to help people.
to help myself.
to feel alive.
to stop thinking about cookies.
to think about life.
to calm down when I'm upset.
to explore the neighborhood.
to surprise myself.
to earn a slice of pizza.
to get out of the apartment.
to be alone with Dan.
to brag.
to make up for the soy mocha this morning.
to sweat.
to show off my new shoes.

I'm pretty sick of people I don't know trying to befriend me on facebook. Why do they even want to be my friend? I've never met you. We have no friends in common, or for that matter, interests. We don't even live in the same state ( Read more... )

If you're wondering why I smile so much, the obvious answer is that I'm happy. Really, really, ridiculously happy. Especially now, coming off an amazing five-day stretch of fun and adventure with Dan and friends. Here's just a small taste of the fun Dan and I have everyday ( Read more... )

Reading the most recent entry in my step-brother's blog this morning inspired me. Below is most of my email to him, I felt it would be nice to share my good vibes more widely:

We really are very lucky - and despite any bad experiences or hard times or struggles we may have faced growing up, they were never that bad. We are fortunate. I think about ( Read more... )

Today marked the official start of my training for the second marathon in my life: the San Francisco marathon on July 26th. Once again, my race day partner will be the two-time marathoner Dan Milano - and I'll have the added bonus of actually training with him once I reside in LA. I will be running a MINIMUM of 320 miles over the next four months, ( Read more... )

So, April 1st was not meant to be. My OCD nature wanted me to move out then, as it would mean that I lived in brooklyn for exactly two years. I have been detained, but not for long. Add one more month ( Read more... )

it has been a very long time since i've let myself up on a public forum. i think now is a good opportunity to do so, because i'm feeling so completely happy and alive.

I came to new york city looking for something very specific, and while i never got anywhere near it, I found many other things while enjoying this two year stay: co-workers i really ( Read more... )

I was forced to leave my desk and go to lunch one hour earlier than expected. This next precious hour was to be spent finding the perfect place to enjoy my lunch, but, being uprooted from my desk without a plan, I took the easy way out. A mere ten steps from the building that houses the financial company that I call my morning receptionist temp job ( Read more... )

It's getting down to the end of it all ( Read more... )

We had a multiple choice test on the book "What Video Games Have To Teach Us About Learning And Literacy". We were all done in about 20 minutes, but not because it was easy. Here are my favorite quotes from the class:

Dean: I've never given a multiple choice test before.
Phil: Well, you suck at it.

On discussing the irony of takeing a multiple ( Read more... )