Envy

Our society is a group project that a lot of people are failing and that makes it hard. It's certainly a hard time to be someone that cares and wants less suffering in the world.

My current city is in between, but I think my neighborhood is fine for the most part. It's no Waterbury, that's for sure.

With my current apartment: No dishwasher, no central air conditioning. In addition I have a downstairs neighbor that blasts music really loudly all day and night on weekends. It vibrates my floor and makes me feel physically unwell. Also, another neighbor smokes one of those nasty smelling drugs and stinks up the whole lobby. Last complaint would be an older male neighbor that has been a bit too friendly to me. But... Thank god I'm in New England now. All of these complaints pale in comparison to living in the crappy state I came from.

I've been thinking about where to go with my life from here since I've had a big shift in my mindset and began to actually think about what to do with my life. Musicology Professor - this was my trajectory in my twenties. I have a great passion for music history, but I've began to shift toward thinking of something that is more helpful to people. A Therapist who works with abuse victims - It fits into helping people, and for various reasons, I have a lot of passion for this. I've been thinking of going down the path of doing therapy for years but a lot of it wasn't ringing with me until I came to this very specific subject. Again, there are personal reasons. I know that it would be an incredibly hard job emotionally, though. A civil rights or church-state separation lawyer - This truly speaks to a passion that of mine that is far deeper even than music history. but in the past I foolishly thought that perhaps my passion wasn't needed on this subject. I thought that the country was getting better, but then things turned really dark and I instantly felt like this passion of mine needs to be worked with. But when I think about the actual job of being a lawyer that scares me, so much pressure put on my shoulders for such a major cause. I don't know that I'm the right personality for it... I also, frankly, don't know if a lawyer could be effective when the government no longer has checks and balances. And for all we know, I could go into school for this and by the time I graduated, the country could be no more... (I could also take this path and run for office instead, but... that requires lots of money and I'm definitely NOT the personality for that. I do not like the spotlight. I am a private person.) I'm struggling with deciding between primarily these latter two choices right now. I'm in my mid-30s already and I need to get this figured out ASAP.

The Domino's in my new area doesn't make it very good, IMO. There was one I had in another area of the state that was pretty good, but it's pretty far away from me. The funny thing about my comment about it making Little Caesar's taste no good anymore is that has worn off. There is a very good Little Caesar's near me now and it is so consistently good! So much so than the one near my former home.

Why yes, if it was you, it would be a downright putrid breach of etiquette and decency. A revolting condemnation of your whole person, and of all men altogether and a great justification for why I don't date men. But you know it doesn't apply to me nor to other women. Because rules for thee not me is how this country works nowadays, haven't you noticed? You need to get with the times! /s Anyway, shower taken just now, so we're all good. Well, not that all is good in this country or world, but in regards to me having taken a shower, all is good. lol. We shall sweep this one-time blip in my hygiene decorum under the rug and move on.

Lol I was so confused because I'm not familiar with those kinds of apples!

Not a major confession, but an embarrassing one nevertheless: I haven't had a shower in several days. I am great about showers and hygiene but just haven't been in this particular instance. I 100% planned to today or yesterday, but yesterday I did laundry and my towels came out of the dryer still wet (and I couldn't put them back in - I'm in an apartment and the dryers cost money and I have no money right now). To make matters worse, they were STILL too wet today. As for why I didn't shower on Saturday, IDK. I think because I showered late the day before and then spent Saturday out.

I went to the dentist and got a cavity filled. My mouth is cavity free now! =D Then on the way home I went to a couple of grocery stores and got groceries.

I've seen raccoons and skunks on a rare occasion. Most common animal in my apartment complex are squirrels. We also have a family of stray cats and kittens. I feel bad for them, but they are fed by neighbors. Back in my parents' house down in OK, they have a ton a wild rabbits. They are adorable and I miss getting to see them! I haven't seen many wild rabbits since I moved to CT. I wish they'd come to visit my apartment complex! They're sooo cute!

Connecticut has a long history and no doubt there are tons and tons of things I do not know about (probably inventions). Some things I do know, though: ESPN. The first amusement park in the country, Lake Compounce is here. New Haven style pizza/apizza. And one that many won't think of, but is a very important fact of the country's founding: The Danbury Baptists who wrote to Thomas Jefferson lamenting that a Christian denomination was establishing itself in the government in CT are from here. That conversation is where Thomas Jefferson coined "a wall of separation between church and state". If only so many in this country weren't so intent on ignoring history and establishing religion on us.

I can't even begin to understand it, but to each their own. Nothing wrong with it that I can see.

I was 18 and just about to start my first semester at community college.

