I dread Mondays for more than the usual weekend jet-lag that puts me in a fog until the afternoon. No, I hate Mondays because of Uncle Sam. In fact, I hate every morning commute throughout the entire week because of Uncle Sam ( Read more... )

It seems like just yesterday I was standing in uncomfortably tall heels among 400 of my closest acquaintances sipping a glass of champagne. Through what I might say was a haze of various mixed drinks and 2 bottles of hot sake, I found myself ringing in the New Year. Relatively cliche I might add minus any notable 2009 accessories, such as hats, ( Read more... )

First of all, I borrowed this little exercise from spyinak . (Thanks!)

It sounded like fun, and I'm up tonight with no sleep in the near future. So here it goes...

1. Take five books off your bookshelf.
2. Book #1 -- first sentence
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. Book #4 -- next to the last ( Read more... )

It's been getting colder this past week,  our climate slowly making the transformation into something that can resemble a Winter season. In Texas I find it hard to get into the Christmas spirit when it's 75 degrees outside and you can wear shorts. The icy weather has been a welcome change, if you ask me. Today was a little different though--the ( Read more... )

I got a nice surprise yesterday afternoon ( Read more... )

It's my birthday. One year shy of a quarter century.

If each year of my life were an hour in the day, it would be about midnight.

I'm not sure why birthdays are days where I evaluate all the things currently going on in my life, but to me they're like checkpoints. I think to myself, ok...24. My friends are getting married, some even having kids. ( Read more... )

Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink.
Water, water everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink...

It started raining last night right in the middle of my bathroom around 3:00 am. Fat droplets of water hitting the counters, shelves, pictures, Kleenex, my cat and of course, me. I'll tell you now, there is no way to be certain how one will react ( Read more... )

So in my daily efforts to decorate my apartment, I've developed an interest in lamps. Lamps are fantastic and necessary, so I feel that while they light up the room, they should be unique and fun. Two of my latest purchases in home illumination can be seen below.

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I fell victim to the warring winters
My soul foolishly plucked from my body
and perched atop the bough of 
a ripened pear tree

The bold faced moon bares no pity for me,
but trails near at my back as if 
pulled by a string

Once a humble spark in a world on fire,
should my fate fall to an unwelcoming earth,
nestled in a low bed

Or should the smoke curl and ( Read more... )

It's been awhile since I've posted.

I wish I could say it's because I've been very busy or that my life has taken some drastic and exciting turn, but I'm afraid it's merely that my habitual procrastination has rendered me completely incompetent. I have been going to school (only four weeks left!), and drinking obscene amounts of red wine. I'll be ( Read more... )