sometimes, i think the easiest thing in the world is to lose yourself... to time, to depression, to sadness, to anger, to injustice... etc etc etc. And for the last couple months, I was simply just that... Lost ( Read more... )

I had an awesome practice today! Since today's a Thursday, we had the gym early ( Read more... )

Leaves of Surrender ( Read more... )

I found this video today on Yahoo, it's a video montage of people from 1 to 100 years of age...

(my favorites are 12, 15, 40, 44, 78, 80, 83, 86 :D )

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GUHLa1qSy24

For some reason, I couldn't stop smiling the whole time while I was watching this There's something beautiful about this video as it documents the passage of time ( Read more... )

Sometimes I realize that I don’t know half of the events that go on around me. I like to think that I’m aware, that I’m educated and informed… but then I switch on the computer, and news flashes come in about monks in Burma who have lit themselves on fire in protest of a military regime, that a Pakistani leader has been assassinated ( Read more... )

Whoops, I haven't written here for 2 months... though I guess that's not legitimate considering I was in Russia/Czech Republic/Belarus/Israel for 2 months, and I did INDEED write, I simply have it all saved on my computer ( Read more... )

So Martha came over last night, and after her massage, I went straight to bed and literally conked out. I was still so ridiculously jet-lagged... i think it was the worst that it's ever been. It's almost like it's harder to adjust with each trip I go on. You'd think my body would get the hang of it by now. Maybe I'm just getting old. :-P ( Read more... )

"Life isn't about keeping score. It's not about how many friends you have. Or how many people call you. Or how accepted or unaccepted you are. Not about if you have plans this weekend. Or if you're alone. It isn't about who you're dating, who you use to date, how many people you've dated, or if you've ever dated at all. It isn't about who you have ( Read more... )

Ahhh… so after yet another long exhausting trip, I’m finally back in the U.S.! It feels so good to be back even if I still am only at the Newark Airport. (Which is by far one of the greatest airports food-wise? As I am currently feasting on a wondrously delicious QUADUPLE SWIRL mix of frozen yogurt *chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, and Butter pecan ( Read more... )

Day one of yet another competition completed! I’ve been in Portugal for 5 days now. All the competitors from Marbella took an agonizing 8 hour bus ride to Portugal, and are now all here competing as well. This is a huuuuuge World Cup competition. There are 500 people from all the participating countries! I believe there are over 70+ senior gymnasts ( Read more... )