had three years - tutoring and living with Japanese female college students. I loved this job, as well as the campus I lived and worked on, and I'll really miss it.
And I recently moved into a house with a friend, his girlfriend's mother, and basically, his girlfriend - although she moved out (for more privacy, I think, which I'm beginning to understand) she's at the house every day. I love both my roomies - they're probably two of the five people I really hang out with on a regular basis - but I'm feeling somewhat cramped. Still, we have a great time. I'm teaching Linds how to make a vegan dinner tonight, and then we're going to create EVIL COOKIES!!! You know, sugary satanic delights such as goats, bats, inverted crosses, and Baphomet heads.
So, I haven't been getting out much. Most of my non-work and non-school activities involve reading for personal pleasure, hanging with a few close friends or taking out of town trips. Being a non-drinker means I pretty much sip silently on cranberry juice while listening to drunken stories the tenth time around, or avoid the bar scene altogether. But I did just get back from the Goregon Massacre Fest (entry and photos forthcoming!) which was fucking awesome.
However, I'm getting tattooed again this weekend, too - I cannot wait! I'm looking forward to having my other shoulder done, as well as the long awaited text behind my ears and if I have enough money, the beginning of a half sleeve on my right arm.
Oh, and I need to start making plans for the trip to Seattle to see Dragonforce on June 29th!
Anyway, I got a few photos taken a couple weeks ago. Here is one of the finished products:
And I was goofing around with my camera one morning and came up with this, which I thought I'd share:
Even worse:
So that's enough information about my awesome rock 'n' roll lifestyle for now. (Tongue firmly inserted in cheek).
In any case, it looks like change is ready for me, whether or not I'm completely ready for it. Now is not the time for trepidation.
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