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The Most Craptastic Semester Ever

August 24, 2008

Moving on! Hillary Clinton sent me a nice email to try to calm me down and The New York Times seems to think Biden has foreign expertise or whatever so I’m letting it go for now.

I also am currently inexplicably covered in bug bites and being itchy never fails to make me feel pissed off.

Though I do have a tiny tan colored rabbit hoping around my room so that tends to help everything look a little brighter. (Though a grey bunny overseeing the tan bunnies freedom from the oppression of her cage might tell you differently.)

I also just checked my email from Joe Biden thanking me for the warm welcome and that made me feel all guilty.

So…school starts tomorrow. I have totally been neglecting talking about it. This was supposed to be my first real semester. I was going to take a full course load for the first time and just feel like a real student. I was directing The Vagina Monologues and I am the secretary and treasurer of Women & Men For Awareness. Now? Now I am taking one non-credit course thanks to my financial aid not coming in. Oh and I was denied for a student loan.

When I think about it I get upset thus I have been putting it out of my mind. I don’t know the classroom, I don’t have the books, etc… It just all sucks so much.

So that’s that.

I’m not happy.

My D-List Blog

August 16, 2008

I decided recently that I am going to own my life being a D-List blogger. It’s only fitting because Kathy Griffin is pretty much my favorite celebrity ever so I should be honored to be following in her footsteps. (Well following badly, but still following, yes?)

It’s funny to me because I started blogging in 2003 which is pretty earlier for blogs. (Well technically I started blogging in 1999 when we first got the internet, but those are entries the world will never see. I at least spare you and only give you post high school experiences. You should thank me quite a lot too. It would be insane.) I began at a friends insistance by joining Xanga which was sort of an online journal community. I read some people there, but it was always people doing it on the side and just writing out their feelings like a journal. That’s how mine started out. (I’m afraid it continues to be like that fairly often.) I read Toothpaste For Dinner comics compulsively after my older brother, Jason pointed them out to me. Somehow, and I don’t remember how, that led me to discovering Mimi Smartypants.

I adored EVERYTHING about Mimi. I loved the dry way she wrote. I loved hearing about her life in Chicago and the random things she noted down. Everything. My entire blogging experience stemmed from finding her blog. She was the only blog I read (outside of Xanga) for a while. I read Mimi from around March 2004 on and one day with one sentence she changed my entire blog world. That sentence? “Alice and I are cranky today.”

The name Alice was, of course, linked the fantastic Alice of Finslippy. I then started clicking and reading everyone who was in Alice’s blogroll at the time. That lead me to another love that was Jessica of Very Mom (then Kerflop now Balancing Everything).

A year later I had a url and website of my very own.

I never did see any other bloggers as being above me. I mean…when it comes down to it we’re all just people sitting around writing out our feelings to the internet. Right? Some of us, albet do it better than others. Though, I’m kind of sure if you mentioned the words SparklieSunShine to say, Fussy. She might say something like, “Hmm…that sounds a tad familiar. Might it be the looney girl who has been commenting me since 2005? I think she bought two of my t-shirts even though they don’t fit her.” Yeah, that might be about right.

While I don’t see any other bloggers above me I do get that they don’t have time to read/engage with everyone who reads them. Nor, I’m sure would they want to. But for the individuals on my blogroll their reading entertains me and that it enough for me. That’s why they are so neatly filed under: For Entertainment.

What was I talking about again? Oh, being D-List, right, right. So one blogger I found quite recently The Bloggess was writing a funny little excerpt about her Technorati rating. It was in the 4,000s. I was curious as to what mine might be. I mean, I’m getting around. I have two Five Star Friday’s under my belt and I’m featured on all top now. My rating can’t be terrible.

Oh, my lovely, wonderful readers. How very wrong you would be. My rating? It’s 4,567,345.

So really there are only 4.5 million bloggers ahead of me. You know, when you consider that there are billions of people in the world that’s really not so bad. I’m representing, yo.

I’m totally owning this. I even took a screen shoot for posterity.

My Technorati Rating

Then It All Falls Down

June 12, 2008

I suppose should talk to you. Some things are going on and I feel like putting them in list for because according to my 50 things about me, that is what I like to do best.

