There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life with somebody.

and she's a nurse. do you know how hard nursing school is? it's like medical school. so she's obviously smart.

It's weird - sort of not terribly wise - to take a book that was successful and then change its cover.

What I think of blogs is just this: Some are beautifully written and many are not. But even blogs that aren't necessarily "well" written are great for the person writing them.

If you believe suicide will bring you peace, or at the very least just an end to everything you hate- you are displaying self-caring behavior. You are still able to actively seek solutions to your problems. You are willing to go to great lengths to provide what you believe will be soothing to yourself. This strikes me as optimistic.

Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting.

When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is kind of wacky with seven piercings and very hip and cool and New York City, and I'm not.