Entries from August 2005

graduate school

August 29, 2005

photo by me.

It started today. I’m officially a graduate student and did my first assignment as a graduate student.
Omigosh.
I’m thrilled. I’m excited.
I feel like all of the things that have happened in my life have happened to get me to this point. I was meant to be here. [...]

the making of a hero

August 19, 2005

photo by me.

Today I’m going to Phoenix to watch my brother make his dream come true.
He has worked very hard to be accepted into the Phoenix Fire Department. He is currently going through the Firefighter’s Academy.
Tonight, they are having family night. They are treating us to dinner and then [...]

prickly

August 18, 2005

photo by stendec.

Communication online can be confusing at its best. A seemingly innocuous statement from one person will turn into a full-blown accusation to the reader.
It is only natural that we read emotions or perceptions into the words. We look at a statement from our point of view and think about [...]

the in crowd

August 17, 2005

Photo by lilita.

I think I try too hard. I want to be liked by people so much sometimes that I try too hard.
Or, worse, I want to be part of a group of people so badly that I will try too hard.
There is this group online that I am, obstensibly, a member of [...]

exhaustion

August 16, 2005

Photo by S e u s s.

I haven’t written in a while.
I’m physically and mentally exhausted.
It has been the longest summer of my life.
I was sick for quite a bit of it. I started a new job. I was taking my first graduate level classes.
I’m exhausted.
Top it off that [...]

monsoons and enlightenment

August 5, 2005

Photo by G N Bassett.

Arizona has a monsoon season. It’s nothing like the monsoons of India or the Asian continent. We get downpours but they aren’t typically torrential (although they do cause major flooding and the dry creek beds fill quickly, catching people off-guard and stranded in the middle [...]