September 2010
55 posts
30 Days to Get to Know Yourself (and Your Friends)...
Day 9| the last thing that frightened me
That would be just about every time I watch TV and a trailer for a horror movie comes on. I am such a wuss. I refuse to watch any scary movie, at all. EVER. They freak me out. I have to close my eyes, plug my ears and hum “Ice Ice Baby” each-and-every-single time a trailer comes on. I have it down to a science.
Day 10| one thing I’d...
August 2010
42 posts
30 Days to Get to Know Yourself (and Your Friends)...
Day 6| a recent dream
Last night, I had one of those terrifying dreams that seemed utterly real. I could actually feel my mind desperately pulling itself back to consciousness.
I woke up panicked and was unable to fall back asleep. I hate when that happens.
30 Days to Get to Know Yourself (and Your Friends)...
Day 5| one word that describes me…
layered.
30 Days to Get to Know Yourself (and Your Friends)...
Day 4| What do you do for a living? Is it your dream job, or are you just killing time?
I started attending Michigan State University in the fall of 1997. In the beginning, I was a psych major. Then I wanted to be an FBI detective (because I was always solving the mysteries in all the suspense movies I watched). Then I was undecided for awhile. Then I switched schools (to follow a boy),...
Thoughts on Grumpy People...
Don’t smile. Your face might crack.
30 Days to Get to Know Yourself (and Your Friends)...
Day 1| the basics
Jessi. Thirty-one. Brunette. Short. Blue eyes. Dreamer. Hippie. Music-lover. Old-soul. Emotional. Idolizes Jackie-O. Tired. Vegetarian. Loves big sunglasses and even bigger watches. Avid Reader. Addicted to Diet Coke. Believes in soul mates. Runner. Connoisseur of jelly filled-donuts. Eternally searching for the perfect pair of jeans. Sincere. Sucker for 30...
Starting Out Skeptical...: 30 Days to Get to Know... →
So, here’s what I came up with. I hope everyone will do this with me.
Day 1 – The basics about yourself.
Day 2 - Your favorite picture of yourself, old or new.
Day 3 – The basics about your family.
Day 4 – What do you do for a living? Is it your dream job, or are you just killing…
Thoughts on Close Talkers...
Please don’t stand so close to me.
-The Police
“I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert (eat pray love)
My personal word:
wist·ful
–adjective 1. characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning. 2. pensive, esp. in a melancholy way.
Origin: 1605–15; obs. wist quiet, silent, attentive
—Related forms
wist·ful·ly, adverb wist·ful·ness, noun un·wist·ful, adjective un·wist·ful·ly, adverb un·wist·ful·ness, noun
—Synonyms 2. reflective, musing, meditative, forlorn.
One Word
According to Elizabeth Gilbert (eat pray love), “Every city has a single word that defines it, that identifies most people who live there.” For instance, she states that Rome’s word is SEX. New York’s is ACHIEVE and L.A.’s is SUCCEED. She goes on to explain that we all have our own personal word.
Out of curiosity, I was wondering…what’s your personal...
“Whether she’s nineteen, thirty-one, or one hundred and one…a woman wants needs to feel desired.”
Day17- Favorite John Mayer Tweet
And that’s what adulthood is: you wake from the nightmare and realize there’s no bigger bed to climb into.
Pillow talk...
catalogliving:
Gary, for pity’s sake just buy some Preparation H.
if yuo can raed tihs, you hvae a sgtrane mnid,...
meditateonthis:
elena2:
emotionalfuckwit:
gabigabrielle:
This is pretty cool.
(via jacx)
I can read it, but now I feel a headache coming on…
Tenacity
Presently, I feel as though I’m living a double life. In one life, I wake up every day and stride through the motions. In the other, the one where I dream, every desire becomes a reality. I’m hoping determined that the two will eventually collide.
