So remember me telling you that colon cancer and Chron's disease runs on one side of my father's family?  Well, I found out yesterday that it runs in both.  Apparently my grandfather's mother died of colon cancer and I have another second cousin on that side of the family who has Chron's.  Talk about a double whammy.  I doubt I have anything so ( Read more... )

As I'm sure you all know by now, I've been fundraising for the Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer.  I've agreed to raise $2,200 by the time I do the 60 mile walk in October.  If I don't raise all of it, I have to pay the difference.  Sucks, no?  So I've been working my little tail off with my partner trying to come up with different ways ( Read more... )

Okay friends, I need your help!  This is goofy, but I'm a nerd.  So humor me.  As some of you know, the first book in Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass) is coming to theaters in December.  I first started reading these books when I was in junior high and I highly recommend them.  The characters from the world of The ( Read more... )

So, as most of you who read my blog already know, I've been going through a difficult period.  After the awfulness that was the weekend before this last weekend, I've finally said enough is enough.  My heart can't take it anymore.  I need a break from caring about men.  A break from being concerned about what I may be doing wrong.  I need to focus ( Read more... )

Wow...I was reading back through my old LJ. Apparently I've always had this problem where my timing has sucked. I always learn lessons a little too late to make a difference where they should have. I always meet guys just as they're breaking up with their exes and aren't ready to move on...or I start seeing someone just as they're getting ( Read more... )

Well, my transcription stuff came in today! Lots of school books and some extras How exciting! I got butterflies in my tummy when I saw all of those books of higher learning contained in that box. I immediately set out to the coffee shop for internet access, thereby access to the course. I spent the last few hours studying, and I feel so ( Read more... )

I have a problem. I don't want to date anyone. I know I will get past this, but the fact that I have lost all desire to date if it's not that one special person is simply ridiculous. But it's there. And I don't want to date. Even though I haven't seen that special person in months. And I know better than to think he's inclined to romantic ( Read more... )

"How have I come to this? Why did I slip and fall? How did I throw half a lifetime away without any thought at all? This should have been my time. It's over. It never began. I closed my eyes to so much for so long, and I no longer can..." - Amneris, Aida "I Know The Truth ( Read more... )

BREAST CANCER 3-DAY WALK ( Read more... )

Men suck. Blah blah blah. Meet a nice guy, he freaks out (I really think it's because he's scared of me-I intimidate the living hell out of him). Doesn't seem inclined to see you anymore, but says something to a buddy about when the camping trip you all were planning together was going to happen, leading you to think he still is interested in ( Read more... )