If, as a good friend of mine has suggested, all depression is merely due to lack of sleep... then why, after getting at least 8 hours every night for my entire winter break, do I wake up feeling this way day after day? I'm not saying that I'm "depressed" in the predictable sense. I'm not laying in bed, crying and binging on Hagen Daazs... but ( Read more... )

Well, I don't know about anyone else, but for me, 2005 has been a rewarding, albeit emotionally exhausting year, full of laughter, tears, hellos, goodbyes, and changes galore...

How's that for a cliche opening sentence? But seriously... I honestly have not been able to think of a more eventful year, even though to the unbiased observer it may seem ( Read more... )

so, I just cut the shit out of my finger while washing a damn cheap-ass Ikea wine glass. No wonder the suckers are like a dollar. My finger won't stop bleeding and there's a big chunk of skin missing. ICK ( Read more... )

I have one complaint about Tori Amos. That is, that she's releasing a boxed set of live recordings and a DVD collection of her videos (1991-2005) NOW! WTF! I've already given my Dad and Brett my Christmas list, and I'm pretty sure they're finished shopping for me. How upsetting. I know I sound like one of "those" people, but I've been waiting for ( Read more... )

I've just learned today that my over-zealous, religiously conservative uncle and aunt will not be coming to the extended family's Christmas gathering this year. Why, you might ask? Do they feel alienated by the rest of their family for their outrageously pathetic religious, social, and political views? No. Have they finally caught wind of what ( Read more... )

Directions: Compile the first sentence and heading from the first entry of each month in 2005

January 19th 2005: Out of the Country and into the Big City

So for those of you who aren't aware (and I AM sorry for not letting you know), Brett and I have moved to center city Philly.

February 7th 2005: Hmmm… decisions…

So today at work I was offered a ( Read more... )

You know, no matter how cynical life makes me, I somehow end up all starry-eyed and childlike around this time of year. Call me a softie... but I love the holidays. And although we're poor, and I'm getting busier and busier with performances as each week goes by, I'm loving it. My performance of Handel's Messiah (I'm singing the alto solos) is ( Read more... )

So I'm sitting here teary-eyed at the beauty of this amazing piece of art. Anyone who knows of Kate Bush knows that she's been sort of the butt of many jokes in the British music world, not because she isn't a complete genius... quite the contrary, the Brits actually adore her.... but she hasn't released an album in over 12 years, about 10 of which ( Read more... )

I love being sick. LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Especially when I have a rehearsal or concert EVERY single night this week/weekend. Not to mention the mountains of homework that I've left to pile up until the last minute. Fabulous

Another week is over... I've observed the passing of a dear friend in New Hampshire, and sat lifeless in a classroom in Philadelphia. It feels like I've been in two different worlds and two different times. But today I began to feel like I was coming back to myself again. It's strange how something like death can scatter your thoughts and whip your ( Read more... )