Hard to believe that it's Christmastime again.  I feel like I work all the time now and I have to consciously stop myself from working.  Things that help alleviate my addiction:  my husband, my puppy, and god, if only because for the first time in about three years i feel comfortable praying again ( Read more... )

Coming up on my last year of school, hopefully ever, and I'm excited and feeling more confident than I have these past two.  I've passed all my required courses and now, it's just a matter of staying the course and picking the next step.  I finished my application for the JAG Corps, and have to add one more letter of recommendation, and then I'll ( Read more... )

Christmas always stirs in me a mixture of joy and sadness.  We draw closer to family and to God--and even though we may feel distance from both over the course of the year, because we have set the time aside we're willing to put our doubts and fears under the table if only to sit peacefully for a while and break bread.  But losses also become more ( Read more... )

i love this part of summer because it's finally kicked in with all the  parties and the watermelons at the grocery store and the cold beer in the fridge and getting to work debate camp this summer makes me think that maybe this year we'll luck out, summer will last forever, i will never ever ever have to go back to school again ( Read more... )

somedays i really miss performing, be it slam or speech and debate or even toastmasters.  part of me wants to start an alternate life where i pick up poetry again but really put more heart into it, and then record my performances and start a myspace name with a psuedonym and pictures of me in a pink wig.

RESPECT THE DIVAS. Happy video for this week, duet of "Happy Days are Here Again/Get Happy" with the most fabulous Barbara Streisand and Judy Garland. This movie will make you a beliver. You will come away wanting to be Barbara Streisand. She is fantastic. So is Judy. I love them both.

MAKE ME A DIVA, MAGICAL BARBARA STREISAND FAIRIES!

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I'm trying to find little bits of happiness and grab them by the horn as they come along, just to make the difficult days a little easier ( Read more... )

Yes, I made this poster with my drawing pad and Adobe Photoshop Elements and Yes, Yes, Yes, It Rocks.

love me world.  love me.


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1.  Why he may not be my fav, we have a new president.  And it feels good to have a change.

2.  It snowed, if only for a moment, but a great great moment today. . .


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