"like a book".... more like, what book? i have about seven books scattered throughout my room at the moment, none of which i'm reading. i hope this journalism class that i've been taking (which officially ends tomorrow after my final) hasn't turned me into a TV junkie. news junkie, yeah, but i may or may not have contracted some sort of sitcom virus or something. although it's been confirmed that The Hills will reappear for a second season, and Grey's is back on in late autumn. a show about career-induced, triangular love-runs and miraculous handy work? count me in. and being part of Generation MTV, i rarely get sick of what i'll always know as "channel seventeen."

red wire met yellow wire this week. the stick having something to do with the camel's back finally snapped about a week ago and i can't bring myself to find even the least bit of guilt for coming to terms with how i should really be treated (like i have in the past). the past three years have run my patience dry.... so dry, that this last storm produced something inside of me so violent, so electrifying, that i set it all on fire. i not answering to the same bullshit that i thought i would forever put up with. i won't be sweared at, there to bail you out, or victim to another series of broken promises. i felt something inside of me tighten, and the rag doll syndrome was calmed and apparently consoled. so hi, meet the new alison. it's a pleasure.

several conversations graced yesterday's evening, and i went to bed feeling like i was sleeping next to everyone that i love. the summer certainly isn't over.... not until i face death in celebration of another birthday and reunite with some of the most unique individuals i've ever met in, bet you'll never guess..... Steel City. the test results aren't back yet, but i was quizzed multiple times over the last couple of months. most recently, i was better prepared. i have had my share of forgetting my number two pencil (you mean you can't fill in the bubbles with blue ballpoint?) and ignoring the practice tests. i know i won't get an A this season, and i wouldn't be surprised if i missed a B by a couple points, but i definitely earned some last minute extra credit. and if you try, that's all that matters, right?