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I wish I was a little bit taller I wish I was a baller… I wish my hair was a little bit longer, y’all
Wow… It’s been a while. I have been exceedingly busy lately, what with taking 4 classes and holding two jobs. I’ve scarce had time for anything else. Right now, I am sitting with a bowl of quinoa, fueling up for a run and I’m on here…. neglecting homework (really bad idea… there are tests today). […]
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” ~Helen Keller
March 27, 2012
I took out my green earplugs. I rolled one between my thumb and fingers until it was tight, then I finessed it into my ear canal and waited for it to expand. Deaf in one ear, I repeated the process with the other plug and blocked my residual hearing. Now fully deaf, I turned to my classmate and she handed me her scarf. I put on my sunglasses and then tied the scarf around my head, over them. I was now completely blind. Deaf, blind and utterly alone....
Busy, Busy
March 2, 2012
It feels like I've been away forever; I haven't written any really meaningful posts here in a long time and I'm sorry to say that this one is not one of those. Instead, this will be an explanation of why I've been away...
D-Day
December 4, 2011
My story of test day. It was a whirlwind and a day of drama, anxiety, stress, crying and more crying. ... "A classmate exited the room and was asked how she felt. She answered, 'I wanna go home and die.' I laughed. I thought, 'Oh she's so silly. That's classic HER! She's a funny one. La-la-la!' .... I had no idea I would soon be in the same boat."
Crackalackin’
December 1, 2011
Tomorrow is mid-program evaluation and I my bpm has gradually risen over the past week. A month ago, the test was so far off that I knew it would never come. Two weeks ago, I watched the students around me freaking out and studying everything front to back and then back to front again. I […]
Do No Harm
November 8, 2011
Hippocratic Oath. 1 Thessalonians 5:13. Ahimsa. Shalom. ☮. Codes of various professions’ conduct. These beliefs and systems all contain a common root – to cause no harm. This mutual vein is something I have been contemplating a great deal recently. I haven’t been thinking about it in the conventional sense: the concept of peace and […]
Hold Fast
November 2, 2011
You know how... when you have been awake for waaaay too many hours and you get to that point of "everything is hilarious"? This week of studying brought me to something similar, except ... everything was "a-okay" and "awesome". Nothing phased me. And I had this weird calm.
The Phoenixplains 
October 9, 2012
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