A blowin in the wind

I'm not a fan of change. In fact, I think I resist it as much as possible until I just have to embrace it. Some things have gotten easier: watching people and relationships come and go, but the hardest change is always Summer to Fall.

I think I suffer from seasonal depression. The only time I ever loved fall was when it meant I got to go back to school. Sure, I never was ready, but it was always constant. Every year the same feelings. Anxious, overwhelmed, and excited to be one step closer to graduation... Maybe that's it.. Maybe because I don't know what it feels like to graduate from college, I don't feel like I really have. I don't feel my education will sustain me through life.... because it won't.

One thing far more valuable than any class or subject I exhausted is self-worth. Where does it come from? Not a class, a $40,000 piece of paper, or even a "I'm proud of you, Nat."

I think it's important to evaluate where we put our trust and our faith. If I put more faith in the government than I do in God, I'd be worse off than I am now. Same with everything else for that matter. I don't think it's wrong to be ambitious, but I need to be careful of what I am ambitious about.

There's nothing like cooking with Martha...

Unless it's cooking with Snoop D-O-double G:



This seriously made my day.

One of the many reasons I am not a fan of war

This really upsets me.

We did it!

I honestly cannot believe it is over, although at the same time, I am happy that it is. I don't think I could have survived much more of this crazy lifestyle. I have learned so much from being here: about myself, about others and about how I relate. I know now, more than ever, that I don't want to be defined as any one thing, or to be put in a box. I don't think I am capable of aligning completely. Even more so, I don't think I want to completely align with any one thing. I'm not sure where this new road will lead, or what, if any, changes will actually take place in the US, but as long as I keep an open mind to perspective I'll be able to see the good in it all.

This makes it worth it

This is an amazing story...

E-Day 2008

More than 3000 doors knocked...

More than 2000 calls made...

More than 480 hours of work logged...

And this all by me alone.

Today we will find the extent to how the effort was worth it.