I definitely did not plan to read these books.  I was vaguely familiar with them, what with the movie being released and every teenage girl in the country swooning simultaneously.  I had pretty much decided that they were too popular to bother with at the current time, and didn’t quite get all the hype. 
Boy, do [...]

I am finally finished with this horrible semester, hallelujah!  I am now off to my place of birth to see my family for Christmas!  Yay!  And then I get to come home and have another Chrismas!  Yay!  And then I get to go to OK and have yet another Christmas!  Yay!  Will the joy ever [...]

A group of girls in one of my classes are always going on about their relationships.  It seems like all they do is complain about their significant others: how inept they are at listening, their lack of commitment, their inability to ever clean out the fridge.  I began to wonder what they actually liked about [...]

For quite some time I have been keeping an eye out for some type of Thai Peanut Sauce.  It’s either not carried or hidden very well in mainstream grocery stores, and I apparently don’t need it badly enough to venture to a specialty store.  So, when I was out and about yesterday and came across a jar, [...]

The Lily
The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,
The humble sheep a threat’ning horn:
While the lily white shall in love delight,
Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright.
William Blake

With every photo I take, my desire to run away and become a traveling photo-journalist grows.  It’s a pretty ridiculous dream, especially since I have very little knowledge of photography and absolutely no means to travel beyond maybe the Twin Cities.  However, I had quite a fun week in terms of photography, mostly in Canal, [...]

A collection of various quotes from various places that have some sort of meaning to me and that I absolutely adore.
“You are everything I never knew I always wanted.”
     ~Fools Rush In
“It’s amazing the difference a little sky can make.”
     ~Shel Silverstein, Sky Seasoning 

“Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.”
     ~Robert Frost
“We is [...]

Happy Birthday to me!  I am feeling quite old but also very young at the same time, it’s rather strange.  I’m really excited for the day, even though it’s all rainy and gray outside.  Kudos to my family though, they have been very efficient with the birthday phone calls.  So far my mother has advised [...]

I love poetry.  It’s amazing that just a few stanzas can contain and evoke so much emotion and meaning, and how some poets can twist and arrange words into combinations I had never considered.  I am a particular fan of the poetry of Robert Frost, as unoriginal as that may sound.  I cross my heart, I am [...]

After attending a wedding a few weeks ago and while preparing to be a bridesmaid in another coming up in September, I have noticed myself becoming a bit wedding-minded lately.  This is odd, since I am not remotely close to getting engaged or married, nor do I think I am quite ready for it.  Although since I am female [...]