Despite how long it has been since I've posted, I thought I would just post one of my recent entries on a forum I belong to. It pretty much sums up what's been going on with me lately:

Long story short, one of my brothers (of two) died at 34 from melanoma almost two years ago after a seven month battle with it.

One of our connections was always ( Read more... )

 I have to say that I actually am beginning to like the fact that no one reads my Livejournal. Sure, I don't update often enough to really even make that statement, but still...it's nice, especially these days. It feels like the summer has just flown by, I can't believe we're halfway through July!

As is usually the case with me, I seem to be taking ( Read more... )

I'm thrilled to say that I've finally gotten back into the grove of making mixes again! I can really feel the creative juices flowing; it's quite something. I wanted to post some of my new mixes and see if anyone wanted copies. It certainly has helped distract me from the low points I've had in recent weeks. Here is the most recent one I made for ( Read more... )

Can I just say how much Last.Fm rules? While I was staying with my parents, my fiance discovered that XBox is now letting you stream Last.Fm for free! Better yet, if you already have an account (naturally I did) they list all of your top artists' specific stations! I had forgotten how I'd linked my iTunes from my parents' computer to Last.Fm, so ( Read more... )

You know, I should really go to movies alone more often. It was not a concept I was that into, until I did it last weekend for the first time in ages. I saw An Education, which was excellent and highly recommended. The reason I enjoyed going alone so much was that as much as I love discussing movies with people (seriously, it's a pastime), I loved ( Read more... )

I have quite a bit to say and I don't really know why. First off, colds kind of suck. I realize I'm lucky that it's not H1N1 (or whatever), but I haven't even been at my parent's house for a week...ugh. I forget how much even minor colds knock me on my ass. And how hard it is to sleep with a runny nose. Oi ( Read more... )

So it's been awhile, obviously, and while I'm sure very few people actually read this (I don't blame them!), I thought I'd update anyway. And to avoid all my entries being downers, I thought I'd try to update on the not-so-negative things going on right now. I decided, after a lot of thinking, to go back home to be with my family for a few weeks; ( Read more... )

OK, so my last entry was also about Art Of The Mix, but now I have a specific bone to pick with them. *ahem* I realized that one of my favorite mixers on AOTM now lives near me, but of course I need to log in to send him a message...well, AOTM apparently doesn't think that any one of the three passwords I use for ALL of those sites is valid! Argh. ( Read more... )

When I read a recent entry from an LJ friend about what had happened to the Art Of The Mix website, I was skeptical. Even though I hadn't regularly visited the site for quite some time, once in awhile I'd check in and at least see mixers I knew. The site had looked the same, the last time I visited. However, I checked it out the other day and was ( Read more... )

Instead of my grief manifesting itself in the form of overeating, music obsessions or even things of a sexual manner, it has aroused my love of reading. I've read more books recently than I had in months, maybe even in the last entire year. I've done all sorts of genres too; chick-lit (bleck!), true crime novels, religious theory...there seems to ( Read more... )