My mom always said I was the peacemaker in the family. My older brother, Eric, was the leader, the creative one. I was just his puppet.

People will tell me, "You're such a punk rebel," this or that, but I was not that growing up. I was actually a super-sheltered, conservative girl. Now, there was probably a bit of me that was like, "Why do I have to be like that?"

I remember my boyfriend and I had just broken up, and I was like 'I don't care how much it costs, I'm getting my hair bleached!' That's really when everything changed.

I'm kind of lazy. I like to lie around with my husband and watch TV and stuff like that.

I grew up in a normal family. I have sweet parents, who are still married... But my life is so different from how I thought it would be.

Wakin' up to find another day. The moon got lost again last night, but now the sun has finally had its say.

I wish I could write more make-believe. It's a lot easier to write about hard times and when things are going wrong. But I've never been a private person.