Gangsta Mittens
Words combined to express thoughts. Pictures displayed to convey emotion. Opening my brain to the world.

I had been waiting for my job to come to an end.  I was managing a grant and when grant funding ends, so do the jobs associated with it.  I thought that maybe I would be kept on… well i believed i would be kept because that’s what I was told… but i guess that […]

A good friend shared some music with me… Back in college I wanted to be a psychology major…. I had dreams of making a difference in people’s lives by being there to listen and then helping them find their way.  Early in the game a professor pointed out that i get too involved to be […]

I’m honestly not sure why I tend to stray away from this blog so much.  Part of the excitement of blogging for me is the idea that anyone in the world, whether they know me or not, can take a peek into the mundane and (often) boring place that is my life and perhaps find […]

It’s something i’ve never been good at.  I was the kid that cried at the end of the school year, because i wouldn’t see my friends all summer.  i hated the end of summer camp because i wouldn’t get to see the kids i’d known for 2 weeks any more.  I cried when tv shows […]

In just a few hours I’ll be heading to San Francisco for a few days of vacation.  As much as I love these trips it always stirs up so much confusion for me.  90% of the time I have a “why am i still living in DC” moment.  Ever since I was younger I wanted […]