Even though I didn't make it through all of the things I decided to commit to, I did make it through some and made some awesome memories in 2009:

- I will not talk down to myself.  Still not prefect on this front, but definitely improved over the year.
- I will not think that someone and/or myself thinks I am not good enough, until they imply or say ( Read more... )

Working and going to school full time has been kicking my butt.  I really need to go into hermit mode and focus on school more.  If I can make it through this semester with no hiccups, I will only have to take 3 classes a semester to be finished by next winter.  This will make it less stressful, even if it takes a bit longer.

I had a really awesome ( Read more... )

I am doing the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network's (FAAN's) Walk for Food Allergy: Moving Toward A Cure -- this Saturday. Any donations will be greatly appreciated - http://www.foodallergywalk.org/goto/verlise
Thank you!

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I know that most won’t want to be up that late or drive out to a distant rural area, to cut down some of the light pollution, but there is going to be a meteor shower, tonight ( Read more... )

Spain was awesome. I count myself very lucky to have gotten to share it with someone so fantastic and wonderful ( Read more... )

I have really awesome friends.

"Truth is not a weapon; it is nourishment which the people around us desperately need, whether they know it or not. "

The article is interesting. I am not much of a Catholic anymore, but I like the way this is written:http://

Rochester: "... any experiment of interest in life will be carried out at your own expense." -- The Libertine

Can anyone post me some names/info/pictures of famous, real life or literary women, that drown themselves? (I already have Ophelia.)