So this is what West Coast winters feel like ...

Oh, hey, what's up spring? Just stopping by to say hello for minute? Cool, it's always nice to see you. SO I DON'T SHOOT MYSELF IN THE FACE.

Seriously though, this winter has been awesome.

BLACKOUT

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

It's pretty cool to see a lot of the major sites blacking out, now only if we could do this when it comes to poverty, healthcare, and women's reproduction rights.

Whoah

This girl.

And this one too. Very rad.

I'll be yr bird

In all regards I had a great week, but my head has been a little too light and my heart too heavy. My moods have been shifting like a pinball knocking around a machine. This morning we got all tangled up. I wanted to freeze the moment in time. It felt so good, I was sure there was warm weather waiting outside for us. When you're in my bed, all the shit that weighs me down every day gets scattered on my floor for a while. When we're in that soft place, before we make each other sigh, I just feel so damn content. There's no pinging around. I don't feel scared for the future or worried about the past. I'm just glad to be exactly where I'm at. Thanks.

Ready to take on 2012

Vacation's over.
Had a rad weekend.

Celebrated love with a cute boy.
Got my planner.
Cleaned my room.
Did my laundry.
Coerced someone into painting my nails.

Made the best dinner I've ever made in my life and then shared it with a friend.
Now this:

Aw. Yeah.

Feeling good about 2012!

Lost or Something Like It...

in the political/action oriented sense that is. It's like I'm 63 looking back at my youth thinking, "if only I would have done that." Except I'm young and I can still do whatever "that" is. Problem being, I'm not sure what "that is." It surely isn't to spend every weekend getting drunk and having the same exact conversations I have every single weekend.

I'm supposed to be a woman of action. And this nagging gut feeling isn't going away. I don't know, maybe it's winter fucking with my head.

Insert Dictator Joke Here

Ok, this is just weird.

Bohemian House

I just finished my first semester of nursing school. Like just now. Wow. Some things I did not think I was capable of:

1) Poop showers.

2) Changing a "brief" of a man twice my height and three times my weight.

3) Not getting depressed about being old, when I'm surrounded by smoldy oldies six hours a day.

4) Consistently waking up at 5 am and not losing my mind, stethoscope, or important paper work.

Guess who conquered all three of those? Uh huh, your old friend Last Unicorn. As I walked off the floor for the last time, I got a little sad, who's going to remind Little Sweden to not eat so fast? Who is going to laugh at No way Jose's terrible jokes? My clinical instructor told me that you'll always remember your first patients. I hate to get all sentimental, but she's totally right.

In six weeks I went from a sweaty stressful mess to a competent confident sweaty nurse in training. Ayy! I can't wait to conquer some more mountains, but I sure will enjoy this break! Maybe I'll even have time to post some more!

Occupy Movement Getting Spicy

Now we're talkin' kids. No one is going to listen till we cause some more ruckus! No one can really make a change but us!

OccupyChi.org

Why don't you get involved?

Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign

I have had so many posts swimming in my head for a while. I haven't been able to gather enough emotional energy to put anything substantial down. This isn't the time, but I would like to share a substantial link. I've been experiencing internal and external turmoil concerning the Occupy Movement. I don't have time or energy to really go into that either, but suffice it to say if they won't even let us occupy a park, why would they listen to any of our other demands? The system is broken we can't wait for others to fix it anymore. Either way, the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign was born out of the Occupy Movement and it's the kind of activism I can get behind.

+1, share, or tweet, this is a movement that's worth getting behind!