I've been training for several weeks, and holy mother of god have I been hungry. And not just hungry, craving meat! Just yesterday, I was walking through the store and saw this big slab of pork wrapped in provolone (which would normally gross me out) and I seriously stopped and considered whether it was meant to be eaten raw or cooked!

In college, I was a strict vegetarian (no fish, no meat, but yes to dairy) and I was even vegan for about a year. Then I made up my mind to eat some seaf... read more

I realize that I am too young to talk about the good old days. Nonetheless, I am continually shocked and amazed at what I percieve to be a growing trend (even since I was young) for party hosts to blatantly treat guests as financers. Whether it be a "baby shower" or a birthday or a wedding (or even Christmas in some cases) - it seems as if it's now acceptable to TELL guests what to buy, or to please deposit the cash directly into my mortgage downpayment/honeymoon/wedding/vacation/adoption fun... read more

When I was about four, I remember looking franticly for my toy purse, working myself into a hysteria, and crying. My mom said that I was clutching it. Then I looked down to the wrong hand.

I feel like that a lot.

And let's hear it for the procrastinators! We always have something planned for tomorrow, and we have keeping up with yesterday down to an art.