One of my LJ friends is selling her engagement ring, so I finally decided to post a bit about a ring of my own ( Read more... )

Recently I was looking over old LJ entries and realized that I had spoken in late 2006 about "radical changes," essentially creating a different life for myself and ridding myself of people and patterns that are doing me more harm than good. It was a little disheartening to realize that some of those changes had taken place but some of them--which ( Read more... )

I'm a reader. I'm also a writer, too, sometimes--but I'm always a reader. I read memoirs, cereal boxes, Danielle Steel novels, textbooks, self-help manuals, fashion magazines and famous (and sometimes infamous) literature ( Read more... )

In tenth grade, I had begun to lose what eventually became over 150 pounds. Every day while I walked and drank my water and ate my veggies I would think of the popular girls at my school. I believed they were my ticket to a wonderful life (or at least a pretty great high school experience). I decided I would casually sit wherever they were ( Read more... )

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I apologize for not putting a link, but a. i don't know how and b. i haven't posted pictures in forever! These are pics of the last few weeks....


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It's late. I'm sitting here thinking about Monica, although I don't know why. I was just thinking about the first few weeks after we broke up, wondering how I could've laughed, put on makeup, did anything that wasn't a necessity. I just remember thinking that eventually I would be okay. Emily and I were playing a word association game tonight, like ( Read more... )

Life's been sort of weird lately ( Read more... )

Love you, love everything about you, thinking about being you for Halloween....