I did it! I escaped the dreadful Bible Belt and now live in New England. Alas, the US really went down the toilet since back then and now it's scary even living in one of the best states. It's a real shame what has become of the country because I still love New England. I wish it could just be its own thing at this point and leave the US to its depravity and stupidity. Anyway, funny how in the original post I didn't mention Canada at all. I'm really wondering why. Now, unless the US makes some miraculous turn to good instead of evil (or New England somehow becomes independent), I'd like to live in Canada, or one of the Scandinavian nations. Not that I see moving to those places as possible at all, so...

It was horribly hot and humid most of the day but then we got some rain and the temperature dropped into the low 70s for the evening.

Depends on what you consider a vacation. In the early Spring when my parents came up to see me, we went to the neighboring state Rhode Island - a bit further than I've been into the state. We went to the Newport area, but didn't really get to look at Newport itself much, we mostly hung out at the nearby beaches, but you can see some houses if you zoom in to the first photo. Newport has such cute houses! We had lots of fun at the beaches! Found lots of shells! Last autumn, my dad and I went up to northern New England, mainly New Hampshire and Maine. It felt more vacationy because it was a little further away, and we stayed a couple of nights. Of course, that trip was amazing. Since a young age I've always wanted to live in Maine! While I ended up moving to a more southern New England state, Maine will always have a piece of my heart!

I agree wholeheartedly with this and I personally hope that feature isn't a part of the upcoming sequel.

I had a dream where my parents had adopted a baby and I had a new little sister. Now obviously at their age that absolutely isn't ever going to happen. So I see this dream as more baby fever nonsense from my brain.

I was raised calling it pop. But now I live in a different region of the country so I'm adapting and calling it soda. But the thing is that I don't even use the term that much. I don't drink soda and haven't for nearly a decade now.

At my former workplace, which was typically more mature (I'd have expected rumors when I worked at retail, that place was like middle school, but at this job? No.), a rumor must have been spread there for a while. A rumor that is incredibly embarrassing as a woman. It happened to my sister, too (outside of this workplace, of course). The rumor is that I was pregnant. I know that physically I look like a potato, but... Come on. I was very, very single. The person who conveyed it to me wasn't someone I talked to, though, so it's possible that wasn't widely known. If it was, well that rumor was probably even worse than I thought, as this was an Evangelical workplace and that (sex and pregnancy outside of marriage) would have been very scandalous. But as far as I know it dropped after I said no. I said that I would love to be a mother someday, but that no that wasn't the case. Usually I keep to myself so I like to think that people don't pay attention to me and don't make rumors, but that's not true. People are very nosy, especially in the south where I used to live. They even commented on the food I ate. People I had never talked to would come up and know me by what I ate for lunch. Jesus Christ. WHO CARES?!

I live in the beautiful state of Connecticut! =D We are a tiny state. Things are somehow both pretty densely packed, but also there's plenty of nature. We have beaches, some sandy, some rocky. We have hills and mountains. There is so much variety of landscapes packed into this tiny little state. There's lots of historical buildings and houses around. Just even going to the store, you'll run into houses that are marked as historical! It's so cool! We have four seasons. Summer tends to be a mixed bag. This year it's been crazy hot a lot of the time, but then right now at 5 pm, it's in the 60s and breezy. It's gorgeous! The weather is less prone to natural disasters than other areas. They can still happen, but, like, I don't know that I've experienced a single Severe Thunderstorm this year. That's amazing. We're in between Boston and NYC, there's so much here! We have great pizza, especially in New Haven! People here generally mind their business - Both personally and politically. It's so nice, seeing as I came from a state that was the opposite - random strangers being too friendly and very controlling politics. Unfortunately small talk still exists here, but it's far better than the south, that's one thing for sure. I didn't always live in the Northeast, but I truly do feel as if I was always meant to live here. It's a weird thing to say, since I don't believe in fate. But it really is like I was misplaced in the south. The culture and climate is just a much better fit for me here.

I'm fifteen hundred miles away, so that would be kinda difficult.

Your math isn't mathing. Three years have passed since I made that post. Silly boy. EDIT: Turns out I was wrong, too. It's been four years, not three.

Yes, I can name them all. When researching on which state to move to, I got accustomed to all of them and where they are located (even though 90% of them were automatically off the table for me), so I can name all of them easily: Connecticut Massachusetts Rhode Island Maine Vermont New Hampshire New York New Jersey Delaware Maryland California Washington Oregon Idaho Hawaii Alaska Montana Wyoming Utah Colorado Nevada Arizona New Mexico North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Texas Louisiana Arkansas Missouri Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi Georgia Indiana Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Florida Alabama If I doubled any of those and didn't end up getting them all, god help me. I can pass a quiz on this easily. lol

High school me, and also me a few years ago when I thought a crush of mine and I were closer than we actually were. OMG.