This is the fourth time since school began in late September that I have been sick. And I'm not talking the "I have a bit of a cough/the sniffles" sick. I'm talking about full-on, don't leave the house sick. This time I have some sort of flu. It...

RedBull cans of all sizes litter the apartment. Papers of detailed instructions and examples encompass the desk and surrounding furniture, looking like shrapnel from an explosion of informaion. Checklists and grading charts are taped to the wall for...

I am easily amused. It doesn't take much to entertain me. I get excited by new shopping purchases. My most recent purchases (and thus my newest joy inducing toys): Beefy new tires for my truck. Cute little reindeer antlers for Lolo to wear when she...

Kaycee Johnson (your very own California Kay) now resides in Western Washington, in what her friends have lovingly labeled "East Jesus Nowhere." Kaycee is a mid-twenties "boomerang kid," meaning that she left home, lived on her own, and is now back...

I get bored easily, and when I'm sick I'm usually too tired to invent new ways to amuse myself. And yes, the internet is a fun, entertaining thing, but even that gets old after a few hours. At this point I usually turn to movies. But you can only...