At the end of yesterday’s post, I wrote about my dream of becoming a roller girl someday. Thus far, that dream may be one of the most daunting ones I’ve ever undertaken. It requires the patience to develop a skill that does not come naturally to me – who thought that me, the wall hugger […]
This weekend, I had the pleasure of attending an all-day set of writing workshops at Richard Hugo House in Seattle. Since I have been learning to beat writer’s block, this day was a necessary shock to my system – an entire day of learning, writing, and revising is just what I needed!And, because I believe […]
As I noted briefly in the last Caught My Eye post, my boyfriend and I have been watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer like fiends ever since I was blessed with the power of Netflix. Since there’s nothing like a little ’90s programming to get my neurons crackling, check out what I’ve learned from re-watching […]
I started this blog in 2007 as a place to essentially blurt out my thoughts in rants and other highly-energetic forms of writing. This week, I have been going through all (literally: every single one) of my blog posts in order to retroactively label and interlink them (as per the advice of Darren Rowse of […]
I am a list addict. That’s right, I’ve admitted it (yet again). And for the upcoming summer I have made a list with subsections of items that I want to begin or complete during that time. But this time I’ve done three things that are a tad bit different with the list:1. I have made […]
I realized quite a bit late that most of my posts from last week were food-related, which was not necessarily a bad thing, but a little repetitive! So, this week I am going to avoid food and talk about something completely different. I have had one problem for pretty much my entire teenage and adult […]
As all college students know, you can get in over your head pretty easily with the reading, essays, and exams required of you in your collegiate life. And sometimes you need a break.Crashing for a couple extra hours doesn’t usually fit into my schedule, so to take time off yesterday, I zoned out and used […]
Getting this one in under the radar, it seems, but hopefully it will provide you with some musings tomorrow!I am now finally getting over my cold and, in the days that preceded the oasis of wellness that I am now experiencing, I had a lot of time to think, sulk, and most of all worry. […]
Yesterday, I watched a lot of TED Talk. TED (Technology, Entertainment & Design) brings me many inspiring videos of their conference speakers, such as the ones I’ve posted below. But I wanted to take this post and talk about something that I often overlook when seeking inspiration: finding things in myself that are inspiring.Oftentimes, I […]
Perhaps my brain has been wrapped too tightly around finals these days, but I have been having a mental block on work. Everything I attempt, everything I go to for stress relief, and everything I should be getting done get lumped into the same unpleasant association in my mind. There is something negative about taking […]