lex and the city

I've actually been super productive this week which is new. I've gone down to the study room in my dorm for a couple hours most days. Monday, I got a lot of my work done for the week. Tuesday, I actually volunteered on a campaign for state assembly. My friends introduced me to the candidate. I wish I lived in his district so I could have voted for him. It looks good for him so far though; obviously they're still counting mail in votes, but he's up in the polls right now. Wednesday was a study day as well. On Thursday, I went to CVS to pick up a few things and took the day to myself. I think that it's important, now that I'm actually devoting most of my days to work during the week, to have a day where you can not have expectations for yourself. And Friday was another study day and I finally cleaned the suite. I've been putting it off all week. Saturday, I took a walk and journaled and read my book at the promenade near my dorm. I did some shopping at Trader ...

Hellooooo I'm back and ready for action. Jk, I'm not ready for anything. Since I last posted I've moved into my dorm, started classes, taken midterms, visited my boyfriend many times, and voted!  I haven't posted in a while for a combination of reasons. The number one being that I've been kinda lazy and just focusing on my studies during the week and taking the weekends to really rest and rejuvenate. I was recently inspired to come back to this blog because I got into this subsection of instagram where people post time lapses of them studying, making aesthetic bullet journals, and planners. A lot of them also have blogs and it reminded me why I started this blog and why I loved writing it. The other reason is that I am desperately trying to get an internship this year to prepare me for a career. So far I have been unsuccessful, but I remembered that having a blog (preferably a popular blog) would l...

Why is it that no matter how much sleep I get, I am always tired? Maybe that's a question I'll never have the answer to. Other questions with no answers include, why the world seems to be always going downhill. The current political climate basically makes me want to crawl under the covers and never come out. I hate that people are so divided by how they think the government should interact with the people. And that it's all tied back to whether you're a "good person" or not. That's bullshit. Not that there aren't good and bad people out there; of course there are, but they aren't mutually exclusive to a political affiliation.  When I'm asked my political affiliation, I say I'm a moderate. My boyfriend disagrees, says I'm a conservative, but blame it on my days as a radical leftist, I'm just not ready to accept the republican label yet. Most of my friends are conservative or conservative ...

I don’t have wifi so I’m typing this on my notes. My boyfriend went back to New York today. I wrote a poem about how I’m feeling. The first few days are always the worst. I miss him so much and no matter how hard I try, I can’t make time go backwards to when we were together. My dog isn’t even making me feel better. My nephew is here with me and I’m still feeling shitty. I’m reading a book called “How to be Happy”, but it’s not a self help book. It’s a poetry and prose book. It’s not making me any happier though. I hope it gets easier soon. And that time passes quickly so I can see my boyfriend again.  I quit my college’s pre law society. I was getting bullied by members who didn’t agree with my political opinions I hate using the word “bully”, but that’s what it is. I made me feel like I was in high school again. Like I was insignificant and weak and powerless. So I’m starting a Turning Point USA chapter. My friends don’t want to be involved though because they’re discouraged...

Restaurants opened for indoor seating in Ohio!!!  I'm so happy that things are opening back up. Even though I don't have anyone to go anywhere with yet, my boyfriend will be visiting soon so that will definitely make everything better. Although Ohio is in the process of opening again, the rest of the world is still shut down. I really hope more than anything that New York opens before I have to go back to school. Otherwise I'll have to suffer through online school again and I'll have to spend the semester in Ohio. I don't hate Ohio as much as I rag on it; I really do appreciate it's quiet, peaceful existence. It's just that going to school in New York has really removed me from the social scene here, not that I was ever much a part of it. Now I have like two or three friends here and none of them I talk to regularly so I really don't want to hit them up and ask to hang out. I know that they would most likely say yes, but I'm just anxious about it. ...

May 18 Quarantine is the worst. In my almost twenty years of life, I've never experienced something so draining. I really picked a stupendous time to start doing something that requires a constant flow of ideas. I'm hoping this gets easier. Today was my first day back in Ohio. I'm originally from Ohio so I come home every break from school. It wasn't too bad actually. I typically want to rip my hair out pretty much constantly when I'm home. I feel more stable this time. I'd like to attribute that to my boyfriend, but I know I had the strength to stabilize myself the whole time. I just needed someone to tell me I can do it. This is basically going to become a public diary if I'm not careful. Honestly wouldn't be too upset with that though. At least then I have something to write about. Haven't gotten a job yet; I have to call one place tomorrow so wish me luck with that. I sorted through my childhood bitty baby stuff today. It had me pretty nostalgic...

My boyfriend made fun of me a lot when I told him that I was going to do this. In a friendly, good natured way of course; can't have my readers thinking I'm in a toxic relationship from the first line. Honestly, I completely agree with his criticism. I don't know what I'm going to write about. It took me fifteen minutes to pick a theme and fonts for my blog. Maybe (definitely) because it distracted me from the actual task of filling my blog with content. I guess I should give a little background info about myself first. My name is Alexis, you can call me Lex though. I go to college in Brooklyn, NY (hence the blog name) and I'm a junior. I'm an English major and communications minor so basically I'm studying to be jobless in two years. I'm only kind of kidding. I want to be a writer and I've been told the best way to do that is to just write, all the time every day. I journal of course, but I need more to keep myself accountable. I wrote for an onli...