There’s something I’ve been thinking a lot about the past few weeks. I posted a lot while I was still in my old job about how difficult and stressful and demoralizing it was working in a call center. I spent so long trying to get out of there that I didn’t think about how long […]
Epiphany
Sometimes things which *should* be obvious are not. We’re so occupied elsewhere that we miss what’s in front of our face. That happened to me the other day. I was catching a bus downtown for SXSW, and it dawned on me. I live in Austin. I live in AUSTIN. I LIVE in Austin. For as […]
The First Day of the Rest of my Life
Anyone who’s been following this blog knows how miserable I’ve been working in a call center. Friday was my last day, and today I started my new job in a feminist bookstore I can walk to from my house. I feel like a weight’s been lifted off my shoulders. I can feel the tension melting […]
Lessons on Moving
I’ve been thinking about writing this post since I moved halfway across the country to graduate school 3 1/2 years ago. I recently made a trip to visit my sister for Christmas and decided to pick up a few things I’ve been missing that I stored with a friend. Your mileage may vary, of course, […]
What’s Wrong With Being Open?
Maybe it’s a sign I’ve spent too long in “alternative” communities and just no longer have any conception of or desire to keep track of what’s “normal.” I find there tends to be a lot of overlap between groups of people who have decided “normal” wasn’t for them. So it still strikes me as odd […]
Who Needs to Change?
In my past apartment I lived in a clothing optional environment. It’s definitely my preference. I also lived that way in college when I roomed with my best friend and her mother. It just wasn’t a big deal if I popped out of the shower and left the towel in the bathroom to walk to my […]
Things I Want
One of my friends started figuring out how she can “earn” things she wants to buy by doing projects and things around the house. I think that might be a good idea for me as well, since it can be hard sometimes to justify buying what we want/need when on a budget with minimal income […]
Possibilities
Just had a lovely evening of conversation with a friend. She’s in Internet Marketing and has recently started operating her business based on gifts and gratitude; giving things away to those who need them rather than setting a fixed price for services, and letting folks contribute as they will. Even though we’re coming at all […]
thinky thoughts…
…. to be elaborated on later… Traffic was “whew!” today… and yesterday, too, for that matter. Is everyone taking a page from my book and avoiding the highway? I had a thought today as someone cut in front of me and I decided not to honk at them because I could see how they thought […]
5-yr plan
Long story short… don’t have one. Not really I guess. I’ve been thinking about it ever since that job interview I tanked before getting the job I have now because that was one of the questions they asked I didn’t know how to answer. So this is the short and sweet version for now, written […]