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Lauren

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About Me

Most days I can't imagine life anywhere else. Some days I just want to be anywhere else. The ocean swallowing my ankles, pushing me deeper into the earth. The warm bricks and cold grass beneath me, holding me steady. I am content that I am here, swimming voraciously alongside a million others, for a reason. And I know the reason will never come. Because life does not present itself the way a story continues on the next page. Often there are blank pages with nothing to be written. I am only thankful that I am finally finding the strength to pick up my own penand write..

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

the girl I would have been.

My Blog

Life Soundtrack

Soundtrack to my LifeDirections:If your life was a movie, what would the soundtrack be? So, here's how it works:1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, etc).2. Put it on shuffle.3. Press P...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:43:00 GMT

From the outside looking in...

I just spent my last night out on the winston-salem town with my girls. maybe it's not forever, but right now it sure as hell feels like it. Tomorrow, most everyone is clearing out. Tuesday, I'm movin...
Posted by on Fri, 19 May 2006 23:12:00 GMT

Is this what the end feels like?

If being exhausted, smelly and elated is what the end is supposed to feel like, then I guess this is it. I turned in my last two assignments ever due to Salem College at noon today. I'm sorry I haven'...
Posted by on Mon, 15 May 2006 13:33:00 GMT

An Odd Commonality

Tonight I recognized an odd commonality among the people that have remained, and will continue to be, the closest to my heart. With a few exceptions, each of these people have made a strong impression...
Posted by on Tue, 09 May 2006 02:01:00 GMT

Things I think

When did all those little middle school kids I knew when I left for college get breasts and get pretty and have seemingly fabulous lives or so say their myspacesI am nocturnal during the day and wide ...
Posted by on Tue, 02 May 2006 03:27:00 GMT

Feeling Nostalgic

Right now, at this moment--and this moment won't last long, I miss prom. Salem formals were never anything like prom--mostly throw on something you have and drink a lot beforehand. But in High School,...
Posted by on Mon, 01 May 2006 04:14:00 GMT

Concernicus

Do you ever want to call someone you dated and just scream...I AM SO MUCH CUTER THAN THAT BITCH YOU'RE WITH. i've been wanting to that for a good year or so. I'm not gonna lie, it makes me a little co...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:48:00 GMT

There are Plans...Plans with Lists

The day after graduation, I'm hopping a plane to Manhattan. I thought maybe I'd take some time...a week...go home, lay on the beach. I'm excited though, to have an actual date, a plan. Something tangi...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:07:00 GMT

label it into my heart.

I wrote this last summer"my life is coming so quickly, fluttering in front of my eyes like a lighting bug at dusk. blink, its there. blink, its gone. things are happening so fast. i am determined to c...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 00:30:00 GMT

In a New York Minute (Everything Can Change)

Lately my life has been in shambles. Everyday I am forced to accept that this morning means I have one day less to decide where I am going and what I am doing with the rest of my life. I have put myse...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:31:00 GMT