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April 2012
March 2012
February 2012
- I can't wait to devour these paczki!
- Writing my roller derby player bio
- Kristen is in a relationship with wedding planning and it's complicated.
January 2012
December 2011
- Nigel already knows what he is getting from Santa
- I'm going to be a Gotham Girl!
- Library books and squirrel tails
- Corner is gone and Kristen has to cook for herself (again)
October 2011
- One of these days I will have a derby name.
- Until now I had no idea just how expensive it is to get married.
- Look Mom, I made letterpress stuff!
September 2011
- Wedding vision and planning, take one
- Corner and I are getting married!
- Day Zero project update: the 2-year mark
August 2011
July 2011
June 2011
April 2011
- Doing more things that make me happy.
- The grad school verdict: I'm not going (for now, anyway)
- A quick note about things that make you uncomfortable.
March 2011
February 2011
- Day Zero updates: no nail biting and my week of vegetarianism in review.
- I am riding the NYC Startup Bus to SXSW!
- Vegetarian for a week: fulfilling another Day Zero goal
January 2011
December 2010
- The job search is definitely easier the second time around
- Christmas wishlist (oh, and I'm almost done with my shopping)
November 2010
October 2010
- Moving across the country is hard.
- I'm moving to New York City. Many emotions ensue.
- GRE words in Disney songs
September 2010
August 2010
- Roller derby tryouts, here I come!
- I wish I could go to the Monster Ball every night!
- My boyfriend is a fancypants and I'm a wannabe derby girl.
- Quick update on grad school plans and my mostly uneventful life.
July 2010
- Crazy dreams, progress on my Day Zero goals, and my new blog design.
- Is it just me, or is everyone a little scared to try new things?
June 2010
- In which I pretend to be a financially-savvy 20-something.
- Corner is lame and writing a cover letter so I am staying up to write a blog entry.
- I want Lady Gaga's eyebrows and can everyone in Monterey for the U.S. Open please go home now?
- MSU yearbook from 1960
- I can't believe I'm only one year away from turning 25
- When I grew up, I wanted to be an archaeologist.
May 2010
- I have decided that being an adult generally equates to paying bills and being lame
- TEDxMonterey videos and Final Cut woes
- Awesome box of goodies from Japan
- Fun weekend and my hair is now the shortest it's been since I was 10
- Life decisions are so much more fun when it's other people making them
- My new shirts = the same colors as my blog
- I got 2 flat tires in 2 days and baked cookies that actually tasted good.
April 2010
- What happens in Vegas doesn't really stay in Vegas
- TEDxMonterey is over (and was an epic win)
- Camping in Big Sur
- Communicating a personal brand via my resume
- My first earthquake and why April is a very busy month for me.
March 2010
- Thoughts on my first time at SXSW Interactive
- Dreadlocks = fun
- Heading to SXSW in the morning!
- Nigel's best friends are orange cats
- The unfortunate ant incident and other weekend occurrences.
- All 3 Byers sisters have blogs now.
February 2010
- Keeping myself entertained while Corner is away.
- Well, I definitely gave it my best shot.
- I'm a finalist in the BMEzine World Tour Contest!
- Testing out the WordPress iPhone app
January 2010
November 2009
October 2009
September 2009
August 2009
July 2009
- July Plug Challenge: Week 4.5
- July Plug Challenge: Week 4
- No Doubt concert
- July Plug Challenge: Week 3
- July Plug Challenge: Week 2
- July Plug Challenge: Week 1
June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
- Getting ready for the Nonprofit Technology Conference
- Stretched Ears: My Personal Timeline
- I am now sans wisdom teeth.
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
December 2008
- Daily tweets
- Christmas loot
- Daily tweets
- Daily tweets
- Christmas shopping is complete!
- First holidays in the Golden State.
November 2008
October 2008
- Bringing down the Big House.
- For my faithful commenters:
- Boyfriend appreciation moment:
- I guess when it rains, it pours.
- I'm back on LJ (but still on WordPress, too).
September 2008
August 2008
July 2008
- Updated list of grad schools to apply to:
- Lay your armor down.
- My very first vlog!
