Last year when I went to college I stopped shaving my legs. I became a vegetarian, a unitarian universalist, and a pacafist. I decided I was bisexual and became more comfortable with sexuality in general. I came to understand my gender identity and my spirituality differently and in a more complete way, I think. I made more male friends in a few months than I had ever had in my whole life. I became more aware of materialism and more committed to not being wasteful in my life. I discovered the joys of creative writing and, through this discovery, began to examine my relationship with my sister to an extent I had previously been to scared to undertake--a relationship that underwent some serious remodeling this summer. This summer I have done some thinking, reading, and movie watching concerning pedophilia and incest. My relationship with my parents is sad in that I know that they need me more than I need them and continue to knowingly abuse my mother's selflness. No doubt that relationship will contuinue to evolve. This summer also brought my first true introduction to the social group of the workplace, the birth of my friendship with Becky and the strengthening of my friendhsip with Jack.


I await this year's changes with wary excitement.