I took a big step yesterday. I asked three people for letters of recommendation for grad school.
I didn’t realize how big of a deal that would be. I was left shaken afterwards. I haven’t graduated yet and I’m having to ask for letters of recommendation.
Grad school.
Yikes.
I don’t think, 5 years ago, I would have thought [...]
Entries from September 2004
grad school
September 28, 2004
Tuesday September 28, 2004
September 28, 2004
I took a big step yesterday. I asked three people for letters of recommendation for grad school.
I didn’t realize how big of a deal that would be. I was left shaken afterwards. I haven’t graduated yet and I’m having to ask for letters of recommendation.
Grad school.
Yikes.
I don’t think, 5 years ago, I would have thought [...]
abandonment
September 28, 2004
This is the right follow-up to perfection for me. I strive for perfection for a single reason: to be loved.
My entire life, love has been tied up in a lot of things. The better I did, the more love I got. The better I was, the more love I got.
If I didn’t do well, I [...]
Monday September 27, 2004
September 27, 2004
I’m a forgotten demographic.
Pollsters pay attention to soccer moms, security moms, pink-collar women (those who are blue-collar working women), Nascar dads, Bubbas (blue collar, typically southern but not necessarily so), minorities, and many other demographics.
They rarely pay attention to educated, working single women.
We don’t factor in.
We pay taxes. We have [...]
forgotten
September 27, 2004
I’m a forgotten demographic.
Pollsters pay attention to soccer moms, security moms, pink-collar women (those who are blue-collar working women), Nascar dads, Bubbas (blue collar, typically southern but not necessarily so), minorities, and many other demographics.
They rarely pay attention to educated, working single women.
We don’t factor in.
We pay taxes. We have money to donate to causes [...]
perfectionist
September 27, 2004
I’m a perfectionist.
This is not a trait I would wish on my worst enemy. I feel like I should be in a 12-step program. It eats away at you like so many diseases.
The life of a perfectionist is fraught with perils: living up to abnormal expectations, always feeling like you have to be a certain [...]
lullabye
September 21, 2004
I love stories. I have loved stories my whole life. I’ve loved to be told stories, to have someone make something up and tell me some delicious tale or to read to me from a book. I sink into this place of security and comfort. I escape into the fantasy of the story. When I [...]
Tuesday September 21, 2004
September 21, 2004
I love stories. I have loved stories my whole life. I’ve loved to be told stories, to have someone make something up and tell me some delicious tale or to read to me from a book. I sink into this place of security and comfort. I escape into the fantasy of the story.
When I was [...]
quote of the day
September 19, 2004
We need the stories from artists, we need the poetry, we need the music, we need the artwork, everything. We need that in order to know what life is. And how to go on and make any kind of relationship with other people. We need it to have any kind of apprehension of what it [...]
Sunday September 19, 2004
September 19, 2004
We need the stories from artists, we need the poetry, we need the music, we need the artwork, everything. We need that in order to know what life is. And how to go on and make any kind of relationship with other people. We need it to have any kind of apprehension of what it [...]