Tag: college
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Portland, Oregon
Do you have a favorite place you have visited? Where is it? I lived in Portland for almost two years. I was going to a very expensive liberal arts college there. The city is beautiful and I loved going on long walks both day and night especially in the warm drizzle. I call it a…
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Not going back…
Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live? My senior year in highschool was at the time amazing. I truly believed that I was the center of the world. I had good grades in advanced classes, I was in music and theater so other students knew who I was, and I…
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Starting Over
What would you do if you lost all your possessions? There are three times when I lost most of my possessions and I suspect each of those times has something to say about how I would deal with losing all of them. The first time was when I graduated highschool and went straight into the…
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A Whole Year
Feeling out of place My senior year of highschool was by most measures an awesome one for me. Friends, theater, music, the prospect of college, and even the student council presidency. So I was to say the least a shock when I got to the real world. Seven days after I graduated I entered Basic…
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Missed Opportunities
Today our garbage and recyclables was supposed to go to the curb. The trucks came and left before we realized it needed to happen. We don’t make a whole lot of garbage so that can wait a week. On the other hand our two recyclable bins are already nearly full and those trucks only come…