I just wanted to let you all know that I'm finally dragging my butt back down to DC. I know its been almost a year and I also know I haven't kept all the great touch and I also know that some of you all will have left for summer vacation already, and for that I am sorry. But if you are around, mark off your calendar because Monday through ( Read more... )

Apparently that makes me old... at least to my little sister.

Take a moment to appreciate the beautiful mother earth and have a blessed day :)

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I'm going to join the plethora of LJ friends who have been discussing weight lately. I've been watching what I eat (i.e. making sure to get 5 fruits/veggies a day, fiber intake, vitamins, calcium, iron, water, protein/carb/fat balance etc.) and working out regularly since October, and I'm pleased to say I am down 15.4 pounds. One more and I'll be ( Read more... )

"Because I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggonit, people like me!"

My sister got into every school she applied to and has decided to go to USC, her top choice school. She even got into the drama school which only 60 students get into. In celebration, we are taking a road trip out to California this summer for her orientation. We're heading to St. Louis and then taking Route 66 out to LA, and then on the way back ( Read more... )

Bradley and Cynthia, my two closest friends in Highland Park and two of the coolest people you'll ever meet, are moving to Nicaragua. He's working on his dissertation and she's running a women's clinic. I am both immensely happy for them and the people of Nicaragua, and terribly sad for myself as I will miss their friendly awesomeness.

I recently took a trip to Chicago for the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers and I had a great time. I had no idea Chicago was so lovely. I can picture myself living there some day. It was so clean and beautiful, with classic architecture. That and the Baha'i Continental House of Worship is located in Wilmette, accessible ( Read more... )

So my friend Will Morrison who is a computer programmer who DJs on the side for weddings and what not has decided to start an online radio station called "Next Level Radio". The impetus for this decision is not only his love for music but his immense spirituality and love for humanity. Essentially the goal of this station is to highlight artists ( Read more... )