A new day waits to begin.

I’m Kristen. This is a personal/inspirational blog. I’m 17 years old, I have a passion for words, and—as my better half would say— I’m hopelessly devoted to political idealism. Starting in the Fall of 2013, I’ll be studying Political Science and Communications at the University of South Florida. I’m dedicated to making people happy. If by the end of the day, I can say that I’ve put a smile on at least one person’s face, then it’s been a day well spent.

Things: (this post title is becoming a recurring theme on my blog)

I now have 3 days of school left and they’re all dedicated to finals.
I think that, overall, I kicked ass on the AICE Int’l History exam yesterday.
I’ve had a constant headache all week but I went to the chiropractor this morning (because we don’t have school) and it was instantly gone.
I sat in the chiropractor’s office and discussed the Int’l History exam with him for upwards of 20 minutes and it was awesome.
I have plans to help Mr. Jordan clean out his classroom next Friday when there’s no school and the teachers aren’t required to be there either. He’s a piece of shit sometimes, but I’m going to miss him a lot once I’m gone.
It’s really really hot and I’m about to go for a walk because I’m apparently masochistic.
I hope you’re all doing well and I miss you.
I’m house-sitting for my grandparents’ neighbor this weekend, which means unlimited wifi and nothing else to do, so I’m sure I’ll be online more in the next few days.

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I have four days of school left. I’ve thrown out all of my notes and work for all of my classes except International History and my AICE exam for that class is tomorrow. I should be studying but I’m burnt out from work and school in general. I think I’m just going to go to sleep early tonight and put some energy into studying tomorrow. The exam is from 1-4. I have to write four essays in three hours. I’m so ready to be done with AICE.

Anonymous Asks:

Hey :) no need to apologise for not being online for some days at a time. I enjoy your posts when you are online but you still need to concentrate on you and everything going on. Just as we do :) anyway have a good week Kristen and I hope school ends well :)

pleasefeelbeautiful Said:

Thank you so much! I really appreciate this. :)

It is moments like this one that make me realize that I connect with my cat on a spiritual level.

team-joebama:

In case anyone wants or needs live coverage of the Oklahoma tornados, there’s a live stream here of a local news station

Things:

I’m sorry I haven’t been on Tumblr for basically over a week now.
My mother’s boyfriend’s daughter and her own boyfriend were with visiting with us from Mother’s Day through this Saturday.
I have six days of school left.
Weather in the US sucks this week.
I’m really stressed out over everything happening in Oklahoma and that whole region these past few days.
I’ve had a migraine all day.
I’m gonna go to bed now.

I promise that once school is out and everything settles down, I’ll be online more… things are just really crazy lately.

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(via ssomebodylovesyou)

How do Fortune 500 companies pay zero in taxes while college loans go up to 6 percent?…This game is rigged.

Elizabeth Warren, speaking at a town hall in Massachusetts (via newshook)

See also: Apple’s offshore entities avoid taxes, on Bloomberg. The SEC claims that they have $40.8 billion in earnings on which they have not paid a dime of US taxes, and they have tens of billions in offshore holdings while claiming no tax residence anywhere in the world.

(via team-joebama)

somegirlnamedkaitlyn:

My dog understands the word “No,” so how are you going to tell me teenage boys don’t know the difference between rape and consent?

(via thegeekyblonde)

Since World War II, bouts of economic growth have allowed democracies to buy their way out of trouble. One can hope this will happen again — and soon. In the meantime, politicians might contemplate their obligations to stewardship of the democratic ideal. They could begin by pondering what an unemployed 28-year-old makes of a ruling elite that expends so much energy feuding over how bureaucrats rewrote a set of talking points.

EJ Dionne, Political dysfunction spells trouble for democracies (via team-joebama)