Birthday Wishes and Broadway Beats

In a fit of needed intellectual stimulation and an outlet for my creativity (and to also guarantee that I will indeed make it through the first few weeks of school-a sort of reward system), I signed up for a professional memoir writing course in New York City for the end of September with Janice Erlbaum, [...]

Fallen

You tell me that you would take my picture
Paint it in the sky with stars
So wherever you went,
You could see me
 
I protest
The stars are fickle
I don’t want to burn out
(I’ve fallen for you and can’t fall again)
and not guide you home.
 
Trying to catch myself,
mimi

Random Musings

I want someone to take my picture.
What is probably more accurate to say is that I want to overcome my awkwardness in asking other people to take my photo in various situations. My reasoning behind this is as follows: I have a bulky, complicated, and ornery digital camera named Dexter, who, at the moment, is [...]

Unboundless

In a series of fortunate events that occurred over the past couple of days, I was able to reconnect with childhood friends for a long chat at the local coffee shop this afternoon. We had spent tons of time together when we were little-through soccer teams and Girl Scouts and school plays and neighborhood parties. [...]

Olympic Drama and Summer Dreams

I know I’ve said it about a million times, but I truly love the Olympics. I was just downstairs, yelling at the TV for the American Men’s Swimming 4×100 medley team to beat the swimsuits off of Australia and the other competitors. In my furry, my dog, who is said to be the equivalent of a small [...]

Shop ’til you drop…from a heat stroke

I just spent about 2 hours trying on winter jackets with my mother. In August. Surrounded by tons of crazed shoppers. Fun. Fun. Fun.
This activity was warranted in the middle of the night because a local surf shop was having a midnight madness sale and everything is really cheap due to end of season sales [...]

All in a days work

I just spent about 3+ hours rotating from my parents bedroom to the couch downstairs watching the Olympics. It’s amazing that what I am seeing there is about a 1/2 a day ahead and by the time I wake up, more things will already be completed, records shattered, medals won, tragic losses, and crushing defeats. [...]

Survivior 2008: Camping Edition

I survived 2.5 days in the wilderness with my crazy, but lovable, friends. Here are tips I learned from CAMPING OUT 2008:
1. Don’t let the tent builder construct your tent on an incline because in the middle of the night, you will find yourself slumped down to the bottom of the tent and it will cause you to [...]

Oh what a day!

It’s been a long day.
Actually, it’s been one long, emotionally draining and tiring week. And, to top it all off, I am going camping this weekend with my friends, who, for the most part have never experienced life in the outdoors. I, however, was once a Girl Scout and did the whole ‘campfire-trail blazing-let’s-sing-songs-and-hold-hands’ bit. [...]

What to do, what to do…

Every so often, my dad will play the ‘Let’s name what future careers you would be good at!’ game. They are always practical, have some direct connection to my life and contain an explanation of why I would be good at it.
The top ones include being a teacher (any age level is fine-getting my PhD and teaching [...]