Autumn & Jerry

This is why I didn’t get anything accomplished last weekend when it came to being productive with schoolwork. As you can clearly see, the sun was out and the flowers were in full bloom. It was warm but not hot. The sky was clear & blue.  The Cherry Blossom Festival was in full swing. It [...]

Just a couple of months ago in my Sociology class, I learned about Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher in LA who changed the lives of several city kids with his groundbreaking teaching style. He was a sociological phenomenon, a dedicated student advocate, and a lighthouse for a lot of lost kids. Yesterday, he passed [...]

I’m so proud of my baby bro’s band – they were recently reviewed by Highwire Daze, and the praise is highly deserved by this group of dedicated & talented boys. Yay, Rise with Honor!

Can you imagine a society that is free of labels, particularly the staunchly divided political party labels? I try to, and in my imagination, it would be something beautiful. Potentially beautiful. The members of this society would have to use their brains, and judge information based on facts and content rather than who said it, [...]

reading: Howard’s End by E.M. Forster, textbooks of the Sociology, World Lit, & Biology variety, Coastal Living magazine, J’s blog, and this blog for some great running inspiration. watching: The Marriage Ref, American Idol (yeah, yeah…I resisted for years but got hooked!), music videos (my constant love), The Office, Tosh.0, and a stream of Netflix. [...]

I am currently obsessed with Solid Gold…and maybe a little in love. <3 I first found them on one of my fav MTV projects ever, You Rock the Deuce, and then last night on Subterranean, where I learned how to find & download this song – finally! iTunes, you disappoint. You should have all of [...]

Tuesday night marks the almost-middle of my busy week, it’s when I get home early from class and make a beeline for my PJs and then camp out on the couch in front of the fire (especially nice after such a cold & wet day!). Jerry often has an awesome dinner waiting for me, and [...]

The Crazies, a horror flick from the 70s, is being remade and filmed right here in my own town! Over the past week, I noticed a local car wash was barricaded off for a few days – apparently if was for filming purposes. Cool! The majority of the scenes have been filmed in Perry, and [...]

…and we just ordered one of these: AeroPress Coffee & Espresso Maker J recently read about it in Wired – it’s sold on Amazon, is inexpensive, and has great reviews across the board. A no-brainer, right? So, today after sweet J cleaned the whole office all by himself without even being asked to, I decided [...]

I am currently in l.o.v.e. with… 1. Skinny Cow ice cream cones! So delicious, and so not full of fat! Balance, at last. Yay! 2. Ulta – the ultimate beauty store! I was just there yesterday, and am already daydreaming of going back to browse aisle after aisle after aisle of fabulous beauty products. 3. [...]