I met you briefly last night after dancing in the new year at the Nema’s party under some beautiful (but uncomfortably close fireworks). We ended up hanging out longer than either of us expected because I forgot my phone on the bus back to the hotel and stayed up until the next bus came at…
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Last week, next year
Last week my friend Carissa visited me here in San Francisco and I’ve felt in a little better mood ever since. Not that I was I was grumpy beforehand (but I was). Now I feel a little more hopeful about the people I meet and my place in this city. When I travel to see…
Bustling thoughts: Waking up in a foreign country
What does it mean and what do we do next? I’m trying to figure it out this morning. I’m not writing because I want to say something to you, I’m writing because whenever my mind is overwhelmed, I have to write to untangle the thoughts. I had actually dreamed that the results were different this morning: Stephen…
What I know now // 029
In 2012 you might have remembered an introversion revolution with Susan Cain releasing a book and giving a pretty good TED talk on it. If you were like me, you might have also read a lot of the “introverts are great!” articles that arose afterwards and have still been trickling in. Had it been another group…
My best friend Katie
//Two of my closest friends coincidentally have birthdays a week apart, this isn’t going to be a recurring thing// You have to meet all the good friends you can when you’re in college, I think, because afterwards, it’s pretty tough. (Like, how even do introverts find each other outside of school!?) I feel lucky, then, I was…
My best friend Igor
When I was six or seven, there was a boy in my class that already looked like a 30 year old young professional. He had fluffy blond hair that stuck up evenly so that it looked like he had styled it, silver glasses, and was always dressed in tiny adult outfits: When I think of him, I…
5 Things I don’t write about
Sometimes there are big gaps in between posts because I’m busy, yes (or lazy), but sometimes there are gaps because there are things I don’t want to write about. Yes, I too am a participant of social media curation culture! But I have your interests in mind at heart, dear reader. Here, briefly, are the five…
I’ve been here for a year
A year, a month, and 10 days, actually. You know (you. know.) how much I love milestones, so I gotta say something. Also, my birthday was a couple months ago. Also also, for some reason my high school graduating class’ facebook kicked up again reminding me that it’s almost been 10 years since we graduated and…
Week in the life, Day 7
Yay! Last day. I’m definitely ready for this writing exercise to be over. As much as its been nice getting to write again (it has!) it’s also time consuming to remember and write about each day in a timely manner. Last post! I’m not sure how representative this week is because I think I had more planned…
Week in the life, Day 6
“TGIF” as the kids and restaurant chains say. Summary: Work, clean, TV, sleep. People I talked to: Grant, Katie, Sarah, Vinita, Matt A photo posted by Jacklynn (@jackdrawstheline) on Mar 2, 2016 at 9:01am PST Day 6, Friday