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03/27/2008
Self Portrait-March Week 4
I'm just a girl, Guess I'm some kind of freak, 'Cause they all sit and stare with their eyes, I'm just a girl.
~lyrics from "I'm Just a Girl" No Doubt-Tragic Kingdom
This is an older photo of me taken in December 2006 when I was traveling through Moscow. (I have been quite sick the past week and don't have the energy to take a photo) I love traveling and can't wait until I can start traveling again. But I always got the strangest looks when I told people I was traveling on my own. One who think I was infected with the plague by the reactions I got from others I met during my travels. A single girl traveling, what a strange and foreign idea. So to clear up a few bits of confusion-Yes, I am scared. Sitting around twiddling my thumbs waiting is just a waste of my life though. My parents don't LET me do anything. I am 30 years old, why do I need permission? Yes, I felt I missed out on some stuff. But wandering around Romania at night on my own is just plain stupid. While I don't need permission, I still have people to answer to. True, I could look at this same things in a book or online. There is nothing that compares to seeing St. Basil's Cathedral with your own eyes, drinking beer in an outside beer garden in January, touring Auschwitz, or hearing first hand how the government in Hungary has changed. So here is a deal, I quit rolling my eyes and sighing when you try to justify what I have done and you can quit trying to fit me into a mold of what is ok for a girl.
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03/12/2008
March Self Portrait-Week 2
I love my brother more than I can say. He is the only brother I have. He joined the Army at 18 and is all of 19 right now. He hasn't been sent overseas yet. I am very proud of him and do everything I can to wear the shirt I bought at one of his Army graduations still.
I was against the war in Iraq when it started five years and I am still against it today.
I still haven't figured out how to reconcile these two things.
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03/05/2008
Self Portrait-March Week 1
18 weeks and 5 days ago I found out I was pregnant.
18 weeks and 4 days ago he told me to "take a pill" to fix this "mistake" that would ruin his life.
I said no.
I am now going to be a single mom.
Personally, I think my daughter is going to be way more amazing then him anyway.
It is all about choice.
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