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There’s a twitter challenge out there, @weeklyblogpost . I actually had the best of intentions to start off from the beginning, with Transit – I even took a photo that would have accompanied my entry, but I never got around to writing it. I find blogging to be difficult – are my posts [...]

Today on the blogoshphere I discovered a blog by a fellow Philadelphia area-ian, Dorie Morgan.  Her post “Activities Don’t Equal Relationships” caught my attention – very well written, and with great insight. I love discovering other 20-something bloggers.  I know there are just shy of 70billion of us out there, but I really enjoy when I [...]

It was a dark and stormy windy night. Such nights are often met with power outages here in my little corner of Media, and this one was no exception. We held our breath in the afternoon when the power went out for about 30 seconds, disrupting our party preparations temporarily. However, things [...]

I went to Connecticut this weekend for a few Christmas parties.  It was a LOT of fun – I love my friends up there, it’s always good to see them, and it’s especially good now that gas doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. I’m really getting used to using flash inside – I started off [...]

I started voice lessons a few weeks ago, with a friend of mine.  He is having me sing a song that I’d never heard before.  Last week he asked me to write out the lyrics (or find them online) and read through them apart from the music. “Goodness is rewarded” “Hope is guaranteed” “Laughter builds strong bones” “Right will [...]

There is a wonderful scene from the West Wing.  Jed Bartlett OWNS. Leviticus 18:22, Chapter and Verse People are coming together, nationwide, tomorrow, to protest against Proposition 8 (etc).  Joe. My. God. has a great map that he posted on his blog, with the names of all the cities where the protests are being held. I will be [...]

Tonight I had an hour-long voice lesson with a friend of mine from this area.  It was actually really good – I was nervous for no explainable reason, but I got over that about half-way through.  I am going back tomorrow to pick up some sheet music for a song he wants to teach me; [...]

Like many people, I was thrilled when Obama was elected president.  How exciting to see a fresh face up there, giving his acceptance speech, reaching out across the aisle to those who didn’t vote for him; what a thoughtful, inspiring, caring person. And then, the next morning, my thrill was crushed a little when I heard [...]

Hope is a very … well, I don’t want to say overused, but it is kind of overused … word today. However, with the results coming in, and this historic election, I just wanted to post something I saw earlier today. It’s called “Hope”, and it’s from a speech by Harvey Milk. I find [...]

Ok, so, I hope that everyone voted today. Last major election, I was in Australia. They were, at that time, going through a general election of their own – and I found it amazing that my friends all had to vote, or they would be fined. While I think that, unless you live in [...]