I started my new job at JC Penney today. I think I'm really going to like it. I work in the lingerie department which is really fun... especially since I love buying new underwear! All the girls I work with are wonderful, cheerful, and laid back. My bosses are not near as particular about things as they have been in the past. It is wonderful to have a job where I can wear my hair down! I really don't miss working with food. The job is also pretty easy. The cash register is nothing c...

I did it again. I bought the french-bread Healthy Choice pizza. I really don't like that pizza, yet I keep forgetting. How does that happen? How can you forget how much you dislike something? Oh yeah, the same way you re-fall for old boyfriends, forgetting their horrible habits and the nasty ways they treated you. The same way you forget how horrible they made you feel and how worthless. The same way you go back out with them because you forgot how bad your last experience was. ...

I realized yesterday morning that I had no food to eat for breakfast. I have to have something, or I'll never make it through my classes. I ran to the convenince store across the street to buy some form of breakfast food. They didn't have much. The only thing I could find that I would eat was a box of (overly priced) Cap'n Crunch and a half gallon of milk. "I haven't eaten this stuff for years." I thought to myself. "I used to love this cereal." Now I remember why I stopped eati...

I know I cannot be the only person to have heard the phrase, "It's not what you said, it's how you said it" when I was a teenager. Come on, admit it. You heard it too. Problem is, I'm getting that from online communication now. My online "tone" has been heard to be short and/or rude. And now? I'm annoyed. (This is not something, btw, that I've had problems with here on JU) I work for Housing at my university. People in the CSPA program work above me. These people are graduate ...

I have no real medical reason for doing this. It just happens every once in a while. My sugar levels drop. Plummet would be a better word. Sometimes I realize what's going on at the very beginning and I can do something about it before it gets too bad. At other times, it hits so fast that I'm shaking and bitchy before I know what's happened. The shaking is bad enough. I'm having a difficult time typing right now. The inability to focus isn't so bad. The personality shifts are sli...

Allow me to detail a very unhappy experience. Not one of the worst in my life -- not by a long shot. However, it's still pretty bad, and I'm sure some day I will look back and laugh at today. But right now, I don't feel like laughing. As the Headline states, It's a Twista. That's right, tornados. I live in a dorm. I'm supposed to call it a "Residence Hall" because, (as my bosses like to repeat as they brainwash me) "A dorm is a place where people sleep. A Residence Hall is a pla...

I was tired today. More than the usual tired. I was eyes-drooping, head-nodding, spacing-out tired. I had three cups of coffee before heading to class, and still had a difficult time trying not to nod off in the middle of lecture. During my hour break, I decided to head to my room to grab a little nap. "Who knows?" I thought, "Why not just skip choir, and keep sleeping?" "That sounds like such a good idea, self." I said to, well, myself. "I'm glad you thought of that." "I'm glad too...

I think of myself as a pretty typical female. I do girlie things. I wear makeup, I get my hair fixed, and I watch chick flicks (but only sometimes) I seem, however, to have fallen into another female trap. I don't like calling guys. I want the boy to make the first move. It is very unfair of me, but hey... I'm not the only one. (yes, I realize that this is a weak justification, but it's my blog. I'll do what I want) As I have written before, I'm looking for love from an online dati...

It's been a while. My computer crashed not long after my last article, and I've been so busy with school that I didn't make it back for a while. So, here's what you missed. The BF and I broke up. Long story and even longer break up. We did the "together but not" thing for 5 months until I found out I had become the other woman. Eew. Needless to say, we no longer speak and I bought a new phone to replace the one he gave me. It's kinda sad that we can't be friends...but I have this th...

I am terrified. There it is. Three little words that I can’t say out loud to anyone I know. I get little panic attacks when I think about the future. I say the words “graduate school” and suddenly there is an elephant sitting on my chest. I think about what the year 2007 will bring and my heart flutters, my chest feels heavy and my head swims. Don’t get me wrong, I want to go to grad. school. I am excited at the opportunities I’ll have, the people I will meet and the things I will ...

I was sitting with a group of friends (all girls) and we were talking about things that had happened to us in the past. One girl admitted to being raped by her ex boyfriend. This was a very sensitive subject -- one that requires tact and, preferably, sympathy. She told her story, and we listened respectfully and then told her how sorry we were that this had happened. At least, most of us. One girl, one lacking tact, said, "Did you report it?" "No." the first girl answered. "I was too...

Because I have no life, I develop little crushes on TV characters. Not the actors, mind you, because you have no idea what actors are like in their real lives. Nope, I get crushes on the characters. So, here’s a little list of my character crushes: Harry Dresden -- "The Dresden Files" Sci-Fi channel Harry is my latest crush. Any one who knows me should know that I would fall for a wizard. A witty wizard detective who's pretty hot, smart and powerful and has a smart ass ghost as a fri...

I wasn't going to write any more articles today... but the gauntlet has been thrown. Gideon has challenged me to an earworm competition. For those of you who do not know what an earworm is, read this article: Link The battle began with: "I closed my eyes, Drew back the curtain, To see for certain What I thought I knew..." DAMN YOU, SHE!!! LOL I countered with: "It's a small world after all... It's a small world after all..." Gideon quite evilly came back with: ...

A friend of mine posted the video seen below, and I thought it was a good example of how distorted our sense of beauty is. I've written before about the false images of beauty that are pushed on women of all ages and how those images are damaging. Here's a quote from an article I wrote... oh, years ago: "We are sold cosmetics, hair dye, teeth whiteners, hair gel, bikini wax, diet pills, anti-wrinkle cream, lip sticks, self-help books, exercise videos and scary looking tools ...

As most of you know, I am a college student. Every day, I walk around campus, to and from class, to and from meetings, to and from the library... you get the point. In the five years I've been here, I've noticed a certain trend. When I started school, at least half of the students I saw walking across campus would be talking on their cell phones, and another 10-15% were smoking. Only about 10% were listening to mp3 players. Fast forward to five years later, and only about 10% of the stud...