There's a scene in the recent "Gilmore Girls" revival when one of the main characters goes to hike the Pacific Coast trail after reading "Wild." The gag is she's one of a dozen who show up, partially inspired by the book, partially by the Reese Witherspoon movie.  All ready to hit the train and find their peace, their epiphany ( Read more... )

You can do one thing that will make one person happy or healthy or safe.  You can do one thing that will do the same for a group of people. What do you do ( Read more... )

I think a lot about where I'm from... what makes a person the parents that raise them or the ones that birth them ( Read more... )

It's all written out neat and orderly ( Read more... )

I've never been in love. I don't think.

I've had all emcompassing crushes that I obsessed over and cried over and mourned when it ended.

I've had all encompassing lust when all I wanted to was to be consumed and surrounded by my current beau. It died in a fit of passion and the mourning period was brief.

As I get older it happens less. I go ( Read more... )

One day I’ll earn the right to be as brash and outspoken as Carrie Fisher ( Read more... )

Jantelagen:
I’m a bitch. I’m type A, I’m outspoken, I’m loud and I say what pops into my head any time I feel like it. 
I’m not a team player. I’m a leader and a do-er. I’ve known it my whole life. One semester in high school I tried to be more of a team player and go with the flow and I got penalized by a teacher for not being the leader she ( Read more... )

My doctor never said the words ( Read more... )

My mom stopped the car in the middle of the four lane road for me to jog across and get in, a bottle of water, phone and a shiny medal balanced in my hands ( Read more... )

There's lots of things in my head I need to get out.... so I'm going to try LJ Idol season 10.