beauty, warmth, and light

I have started to carry my camera around again and notice the beauty that's constantly around me.

It's warm enough here to keep the door open in December and sit comfortably in a tshirt.

Light streams through the windows and makes me yearn to go outside.

ambience, exotica, and school pride

I put my iPod on shuffle and observe different people as I flip through the songs, looking for an appropriately fantastic song for a series of mundane moments.

I am in love with a new coffeeshop that is surrounded by trees and exotic plants and looks like it could easily be in the Costa Rican jungle.

Hook 'em.

misery, caffeine, and renewal

Shared misery makes my gloom about my career path a bit more bearable.

I am completely jazzed on coffee and punk covers as I finish a lengthy paper.

A one-on-one debate with a graduate professor reminds me of my love for a topic area and renews my ambition to get my doctorate.

love and pain

Limerence makes me grin.

Physical therapy is painful, but I know I've made a lot of progress.

My big, cold, lonely bed made me appreciate the comfort of the last week.