Category Archives: life

I live about 3,000 miles away from Boston. About 1,400 miles away from Waco. In short, I live too far away. Tragedy in the US is nothing new. We have had acts of natural disasters, domestic terrorism, assassinations, spree killings, and more just in my lifetime. Yet, every time it strikes I get a huge [...]

[Note: I wrote this blog entry with my LiveScribe pen so you can see the image and read what it says (because I know my handwriting isn't the best). It's my tiny contribution to bringing back a dying medium - Tabz] Friends There’s no way to really explain the worth of some intangible things in [...]

There’s something innate within all of my close friends that makes us want to be creative. I’m drawn to creative people. It can be music, art, writing, film making or knitting! Maybe it’s because I came from a highly creative family. We’re a long line of storytellers. It’s really the best thing for wanting to [...]

Sometimes I realize why it’s awesome to be me. And that sounds so superficial and egotistical (and I’m sorry about that). But honestly – there are just moments I sit back and go… “Oh wow. It’s awesome being me.” I live on the fringes of celebrity. I’ve called it in the past a micro-celebrity status. [...]

If you have a good idea, get it out there. For every idea I’ve realized, I have ten I sat on for a decade till someone else did it first. Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE. – Joss Whedon I’m used to being… uh. Different. And by used to [...]

So today is my 27th Birthday (contrary to myself, who, for a long time, was saying I was turning 28). I adore my birthday. Ever since college it’s been the month of my birth celebration, and before that I had a whole birthday week where my parents would give me small presents to count down [...]