1. Remember when I was so excited to be taking 6 classes next semester? It seems that isn’t going to happen anymore. I couldn’t really afford to take one extra class each semester this past year so each semester I had to drop one. Apparently doing so made me ineligible for financial aid. To remedy this I need to take 7 credits this summer. Each credit will cost $216 so that really isn’t a possibility. I feel so stuck. I felt like this Fall my dream of being a full time student like everyone else would be real. I can’t afford to take the classes this summer and what’s more is that they really aren’t offering a lot and I wouldn’t be able to work my office job anymore.

So…I guess what is going to happen is that I will be taking 3 classes this fall instead of 6. Unless we figure something else out. This just really blows and I am trying to ignore the fact that there is even a problem because I won’t be able to handle it.

2. This also means that being secretary/treasurer of Women & Men For Awareness will be nearly impossible because I’ll have to work full time then too. Also! I won’t be able to direct The Vagina Monologues anymore.

3. I don’t know if I mentioned this here before, but I was selected to go to a Women’s Leadership Institute this summer from June 21 - 27. I was very excited about this because it will be very informative and they will help us start activities on campus based on it. However, now that I won’t be on campus for it I just don’t care. I almost canceled going, but it’s too short notice. I wish I was still excited about it.

4. Then I keep thinking maybe I should just bite the bullet and try to take 3 classes this summer. I mean, it would suck trying to pay for it. (That is almost $2,000!!!!!) However, it would keep me on track to be a full time student in the fall and it would just be a bump in the road. I mean….$500 a month for four months…I could try to manage that, yes? I am (supposedly) getting a new master card in the mail soon with a high limit. I could put it on that and just make payments.

Any input on this would be great because I am wracking my brain!

5. I am getting my hair did on Tuesday (finally!) and immediately afterwards I am going to have my vag gazed upon at the gynecologist office. I am oddly looking forward to the later. I have a touch of hypochondria and sometimes it just feels nice to hear a doctor say that everything is fine. I know I have been feeling worlds better since my check-up and that birthmark removal.

6. There is a cold dilemma going on at my office. Some people are to cold to function (me!) while others claim it’s hot in here (coworker who remains nameless) and I have begun to tape up the thermostat much to their dismay. Today I got a twenty minute barrage of complaints about how it ain’t right (their wording) to have to work in such hot conditions! Umm…70 degrees? Go complain to construction workers in Texas! I’m sure they would love to hear you talk about this. Give me a break.

This coworker also asks me question after question about topics I don’t care about nor do I have any information on. (for example: Where is the boss? Did he have a doctor’s appointment? Is he getting a heart scan? When is he coming back? Where is his wife? Did she go with him? When is she coming back? Will she be here today? Is this for his throat? Will he be in tomorrow?) This is no exaggeration. I wish it was! Let me ask you, if the answer to ever single on of those questions was, “I don’t know” wouldn’t you stop asking?

The past two years have shown me that regardless the questions will continue.

Alright…now I feel like the one who is complaining. I’m going to watch youtube videos of my own rabbits because I’m awesome like that.

UPDATE: I registered for 3 classes. Still not sure if it is even possible to do 9 college credits in three weeks and it will cost officially $2,518.00. Oh boy! Please shoot me! I will appreciate it later.

I Need A New Wardrobe

May 22, 2008

I have spent a few hours looking at pictures of curvy girls looking amazing in dresses. Amazing! I have been wearing a much joked about “uniform” of blue jean skirt with top since 2004, for reals. I buy many other items of clothing, but I hate feeling uncomfortable in my clothing and most other items I own make me feel uncomfortable.

I have to figure out a way to change this. Perhaps have a massive wardrobe sale on eBay?

I mean look at this woman. Does she not look amazingly cute in her dresses and cardigans? Man. I think it gets my attention because she dresses in EXACTLY my style and she looks pulled together and gorgeous.

I usually feel like Toula from My Big Fat Greek Wedding before the make-over. I’m frump girl. Don’t tell Kasey I said that either because she always thinks I look well dressed and beautiful and while I love her for that I feel like I should be doing better.

My wardrobe gets the crap worn out of it. I have about 7 of the same exact ill-fitting horizontal striped shirts in different colors. I just need something different. I need a change and I’m not sure how to get there.

This has been a pretty dark year for me. I am happy, but some things have weighted on me and I am not the giddy person I used to be.

