Change 2010 - Thoughts on Election Day 2010

Change is hard work, change is important, and change is enduring.

Our generations will leave a worthy legacy for generations to come.

Aisha says..

I will never be popular. Yes, I have made tons of friends over the years, and managed to retain most of them in good standing (Sorry J.L., call me!). But I will never be popular in that high school cool way. I am too unwilling to mute my personality, water down my acidic wit, or generally appear to be anything other than unusual, and slightly eccentric.

That's it. Just me as me for the rest of my life. Don't worry, if you met me you may or may not like me, but I am just as I appear; a little insecure, hopefully funny and nice, and sometimes a looker, sometimes not - depending on the level of girl camouflage. Sometimes moody, mean and disagreeable with absolutely no sense of humor, at all. So..that's it. I'll never be popular, probably not because I don't want to be (double/triple negatives here.) I'll never be popular, frankly, because I don't know nor want to know how to fit in. Makes for an interesting life anyway.

-Aisha K.

Fall: leaves fall gently kissing dew on grass, shivering ecstasy, wind and water driven to fall.

Driven by wind, water and earth, driven to fall. Sure as the tide and moon, leaves inextricably linked to heaven, destined to fall back to earth.

Waiting...

I am waiting impatiently for an employer to contact me. Hopefully sooner than later. In the meantime I have been keeping my unemployed self busy with temp jobs (disaster!)
job hunting (half-halfheartedly) and volunteering with Faithful Friends, a local no-kill animal shelter.
But back to that employer. Does it really take 3 weeks to hire a candidate. Sheesh.
So I am in a horrible state of mind. It's hard to be chipper (is that a word?) when you're not working in the career you realllly, really want to be in. And volunteering ain't getting it...I love non-profits, but sometimes you live a little hand to mouth ya know?
But to be positive (which I am usually) I want to be the head of Alumni Development and Fund raising when I grow up. So that means finishing my degree, volunteering at a non-profit part-time and shaking the tree of my contacts to find a job in the non-profit arena.
It is a total career change for me in that I have always volunteered in the areas I love (event-planning, fund raising) and worked in classic work a day jobs like sales, retail and the like.
So here is my chance to get my feet wet, and I am part scared out of my wits and part overjoyed at the chance. More on this employer later!

Spring is here, right?

The first day of spring has come. I am missing Charleston, SC very much right now. For those who know what it is like to love and miss and ache for something or someone, you understand the emotion of “missing.” My dream is to return to Charleston for good and stay put. I can tell you that I left on a whim and have regretted it for a while now. So Charleston, my fair city, as you slumber, peacefully under stars, and pluff mud, I can hear your siren song. It keeps me up at night. In comparison, my current city is Alcatraz, without the benefit of the good view. Sheeese. So I will be, hurrah, after almost 6 years away, be visiting my fair city again! Fire up the oyster pots, and put on some shrimp and grits and frogmoor stew too. I am looking forward to it. Maybe I can make it so I can return, never to stray. Good night, sweet Charleston, I will dream of your fair shores, and gracious Charlestonians that I am lucky to count amongst my friends.