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• What Happened to 2010?

  February 28, 2011

  I guess I forgot to create a reading list in 2010. Oops. Matthew bought me a nookcolor last week, and so far I have devoured two books. I'm used to getting all of my material from the library, so I guess I'll read myself broke now that I am paying for books. It's not that…

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• breaking up

  June 9, 2009

  This is how it works It feels a little worse Than when we drove our hearse Right through that screaming crowd While laughing up a storm Until we were just bone Until it got so warm That none of us could sleep And all the Styrofoam Began to melt away We tried to find some…

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• faith lost

  May 12, 2009

  for the first time in 22 years, i think i have lost confidence in myself. for the majority of my life, i have always felt so sure of my choices, but after another failed endeavor, i'm starting to doubt myself. there is nothing wrong in my life, everything seems to be going alright, but the…

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• Reading List 2009

  January 25, 2009

  January 1. Sick Puppy by Carl Hiassen This novel was a very quick read. Engaging too! 2. The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards I finished this in record speed. I loved how it cronicled over a 25 year span. The end was perfect. February 3. The Frailty of Flesh by Sandra Ruttan 4. What…

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• Possible chicken soup-ness

  July 12, 2008

  My mother told me that I had a brain tumor on May 5th, 1997. And I have not forgiven her since that day. While trying to tell my story, I mulled over so many different aspects of my experience. And I realized that there is one emotion that we as a society don't give much…

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• chicken soup (first edit)

  July 9, 2008

  trying to write something like this is such a process. trying to weed out the important from the personal. attempting to develop a plot, something worth reading. my experiences with cancer are such a huge part of who i am. and i've always felt it was important to tell the story. and so here i&hel...

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• silence like a cancer grows

  July 8, 2008

  Chicken Soup for the Soul is doing an essay contest for cancer survivors. I am a cancer survivor, my sister is battling a terminal cancer, and I am determined to be published in this book. Please help me as my story evolves into a finished piece. Please understand that my writing style is to free...

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• ch-ch-ch-changes (repeat)

  June 27, 2008

  Where do I start? What was last said....how do I continue? First things first, I am no longer engaged. Putting into print why things didn't work out is hard. But simply, I realized that I was in a horribly unhealthy relationship. I was compromising myself in ever choice that I made, and was the o...

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• Part Forty Seven

  June 27, 2008

  2301. Who is hotter, tren reznor or david bowie? david bowie 2302. tHIS QUESTION WAS STUPID AND HAS BEEN DELETED 2303. Do you ever get so nervous that you can't even think? for sure 2304. Do you sing when there is no music? sometimes 2305. Is there really a difference between casting a spell and&...

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