Key Room happy me

I really want to get back there. I think better clothing and more self-confidence will help get me there.

And also perhaps more sleep. I haven’t gone to sleep before 1:00 am any night this week and I have to be to work at 9. This doesn’t lead to a happy, shiny demeanor for me at work.

So that is one of my new goals. To create a new wardrobe for myself with no money and absolutely no sewing talent. This should be fun!

It Started With A Chair

April 23, 2008

This morning I carpooled with my mom to go to college. (She takes classes at my school too) So I got in nice and early, grabbed a soda and went into the Women’s Center. I have sort of been avoiding it since my break-up because my ex has been working there, but it is early enough that she would not be here. The office was open so I slipped inside and I am now sitting at the office computer and looking around.

I am so excited to be working here soon. Did I mention that? I got a work-study for the summer (hopefully all 3 sessions) and all through next school year. It’s perfect because I can work in the Women’s Center between my classes and get my work done in that time also.

The thing I am most excited about is having the chance to redecorate. I really plan on sprucing things up and making it look more bright and inviting. A lot of the information and posters around here are old school suffragette and early wave feminist stuff. Now, while I definately think that has a place in the center and I am all for learning about women’s history I really want to bring the focus on women now. I think so many times it seems like the only women we that young women admire are Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan and that is far from the truth. I want to put strong women’s pictures up with their stories.

I also want a lot more diversity. I’m looking around and I don’t see much of that pictured. Feminism is for everyone and I really want to show that. I can’t wait.

Ever since I decided to make my goal being a Women’s Studies professor I have really felt at peace. I think this is what I have been wanting to do all along. I finally feel content with my goals and what I want to be doing.

Oh! I also was chosen to go to a Women’s Leadership Conference in June. It’s a week long and completely funded by my college. I’ll post more on that later.

It’s time for me to go to class. I’ll update more later.

A Bit About The Green + Vote for Me! (please)

April 11, 2008

First and foremost I am in a contest to win money for rabbit rescues at (my favorite store ever) LUSH. If you could please vote for me and encourage others to do the same I would be forever thankful! Back to our regularly scheduled entry.

Kasey and I have actively been attempting to live our lives a little bit greener. At the same time we have also been striving to make our teeny living quarters more organized and give us the most storage room for our space. These two ideas have been a bit counter productive. As always Target seems to benefit most from our consumerism.

Things we have been doing better for the environment:

1. Trying to buy recycled as much as possible. This includes notebook filler paper, office supplies, etc… I have been avidly reading labels and finding out where everything has come from and what it is made of. I have also been reading up on better renewable resources that are on the rise.

2. Taking shorter showers (shocking!) and using water that is still nice and warm, but not steaming hot. I am also trying to no longer let the shower or sink run while I do my daily business. (You know what I mean.)

3. Washing our clothing in cold water wasn’t hard b/c I already do that to avoid fading and shrinking. I have also been trying to pull clothing out of the dryer when they are still a tiny bit damp (maybe 10 minutes early) and hanging them to dry the rest of the way.

4. We recently switched our cleaning products to Method products that are nicer to the environment and not as harsh.

5. We have now gone officially plastic bag free and we now have a cute collection of reusable shopping bags. It has even been fun to collect the cutest ones we see. We are good on grocery shopping, but we still need to remember to bring them with us when we do other kinds of shopping.

6. We are also now going to strive to bring things that we use: plastic bags we accidentally get, glass bottles, plastic bottle, etc…to the local recycling center.

7. We are going to get organic sheets instead of regular cotton when we replace our sheet set this spring.

8. The shoes I buy from now on will be made from recycled/renewable materials.

Alright. I think that is everything. It’s been oddly easy and actually really enjoyable to research new efficent products to fit into our lives. I always thought being eco-friendly would be so difficult and expensive. I never had the recycling bug. Even when I was younger and most kids were crazy about getting there families to recycle I could care less. It just seems so important to me now.

Things we are having trouble with:

1. We keep buying plastic storage products. I can’t help it! They are so much cheaper than anything else and we really need to have storage in the room or we will both lose our minds. I guess we will just have to make sure these get to a recycling plant after we are done using them so that they don’t get sent to land-fills. Boo.

2. Cleaning = lots of garbage = lots of garbage bags = lots of wasted plastic. I haven’t found a good solution to this yet, but honestly I haven’t really researched it yet.

