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I turned 25 this year; quarter of a century. A lot of friends also turned 25 and lamented over “being old.” I don’t know when being in your mid-20s qualified as old. I don’t feel old. I still feel like the confused teenage, the misunderstood preteen, the lonely only child playing by herself, the toddler demanding for attention. Each year, I don’t look at how old I am. My birthday doesn’t mark that sort of progression for me like it does for others. Instead, birthdays have always been a celebration. Sort of selfish, sure, as I am an only child with divorced parents so I tend to get quite a number of gifts from each parent and various tokens from step-second families. But also a time for me to remember how I’ve gotten where I am today. All that I’ve experienced and celebrate that with friends. This year I had a quite a bash with friends out on the town and much hilarity occurring.   [ Read more ]

I came across last year’s New Year’s Resolutions list. Although I did do some things, I didn’t really get to everything. Here’s what it entailed:   [ Read more ]

• Workout and get fit: Well this was interesting. I have been on and off sick, as well as merely lazy. I got back into a routine in April but then I began participating in a summer theatre group. There wasn’t time for both. Come fall I had more time so I started up again, only to overexert myself and hurt my knee. I’m currently trying to work through the knee pain but need to see a doctor to check things out.

check out this slightly morbid but informative graph.

Here are my song recommendations for this week.

• Judy Collins—Someday Soon
• Guster—What You Wish For
• Head Automatica—Beating Hearts Baby
• Interpol—Evil
• Jet—Look What You’ve Done
• The Juliana Theory—In a Fraction
• Sean Lennon—Into the Sun
• Modest Mouse—Float On
• Thirteen Senses—Into the Fire
• Emiliana Torrini—Today Has Been Okay