The first month of the great weight recording of 2009 did not go as well as planned. Excuses are as follows:
-The first two weeks were the last two weeks of school, including final projects, tests, finals, and so on.
-Graduation included lots of food- really bad food.
-We went to Nebraska for a family reunion which meant [...]
Today, I was magically down three pounds. I have a couple of theories for this. One, Matthew and I just bought a new scale that is probably slightly different than the one at the gym, which was what I had used before. Second, we found that the scale reports a different weightage depending on where [...]
In an attempt to renew my lagging motivation, I am going to start recording my weekly weight loss achievements and exercise plans on here. There will be fancy graphs and menus for healthy dinners because I love nothing more than to make fancy graphs and menus when I should be working out. However, once the [...]
If I asked a question for every fax I sent I would learn more from your answering smile than I could wonder while the dial tone became a call.
I would feel happier if you wrote the wrong area code than if I’d never seen you.
The waiting would seem more like meeting a friend [...]
We gave the street a rainbow colored breeze
of smoke to battle smoke from up the hill.
Our parachutes were landing in the trees,
small vict’ries sought by shaking limbs and leaves
or firing up basketballs that failed,
their red-orange flash producing just a breeze
that almost targeted the favorite neice
who screamed and sent it back up to its goal.
The singed [...]
The creepiest part of my trip to the gulf coast was the “X” marks left on two thirds of the houses that had been destroyed by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. I noticed them first in the areas where we did our construction. The house across the street had one. Our house had a new door, and [...]
I’m teaching piano. As a volunteer at the Midtown-Carnegie Library, I pretty much get to do whatever I want if I’m not shelving books or watching Anime. So, I hinted at my moderate musical skills, suggested lessons for any young adult interested, and now on Wednesdays from one to three in the afternoon I am [...]
I recently returned from a nine-day trip to New Orleans, LA to build houses among other things. I traveled with members of FnC, the college ministry I attend, as well as some people who are friends of members. Therefore, the trip included strengthening of old relationships as well as creating new ones.
Trips like these often [...]
The following is a paper I wrote for my Classical Mythology class. It was so embarrassingly passionate, I decided to share it with the world.
In my mythology class we have read many tales of heroes but Odyssey is the only true hero in my opinion and inspires the only true heroines.
Heracles, Theseus, and Perseus sought immortality [...]
I recently finished reading Briar Rose by Jane Yolen and it was the least satisfying fairy tale retelling I have seen yet. It had the feel of a short story but stretched for nearly 200 pages, a short novel that lacked proper character development and a convincing plot. The theme was more successful, applying the [...]