3. I am drinking out of a Styrofoam cup as I write this. Way to go!

4. Organic cotton/ Bamboo clothing? Great! Available in plus sizes? Not so much. (Unless I want to look like a crazed hippie in a muumuu) I’ll have to look into this further. Still most of my new clothing comes from Bitten at Steve & Barry’s mostly in part to their new sale where everything in the store is $8.95. (Even for jeans!)

5. We still drive a lot and even though we are sharing a car right now (just due to gasoline prices, my car is fine) I know it is something that I wish we had a way around.

Great in the Eyes of Someone

April 4, 2008

1. I have yet another school update. Apparently the woman in charge of the Women’s Studies Dept. at my university is trying to create a Women Studies major! Holy shit! That means I wouldn’t have to transfer. I could earn my degree right where I am with more help, less money and no moving hassle! I don’t know how it will work out yet, but it’s already very exciting.

2. I just scheduled for the Fall 2008 semester. Hopefully (assuming my mother really does help me get my FAFSA in on time) I will be full time, finally. Right now I am scheduled for 6 classes and we’ll see how that goes. Here is what I am taking:

  • Intro to Speech Communication - MWF 9:00 am
  • PCs and Their Uses - MW 11:00 am
  • Intermediate Algebra - MW 3:00 pm - 5:15 pm
  • Gender & Communication - TuTh 8:00 am
  • Intro to Cultural Diversity - TuTh 9:30 am
  • Insects & Human Life - TuTh 4:00 pm

So it will be busy, but I think it will be really enjoyable too. I also am going to be working on campus during the week and that will really help because I won’t be able to work in my office anymore. I’ll have to make some big changes.

3. Kasey is going out of town this weekend. She is going to be attending a birthday party for her godmother’s 80th birthday. It’s in New Jersey and she is leaving in about an hour and she won’t be back until late Sunday night. It’s weird knowing she won’t be around because I have gotten so used to her always being around. I think it will be good though. We will both have some time to be alone and do our own thing. I bought some new canvas’s to paint on so I am going to do a little of that tonight. Plus she got some movies and TV shows for her iPod so she’ll have some things to fill her time as well.

4. I can’t wait until I am done adding my older entries to the site so that I can promptly forget about them. I was such a weird 19 year old. I found an entry where I wrote that I wanted to work in fashion marketing for InStyle magazine! I also mentioned that I didn’t want to have children after I was 24 years old. I think I was a little off on that one because that birthday is coming up really soon. Read those entries at your own risk. You might feel your brain turn into goo.

5. My feet are really cold.

6. For some reason I got obsessed with the dumb show Here Come the Newlyweds that comes on Sundays on ABC. It end this weekend and I don’t know why I enjoy it so much, but I do. No one else seems to have ever even heard of it before.

7. This site might be moving. Same site, new url. I just want to move and grow as a person. This url was picked out when I was 18 years old and that just isn’t who I am anymore. I also want to get away from having a website with the same name as the email I use with family, friends and professors. Time to move on and move out. I have no idea how to do that yet though. It should be interesting. Don’t worry you will have plenty of warning when it does happen.

Title - “Lifesize” by A Fine Frenzy

#1 The Lists Begin

March 1, 2008

I nearly forgot that I decided to blog every single day in March. Then I nearly forgot that today is, in fact, March 1.

The theme for March is lists and while normally this will simply supliment my normal blogs over the weekends I will probably just post a simple list and leave it at that.

FIVE THINGS I WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS MONTH

  • 1. Focus more on my school assignments and finish them promptly.
  • 2. Get my money problems under control.
  • 3. Start to seriously look for an apartment.
  • 4. Write more. (Which should be accomplished by this whole daily blogging thing.
  • 5. Do a better job at work.

This is the start of something new…

February 26, 2008

My mind has been reeling lately. I want to make the best choices for my life. I want to succeed, but I also want to (as Oprah would say) live my best life. I want to do what it takes to have an enjoyable career and life for myself.

I don’t think that being a medical doctor is right for me. Some of you might be thinking “Duh!” and I appreciate you supporting my aspiration to pursue that career anyway.

My whole life I have always felt stupid. I don’t say that to get sympathy; I say that because it is true. More time than I can count I have had teachers tell me what I couldn’t do.

