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Heart's a Mess
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I hate you, don't leave me
What do you do when you want everyone to leave you alone, yet you don't want to feel or actually be alone?
There is so much swirling around in my brain, I hardly know where to begin to sort it out. -
Hands Up
I realize that I haven't posted anything since August 26th. Many times I thought "I really should update my journal" but I never truly had any time to dedicate to a post so I put it off until my holidays came ( Read more... ) -
For the women and girls who suffer in the DRC and around the world...
Anyone who knows me, knows how passionate I am about women's rights. After involving myself in VDay (http://www.vday.org/home) for the first time, I learned some terrible things about the situation involving women and young girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo:
Congo is the most dangerous ( Read more... ) -
my heart is not made of flesh and bone like the rest of me
WELL, it has been a while and a trip, man. A wild trip.
My visit back home was truly bliss.
I had something to do or someone to see every day.
I did everything I said I was going to and then some. Laughed all the time, smiled all the time, hugged a lot, danced, sang ...
I partied, I camped, I swam, I made smores, I swam more, I BBQ'd, I saw some ( Read more... ) -
PROLOGUE
So tomorrow begins my journey.
It seems like it's just a simple trip back home, but it's oh so much more than that.
True, I'm elated that I'm going home for two weeks. I get to see my sister, my niece, my friends, I get to perform and camp and attend a wedding. There will be much to do in the little time that I am there.
I was getting anxious about ( Read more... ) -
question marks
Every once in a while I look at some of my friends and think of how lucky they are that they come from healthy, happy families where they actually know both of their parents. I always hope they realize how lucky they are, too.
(I'm sick of my story already.)
You may or may not know that my sister Nathenia and I don't actually know who our Father is ( Read more... ) -
I wish I could eat your cancer
Every day when I wake up, I do whatever it takes to pump myself up for the day (depending on the kind of day it is). I find on days when I have to get up early for either appointments or work, without fail, I have trouble sleeping. Although I have trouble sleeping on most nights, these nights are ridden with anxiety. Anxiety about getting up on ( Read more... ) -
dance, baby, dance like the world is ending
I kept thinking, "did they make a mistake?"
"Maybe they meant to send this offer to someone else."
Alas, no - the offer was meant for me. I did something they liked. Out of all the auditions I've ever done (there have been many); this one is the one I'm most proud of.
Every now and again, I keep thinking of something I could have done differently ( Read more... ) -
it's always darkest before the dawn
and it's hard to dance with a devil on your back, so shake him off ...
My Humber audition was for 9:00am, 15 minutes away - I was nearly 20 minutes early. That was good because there were already people in the room, waiting - eventually, there were 18 of us when everyone showed up.
There were two students going into second year, assisting that gave ( Read more... )