Oh, No.

I’m putting the last of my reply cards into the internet data entry/management system while watching Bridget Jones’s Diary on the Lifetime Movie Network.  A commercial just came on for a DVD Bible.  This one is special, though.  This one, my friends, is narrated by your friend and mine, the late Johnny Cash.
I can’t explain [...]

Substitute “Metro New York Area” with “California” …

“August 1978:  Jen’s family moves from the metro New York area to a small town in Indiana.  Even at ten years old, she’s well aware of how much this sucks.” – Jen Lancaster, “The Historical Jennsylvania Timeline” from jennsylvania.com
Interestingly enough, I read that today while sitting in my room at my parents’ house.  How appropriate.  [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

In the spirit of the holiday, here’s what I’m thankful for this year:
My family:  This is a no-brainer.  I have the most supportive parents in the world, and my siblings are two of my best friends.  My older brother is great for advice, and my sister is great for when I need cheering up.  This [...]

Work, Work, Work.

… that’s all I do.  One day — I don’t know when, but I have faith that there is a day. — I will have a life outside of work.  I’m not sure what that will entail.  I think it’ll have a lot to do with moving and decorating my new home.  However, that involves [...]

For the Record, I Say I’m NOT.

I did a few high school visits in Indianapolis today.  I went to high school up here, and after four years of living in Jackson, no one believes me.  More often than I was asked where Jackson is, I was asked the following question:  Wait … you’re from Indiana?
No, I’m not from Indiana.  I lived [...]

Twenty-Two Plus Two Days.

Hello from Indianapolis!
So far, being twenty-two has treated me well.  I’ve decided that birthdays aren’t as fun when you’re out of college and when there’s a six to seven hour drive looming in the distance and when you work all day (and when work included visiting a high school at lunch time and answering questions [...]

Happy Birthday to Me

“Take me to your time machine where I am always twenty-two.”
- Myla Smith, “Letter”
Here’s to hoping the twenty-second year of my life is as good as (if not better than) the past twenty-one years!
Now go bake me a cake.

Twenty-Two Minus One Day.

“Now I wanna know
Am I sure that I have your love?
I wanna know
If you’re leaving, just make sure it’s right.”
- Jeff Buckley, “I Want Someone Badly”
My best friend got married in August.  Besides starting work, that was the most important thing to happen.  I’m always happy to see friends get married, but the experience is [...]

Twenty-Two Minus Two Days

“All this shit in life seems to happen for a reason.
Was it me or the end of the season?”
- Ingram Hill, “Four Letter Word”
I graduated college in May.  I left Jackson without a job and without any major prospects.  I have no regrets about how my final semester in college went.  I wish I could [...]

Twenty-Two Minus Three Days

“Some days are diamonds,
Some days are rocks.
Some doors are open,
Some roads are blocked.”
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “Walls”
In February, I applied for my first job.  It was a position not too unlike the one I currently have, and it was for the national office of my sorority.  I didn’t get it, but I was [...]