“You can’t be an architect because you are not good enough at math.”

“You could never get a doctorate, like me. You would be lucky just to get into college.”

“You should really think about not attending college. You wouldn’t succeed there and it would just be a waste of time and money.”

This is just a small sample of things I have been told by teachers. I was even constantly encouraged to not even attend regular high school. My guidance counselor was adamant that I go to the Vo-Tech school so that I could learn a trade.

After spending months thinking about this I decided that if I pursued getting a medical doctorate I would only be doing so to prove that I could. Maybe I would end up enjoying it. Maybe I would be great at it. Maybe, but I want to do things for me. I want to pursue something that I will love regardless of what other people think.

I want to get my major in Women’s Studies. It is a subject I have been consistently passionate about since I was a teenager. When I think about having a career in Women’s Studies it excites me. I am even more excited when I think about going even further to get my doctorate for it. I love thinking that one day I could be a professor of Women’s Studies at a university.

A change of major doesn’t seem like a very big change, but for me it is huge. It is amplified by the fact that my current college does not offer it as a major.

I found a very nice college that I would like to transfer to, but it is in Virginia. That is a pretty big move to make. It’s also a nicer school so I will have to really keep up my GPA if I want to be accepted. It’s called The College of William & Mary. I still need to build up my transfer credits. So I am looking to apply next Spring and start attending as early as Fall 2009.

The difference in price for residents of VA and out of state students is about $10,000 so we would also need to really consider moving down there earlier in order to get the in state price.

It’s such a big change for me, but somehow I can’t stop smiling when I think about it. This feels right. Being Pre-Med made me feel nervous and ridiculous. This makes me almost gleeful.

Right now I am just scared to jinx it. I have to meet with my adviser soon to talk over the details and make sure I am taking the proper classes to transfer with.

New Year New Meme

January 7, 2008

From Loralee

1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before?

I’ll go with traveled. I went many places in 2007 I have never gone to before like all over New Jersey, Philadelphia, South Carolina and also memorable trips to New York and Gettysburg.

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I always make resolutions, but I can’t find the list from last year which I suppose is for the best. I will certainly make new ones this year.

  • Update blog more often. I would like to do it at the very least twice a week.
  • Attend Blogher.
  • Keep better track of pictures.
  • Get my own apartment.
  • Continue college.
  • Keep my relationship strong.
  • CHANGE MY NAME! (This is the 5th year now to put this on the damn list.)
  • Be more aware of world issues despite them making me upset. (i.e.: visit cnn.com rather than perezhilton.com)
  • Read more.
  • Get healthier.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

Nope. It has been baby free in my family. Who knew with siblings ages 33, 30 and 27 I would have no nieces or nephews yet. I wouldn’t be surprised if I was the first one to have a baby and I either have to adopt or be inseminated.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

Nope.

5. What countries did you visit?

Just this one.

6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?

Less drama. I would like to deal with a lot less drama and I would also love the be able to find quality friends.

7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

May 31st – The day The Mrs. and I broke up for good.

July 23rd – When I started dating Kasey.

November 21st – The day I got Penelope.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Taking my life into my own hands and deciding that I deserved to be treated better. Also starting college and getting an A and B in my classes.

9. What was your biggest failure?

I have to say that I consider the ending of my relationship a HUGE failure. I can’t believe it was 6 and a half years. Sometimes it is still weird that it’s over. I wonder if I could have been better. I wonder how our problems got so big that they could no longer be solved. I was 22 and basically divorced. It felt like a big blow and I don’t want to have another relationship end up like my last one did.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

I was sick to an almost scary degree this Fall, but I am doing MUCH better now. The daily hair loss seems to be at a normal level now.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

Goodness…I didn’t purchase much for myself this year as I have in the past. I think it would be my facial care products from LUSH and also my painting supplies. OH! Also all my Kathy Griffin: Life on the D List episodes.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Kasey. She was there for me as a friend when no one else was and then later she became the best girlfriend I could ask for. Imperfect timing, but the relationship feels as close to perfect as I think you can get.

