Writer's Workshop: In The Mirror

Thanks for the prompt, Mama Kat!

When I look in the mirror, I see green eyes searching for an answer.

When I look in the mirror, I see a girl that just wants to have fun.

When I look in the mirror, I see a Hispanic dancer with "too big" hips waiting to break free.

When I look in the mirror, I see someone who is patiently waiting for the next step. Except maybe not so patiently.

When I look in the mirror, I see someone who really enjoys avoiding homework. A lot.

When I look in the mirror, I see an artsy hippie and a country girl conflicting.

When I look in the mirror, I see a girl that really likes Hard Rock Cafe.

When I look in the mirror, I see someone who is a little confused.

When I look in the mirror, I see someone who really likes coffee. Too much. Maybe loves it. A lot. Uncontrollably. Insatiably. Could marry it if that were legal and not the most bizarre thing ever.

When I look in the mirror, I see a nineteen year old that is still naive enough to believe in changing the world.

Home Again

So, I'm settling back in at home and it feels great. I'm back to working "too much" (I love my job, honestly), writing, drinking waaaay too much coffee (I've been to starbucks/Buon Giornio's four times in the past 24 hours), and just being happy. I'm not doing so well on that list of 50 banned books that I wanted to read, but I have been reading a lot. I read The Prince by Machiavelli, which Cyndi let me borrow, I'm almost done with Jackie after Jack: Portrait of the Lady by Christopher Andersen, which has been a great book about the mysterious Jackie O. Both books are definitely ones I'd recommend, especially if you're interested in politics at all. I also, without consulting the list, ordered blink by Malcolm Gladwell and Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen J Dubner. So I'll probably start on those tonight while I'm working from 2:30 - 9. My friend Kevin, the one who was nice enough to give me a ride home on Saturday, is also going to start helping me learn guitar soon, so that's really awesome. Maybe this time I'll actually learn. How great would that be? I found some of the people I met randomly on vacation on facebook, so now we're all friends and hopefully I'll be able to keep in touch with them.

On top of all the wonderful reading and working and getting paid (I forgot to go deposit my paycheck! Dang it!), I've been going to this Bible study recently that my friend Jenny started, which has been really great. It's been cool to have a group of friends I can talk God with because not all of my friends are religious so bringing it up can occasionally turn kind of awkward. I've been having a lot of conversations about God with a lot of people recently that I would have never expected to talk with me about it though, so maybe it's a sign that I need to be more comfortable talking about it.

Well, it's time to grab lunch and head to work. Hooray. Have a great day, everyone. :)

sunlight and starbucks

that's all I really need...