February 2010
4 posts
January 2010
17 posts
A Year of Thankfulness. Pt. 1
One resolution I made this year was to be thankful for something everyday. I made this conscious choice, because I used to be very appreciative but somehow along the way I became jaded and bitter. I really noticed this tragic personality change around Thanksgiving, when everyone was celebrating and expressing their thankfulness, and all I could do was try not to gag when I read the “Today...
Lonely and alone are not the same, most of the...
Being alone used to be my favorite time, it allowed me time to reflect and process conversations, life, and interactions. Being an intensely introverted person I not only like this, I need it. Without it, I loose my sense of self and become enable to enjoy things.
I’m slow to change. I’m not a big fan of it and I don’t like having to adjust my mental understandings of...
WatchI’m glad I have talented friends.
Gay Marriage and Other Soapboxes
This might frustrate or confuse you, especially if you have had a similar raising as mine, but nonetheless, I think gay marriage should be legalized and I think it’s a form of prejudice to think it shouldn’t be allowed. To explain myself, if you haven’t clicked out of my blog and started writing letters beginning: “Dear Internet” yet, if you really take a step back...
Thunderstorms are my favorite!
Soundtrack of a Funeral
On a morbid note, I have found the song I want at my funeral. Some people hear songs and want them for their weddings and other special occasions, but I am really enjoying thinking about the songs played at my funeral. What songs will sum up my life and remind people of me?
I’m clearly pretty comfortable with death, not like grew-up-in-a-funeral-home-“My Girl”-kind-of-way, but...
Elizabeth Gilbert eased me out of my mid-twenties...
Her book Eat, Pray, Love, which you may have read because you like the Oprah book club or refused to read because you hate anything Oprah endorses (which is where most of my friends fall), helped me become comfortable with myself. Mostly in the fact that I don’t quite know myself well enough yet to be planning out the rest of my life, and that I should be okay with taking time to figure it...
Unlike 6.4% of my FB friends, I'm not pregnant!
It’s the issue that most single women in their mid-twenties deal with: seems like the rest of the world is having babies and I’m still trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up. It’s not the whole world, it’s not even a majority of my acquaintances, but it’s amazing how a measly 6.4% (literally, I did the math) can make you feel like shit just because you...
“Through error you come to the truth! I am a man because I err! You never reach...”
– Razumihin in Crime and Punishment
Don Miller should be required reading for...
A Million Miles in A Thousand Years—Donald Miller There’s something about Miller and the way he tells stories. I’ve not read all of his books, but when I read my first Miller book, Through Painted Deserts, I fell in love with his writing style. Perhaps it’s his openness, harsh honesty with himself, or maybe it’s his willingness to share the pain and the joy of his life with us. Whatever it is, I...
Two-thousand-nine was mighty fine.
Probably the biggest value of a blog or a journal is the actually act of writing and sharing and then having it recorded for later remembering. So here’s my 2009 highlights:
Birthdays: My friends and I decided this year to celebrate each of our birthdays by enjoying a meal of our choice and then the birthday person got to choose their favorite movie and we all watched it together (also, the...
The beginning....yet again.
I’ve decided to start a new blog despite all the previous failed ones. One night, I was feeling frustrated and began writing. Sooner than I could check my Facebook, I had 1,200 words and lots of relief. So I decided that I had something to say and it needed to be let out, so here we go again.
Most of this blog will probably be dealing with my own neuroses and how they’ve impacted my...