- Tentative plan for the rest of the summer:
- If it makes you happy, it can't be that bad.
- Malibu tides inhale (Santa Ana winds from behind).
June 2008
- DCI Central Illinois
- This is how I know I'm a nerd:
- Victoria's Secret's new PINK Collegiate Collection
- Summer wind was always our song.
- Because I'm nostalgic about not marching this summer...
- We're almost 23 (and you're still mad at me).
- Revelations:
May 2008
- The "2 weeks later" post.
- I am going to meet Neigel tomorrow!
- Still need quite a few votes before tomorrow...
- Dear lj friends: vote for me! :)
- Many great things happened today.
- So long, so long (front foot leads the back one).
April 2008
- Put your blue jeans back on, girl.
- Look for my poster around campus!
- 26 days until graduation.
- Senioritis
March 2008
- Today I woke up hysterical.
- A long overdue note of appreciation:
- Spring break 2008
- Since everybody's doing it:
- My drum corps decision
February 2008
- good food + Persepolis
- Spice Girls concert
- I believed in everything you said to me.
- If you ever said you missed me then don't say you never lied.
- This job search thing is starting to wear on me.
January 2008
December 2007
November 2007
- Phantom Regiment audition camp (take two)
- endings, not sure where the next beginning starts
- Urban Options internship
October 2007
- New tattoo and my Princess Jasmine Halloween costume.
- I always wanted to throw something in the Red Cedar.
September 2007
August 2007
May 2007
- Glassmen 2007: Gitano
- Oh, happy day.
- The beginning of my last two weeks.
- So I'm giving up Livejournal for this.
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007
- Fall 2007 Schedule
- minor things i forgot to mention yesterday:
- you were the last good thing about this part of town.
January 2007
December 2006
November 2006
- i always knew turf was hotter.
- and to think, i considered not marching.
- uno thanksgiving II
- pfffft, barely an update.
October 2006
- the chemistry between us could destroy this place.
- we are standing in the trenches.
- UH-MAZE-ZING WEEK.
- should have kissed you in the elevator.
September 2006
- fate is an elegant, cold-hearted whore.
- so while looking at graduate schools...
- it might seem like a dream but it's real to me.
- cornerstone
- not going to egypt, where to study instead...?
- and oh the way your makeup stains my pillowcase.
- not another one.
- i've always dreamed that love would be effortless.
August 2006
- and i thought this time i'd feel something new.
- SMB preseason (the third time around)
- i don't recall a single care (just greenery and humid air).
May 2006
- i'm leavin' today (say goodbye to your favorite face).
- so my grades FINALLY got reported, omg.
- beggin' for harmony.
- i've been housing all this doubt & insecurity.
April 2006
- so i'm a junior and haven't completed my Tier-I writing requirement....
- thought this time i'd be someone true.
- nothing more than apathy.
- just another regret.
- i'm ending up better for this in the end.
- cinnamon & oranges.
- new layout & mood icons.
March 2006
- if you're so strong you might as well just do it alone.
- curiosity always gets the better of me.
- mistake a nervous flash for a fine-line smile.
- i always remind people of...who is she?
- fucked up dream while napping.
February 2006
- i loved you, and i should've said it.
- 143409
- yeah, yeah.
- you're a sucker for anything acoustic.
- remind me which side i should be on.
January 2006
- musings.
- you found me when no one else was looking.
- this is how it feels to not believe.
- you really got it wrong (i didn't steal your boyfriend).
December 2005
- familiar faces, worn out places.
- the best part of "believe" is the "lie".
- Hi, my name is Kristen...
- "you don't KNOW me!"
- wtf grades?!
- what i chase won't set me free.
- my tendency to want to run feels unnatural now.
- since everyone is already reflecting on the past year...
- dear santa,
- so dark we forget who we are.
- burrow in my pants.
November 2005
- stolen from kathy, karen, & jeff.
- drowning in understanding.
- do the impossible.
- uno thanksgiving
- to the window (to the WALL!)
- to someone i will never understand:
- i'm ariel, bitches!!
- she's the star in this scene.
- sometimes life feels like it's a curse.
- deja vu.
- & thy praises msu.
- purdue.
