Dear Carly,

"If you do what you always do you'll get what you always got." Anthony Robbins. If I told you that you were going to be in the same spot (financially, medically, educationally, etc.) a year from now, five years from now, or ten years from now, many of you would be really unhappy with that. And yet, we're so afraid of change. We just keep doing what we always do, and we're unhappy when we get what we always got. It's so tempting to live your life, always doing the same thing from day to day. It's comfortable. Who doesn't want to get up at the same time every morning, go to a job they love, come home, eat good food, relax, go to bed, and repeat the same cycle over and over, with breaks in the schedules for weekends and holidays? That sounds really nice to me (especially the sleep). But, if we keep going these same things, we're going to get the same thing out of life. And that's a scary thought. Like I said, we're so afraid of change --...

So, I was watching a movie today, and this line came up: "A true story about fortune cookies. They look Chinese. They sound... Chinese. But they're actually an American invention. Which is why they're hollow, full of lies, and leave a bad taste in the mouth." Yes that quote is from Iron Man 3's very own, The Mandrin. What're you gonna do, judge me? Well before you do that, I only just jumped on The Avengers band wagon at Christmas time. I've had a lot if movies to catch up on and not much time to do it. Alright? Anyway, that isn't my point. What I did want to talk about is the quote itself. Because we're Americans, supposedly we're hallow, full of lies and distasteful. Well, there's a nice thought. But it got me thinking about my own life and my own hallow shell - which, at the moment, is burned to a frickin' crisp from being in the sun (but I was on vacation, so it sucks to be you).  The first point The Mandrin mentions if hollow-ness;...

Alright, so it's been a while (eight months to be exact. I' could have almost had a baby in this amount of time -- crazy). Sorry about that wait for any (and all none of you) you read my blog with some "regularity". I put regularity in quotes because there hasn't been much blog to read with regularity recently. Sorry again about that. But, with new found inspiration, I'm starting over. Starting in June, I've been going through a major withdraw. Maybe withdraw isn't the right word, but hear me out for a minute. I've had to go with little or no food. For nine months -- the nine months of hell, I've been referring to them as. Now what has caused this terrible food-less-ness you may ask? Well, it's a bit of a long story, so buckle up. I have acne. A regular teenage thing, I'm aware. But I don't just have acne, oh no. I don't just have the kind that leaves my face with a few blemishes here and there. I have the kind that takes up...