Monday, February 27, 2012

"don't forget to write to philip"

it is one of my daily goals.
and my roommate emily reminds me of it
"writing to philip" does not mean i have a missionary out in the field
(thank goodness)

i used to have this therapist
who told me i was a winner
and that i could do what i want
(essentially)
he's made a great impact on my life
(obviously)
so i named a journal after him
which is what writing to philip means

i just finished three pages
when i was only intent on a paragraph
maybe i still need a philip after all

Sunday, February 26, 2012

quotes from Alexis O.

"Teacher, are you married, or alone?"
"I'm not married, Alexis."
"Why don't you just ask one of your friends to marry you then?"
"That's a good idea Alexis, maybe I will."


When Alexis got bowled over by a fifth-grader playing soccer

*Alexis cries mightily*
"Jose can you apologize to Alexis"
"Hey, I'm sorry, it was an accident"
"Alexis do you accept Jose's apology?"
*sniffs* "Yes...I JUST DON'T WANT MY MOM TO THINK I RUINED MY PANTS SHE WILL KIIIIIIIIILLL ME!"
"Would you like me to write a note to your Mom, explaining that it wasn't your fault" (His pants were covered in mud"
"Yeah..." *sniff sniff*decrease in crying*

things I am giving up for lent:

1. hope

I realize some of you may be alarmed by this. It's not exactly what it seems. What I mean is,  that I'm working on my acceptance of my life, and not thinking things like "I should be done by now," or "I should be ________ by now." I think I just need to accept where I am and be content. This doesn't mean I don't have hopes for the future, but I do know that me dwelling on what makes me frustrated about my life isn't good for me. So I've decided not to.

2. Not blogging.

Hard to believe, I know, this blog has been so incredibly un-updated as of late. But I will try to change that.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

sick

For those of you who don't know:
I've been sick lately.
I got sick three weeks ago Thursday. Diagnosed with Pneumonia the following Monday. Have been keeping it on the d/l ever since. I went to the doctor again yesterday where I got my third round of medication. Woot.

Although I have been sick, here are some pictures of the adventures I have had while being sick:
1) Visiting Seattle to see  John Green/get him to sign my book.

a) Rach and my delicious food at some swanky place downtown.
Can I just say how awesome it was to see Rachel Ehlen/Williams? We got to talk about
all sorts of things, like being non conformists and the interesting atypical lives we have led, along
with our sisters in nonconformity: Marae and Mego.






My posh hostel room. I wouldn't say I loved living in a hostel,
 I would have rather had a friend while I was there, but I did prefer
it to being in a hotel by myself.

awesome sign in Seattle. Every day at about 2 I would get up,
shower, and walk around to fetch some lunch. But most of the time I
stayed in bed and watched Doctor Who on Netflix. 

I told you this hostel had the right idea. Free breakfast, and clean showers!


This great Mediterranean place I ate at in Seattle. 3rd and Vine. 

hilarious.

at the mall where the book signing was they gave us footprints
to find it if we went in the wrong door (which I did)

Anything referencing twilight fandoms sells poorly at Nerdfighteria events

The DFTBA cupcakes however...

book I got signed for Eliza. We got 3 things. I got a book for her,
a book for me, and a poster for me.

Knitted giant squid of anger given to me by a nerdfighter. It will make its way around the globe with me, and its travels shall be posted on tumblr. 

the van!

 Me touching the poof!

Me and the van!

Me touching the poof with some color doctoring!

Hank Green looking at me!






By the way, all of the pictures of me with the van I owe to a great nerdfighter who also gave me a ride home that night. I also have pictures of meeting Hank and John due to her kindness.