I have this weird tendency.  Well, I have about 86 weird tendencies.  But this one, in particular, causes clutter.  I save things.  Things that intrigue me.  Magazine advertisements.  Handouts.  Expressions.  Packaging.  Letters.  Card fronts.  Clothing tags.  Logos.  Stuff that looks cool.  And I tack it all over the walls and my bulletin boards.  I stick…

I had forgotten.  When people ask, "What is your Biggest Fear?" I never remember.  Fears are tricky that way.  You do not think about them until they are right in front of you.  Or in my case, right next to me.  I am driving.  In the freshly-washed & gassed-up (thank you, Dad) bug (ironic?).  Radio…

…are not awake yet. I am.  Already this morning, I have: eaten breakfast read the paper gone grocery shopping gone to yoga class checked email Now I am off to the dentist.  Where I am going to have to apologize.  Because last time I was there I cried hysterically.  And also yelled a little bit. …

This summer is all about growth. I am going to have a lot of time for myself.  I want to use that time productively. How? Intellectual growth – The New York Times is coming to the house.  Am going to actually read it, not just do the crossword.  Am going to have a better understanding…

Gary’s burger bar?  check. Shady hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurant with a "B" health rating?  check. On my way to the fabulous 901 club?  check. Tomorrow I drive up the 5.  Tonight I celebrate being a senior. 

Just finished my last final.  Just turned in my last paper.  Just sold my books back to the bookstore.  Feeling good.  Feeling just a little panicked. It is weird: last year at this time, I was waist-deep in the presidency.  Next year at this time, I am going to have a real job.  I am…

One of the cool things about working the Admission Office is I get to go to perspective and admitted student receptions.  I get to watch USC put its best foot forward many times a year.  This morning I went to a breakfast for Southern California High School Juniors.  Watched them get excited.  Watched them start…

Love the mornings. Breakfast.  Newspaper.  Email.  Coffee with Sugar-Free Carmel. Just me.  Quiet.  Calm.  Still. Energy to start the day.  And boy, is it a gray day in Los Angeles.

In honor of, ahem…National Scrapbooking Day, I thought I would display some of my NYC album.  Pretty fabulous trip = pretty fabulous photos.

Finished reading Smashed by Koren Zailckas last night.  It is not the type of book that you recommend to your friends.  More the type that you recommend to your enemies.  It is about female binge drinking.  And it scared me.  Not because what the author went through was so intense (and it was) but because…