It would also be wrong not to mention my friend (and former roommate I might add!) Kyle. Kyle is my oldest friend. We have known each other since elementary school (where we did not get along). He lives in Boston right now so he couldn’t be right here with me, but certainly supported me through many aim chats and also always listens to me talk about inappropriate sex topics. He also comments on almost every post! I don’t know what I would have done without him.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

I dealt with a lot of anger and hurt towards people that I thought were my friends. Everyone assumed that I left The Mrs. for Kasey and that Kasey and I had been having an affair before things ended. It hurt that no one wanted to know what really happened. It hurt even more knowing why I left and not ratting out The Mrs. even in the face of everything. This year I am going to move past it.

14. Where did most of your money go?

Traveling. Without a doubt. Money well spent. I think every person freshly out of a long term relationship should go on as many trips as they can afford.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

Starting college, Getting a bunny, Watching Grey’s until that damn strike, starting fresh.

16. What song will always remind you of 2007?

A few (CDs worth really, but I’ll make a small list of the top 5)

  • “Breathe Me” by Sia
  • “The Pieces Don’t Fit Anymore” by James Morrison
  • “Sun Comes Up” by John Legend
  • “Paperweight” by Joshua Radin
  • “Dig” by Incubus

In that order.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:? a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?

Happier, Fatter, Poorer. Go figure.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

I think I did the best I could have done.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

Spent money on things I don’t need.

20. How did you spend Christmas?

With family.

21. Did you fall in love in 2007?

Unbelievably yes.

22. What was your favorite TV program?

Grey’s Anatomy.

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

Yes.

24. What was the best book you read?

I didn’t read much this year. I guess it would be the Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton, but I haven’t finished them yet.

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Oh goodness! There are seriously SO MANY. I’ll list my new favorites (some only new to me) feel free to skip this section.

Butterfly Boucher, Eric Huchinson, A Fine Frenzy, The Fray, James Morrison, Jamie Cullum, John Legend, John Mayer, Josh Kelley, Joshua Radin, Kate Earl, Kate Havnevik, Kate Walsh, Kendall Payne, Marc Broussard, Matt White, Meiko, Paolo Nutini, Robin Thicke, Regina Spektor, Sara Bareilies and Schuyler Fisk are the favorites.

26. What did you want and get?

Good grades in school.

27. What did you want and not get?

I wanted my relationship to get better and instead it ended, but I think it all worked out for the best.

28. What was your favorite film of this year?

Oh god. I saw so many. I think Juno actually even though it snuck in at the very end.

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

I turned 23 this year and I took a holiday to Philadelphia.

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

My own place to live instead of being at my parent’s house.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?

Same as always. Skirts, tights, conservative despite my efforts.

32. What kept you sane?

My computer, fellow bloggers and Kasey.

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

My heart is all for T.R. Knight. I tend to actually refer to him as my boyfriend.

34. What political issue stirred you the most?

I am stirred often by political issues and that is why I keep mum about them. I feel personally hurt by many of the issues and thus I just don’t think about them much. I could say the attack on gay marriage, but I am from the school of the more exclusive they try to make something the less I want it. You don’t want gays to get married? Fuck it. I don’t want to get married. I am happy to live in sin. In 100 years we’ll all be dead anyway. None of it really matters.

35. Who did you miss?

The family I used to have.

36. Who was the best new person you met?

I met Kasey this year.

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007.

Follow what you know is right. Know that you deserve better.

38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

Don’t mock me. I love it when Kathy Griffin rags on her and she is generally not my thing, but I was shocked at how this song mirrors many of my feelings about my new relationship.

“Taking Chances” by Celine Dion

“Don’t know much about your life.
Don’t know much about your world, but
Don’t want to be alone tonight,
On this planet they call earth.

You don’t know about my past, and
I don’t have a future figured out.
And maybe this is going too fast.
And maybe it’s not meant to last,

But what do you say to taking chances,
What do you say to jumping off the edge?
Never knowing if there’s solid ground below
Or hand to hold, or hell to pay,
What do you say,
What do you say?

I just want to start again,
And maybe you could show me how to try,
And maybe you could take me in,
Somewhere underneath your skin?

What do you say to taking chances,
What do you say to jumping off the edge?

Never knowing if there’s solid ground below
Or hand to hold, or hell to pay,
What do you say,
What do you say?

And I had my heart beaten down,
But I always come back for more, yeah.
There’s nothing like love to pull you up,
When you’re laying down on the floor there.
So talk to me, talk to me,
Like lovers do.
Yeah walk with me, walk with me,
Like lovers do,
Like lovers do.”