Recap of graduation weekend to come, but for now, here is the end of the eloquent and inspiring Commencement Address given by Marion Wright Edelman at my graduation ceremony.

I believe we’ve lost our sense of what’s important as a people and that too many folks are of all races and classes are growing up unable to handle life in hard places ( Read more... )

You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even ( Read more... )

I was recently reminded of my 101 in 1001 post, in which I made a list of 101 random things I want to accomplish in the next 1001 days. Well, I'm approximately 460 days in, and I can cross 24 off the list. Some, I'm pleased to say, I can cross off multiple times!

Among them: Get an internshp. Done. And done! While I might not have the most ( Read more... )

Just found out that my Uncle Buddy (my mom's twin) and his crew just won the Newport-Bermuda race, which is a really big deal in the sailing world. He is now the ONLY person to win the race THREE times.

Also chatted with my cousin Lily today, to learn that she placed 6th at Nationals last week for surfing.

Good week for the Tallmans!

Went to Merritt Island last weekend. Got off early Friday (like most days) and made it to the island in time for some beer pong with my two favorite girls and some '04 boys. (One of whom later threw up, and I feel partly responsibly because I was his pong partner all night but made him drink for both of us since I had to drive ( Read more... )

Drinking 2 cups of coffee after 5pm was SO not a good idea...

It's 5:30am and I am still AWAKE.

Got home around 3am, after being reunited with my two favorite girls :) ...and a few games of beer pong in which I played like a freshman, maybe becuase I wasn't drinking?

Finished reading Message in a Bottle a few minutes ago, and was disappointed ( Read more... )

I'm crossing my fingers everything goes smoothly at my internship today. (Of course by saying this, I'm practically taunting the Universe to throw a busy, stressful day my way ( Read more... )

I was told by the doctor who read my x-ray and informed me that I had a ruptured appendix that I have a very high pain tolerance. You know, because I went to school all day with appendicitis and only rated my pain as a 6 on a scale of 1-10 ( Read more... )

First I would just like to say that I am typing this from my laptop! Which is working properly for the FIRST TIME SINCE FEBRUARY. If I never visit the "Geek Squad" at Best Buy again, it will be too soon ( Read more... )

So my relationship with my mother? Is no longer existent. Indefinitely ( Read more... )