October 2005
- left another message (you are never around).
- halloween parties, etc.
- 131993
- how long till the music drowns you out?
- i love.....you?
- laugh & cry.
- can we PLEASE just win this game?
- lately i've been dreaming of you.
- 130262
- and your veins ran blue.
- everyone's a fiend.
- golf pros & tennis hoes.
- am i more than you bargained for yet?
- i only looked but i never touched.
- never night recep the night before the UM vs MSU game.
September 2005
- to brian:
- i've been fighting to let you go.
- and wouldn't it be beautiful?
- 6th annual tuba toga party!
- woke up today to everything gray.
- i'm just like you, i know you know.
- ending it in overtime.
- go state, beat the irish!!!
- you don't mean anything to me, either.
- a problem we know we'll never solve.
- the summer i had no one
August 2005
- "milk was a baaaad choice."
- pre-season, my new & improved section, etc.
- GAH.
- no one will ever feel like this again.
- fifth gear.
- i love you, gunson street.
- housing all this doubt & insecurity.
- T minus 7 days until pre-season.
- i <3 ashley
- wish i knew the words to say.
- AWWW (2).
- since it's the cool thing to do.
- sex sex sex (& don't forget violence).
- AWWW.
- perhaps you will see the meaning behind the words.
- you're bad news (i don't care, i like you).
- am i making something worthwhile out of this chase?
- my heart will be fine
July 2005
- "they might drop the soap, but they don't drop the flags."
- she leads a lonely life.
- & then you bring me home.
- oh jeff!
- this is how a heart breaks.
- en français juste parce-que je peux.
- i am so useless. completely. totally.
- on the madison scout's drum major:
- dream about things that i could not say.
- mutual seduction
- if i had balls, i would tell DPPS to lick them.
- kelly's lakehouse '05.
- yeah cedar point!!
- i'll keep you from sinking.
- i'm giving up slowly.
- you made the mistakes (now you throw this in my face).
- let's get drunk (you can drive us to the harbor).
- you don't need to say a word.
- fourth of july.
- i grew up in a small town.
June 2005
- from chicago, IL
- family vacation '05
- east lansing, good times with friends, etc.
- bad news on the doorstep.
- total eclipse of the heart
- glassmen all-star review
- the harrison house.
- i'm just trusting this pen to find the words.
- flickered like fireflies.
- the get up kids concert (x4?)
- for the record;
- said i loved you but i lied.
- tell me you're sorry with a straight face.
- you like when we go fast (so my foot's on the brake).
- don't be gone when i get home.
- updated summer plans (yes, again).
- no more mcdonald's, please.
May 2005
- though it's not easy to tell you goodbye.
- you are the blood in my veins (2)
- it had not broken after all.
- skinned knees & the skid marks.
- stop me and steal my breath.
- tattoos of memories & dead skin on trial.
- you were just a boy on a bed in a room.
- but you only smiled, seeing nothing.
- an awesome weekend, etc.
- in response to jeff's prodding, an update.
- get down on my knees for you.
- WHO FUCKING ROCKS?! that's right, i do!
- summer is wonderful so far.
- sing without a reason
- last train home
- so this is home and this is summer.
- summer wind was always our song.
- silly james madison kids.
- i've never felt so much at home.
- things that remind him life has been good.
- oh man.
April 2005
- survey says what what!
- look what you've done.
- why does everything i do confound you?
- please write my folks & throw away my keys.
- "what happened in your hand?!"
- piercing place on campus = bad news
- snowstorm april '05!
- tonight's conversation snippets.
- sorry i'm not home right now.
- the perfect guy.
- redemption is a bitch.
- ashley & kristen's roommate contract:
- who wants to say "fuck it" and go to italy with me?!
- when the lights are turned down low.
- anything more deafening
- updating from the business library.
- bio lab = kristen's new favorite class?
- next year's ever-changing schedule
- i never dreamed that i would let her go
- please don't think that this was easy
- from kristen's AIM profile (5):
- "i fingered through it all season!" "and i faked it!"
- tell me you're sorry with a straight face.
- end of the love songs (words just don't belong).
- & dulling to the senses.
March 2005
- writing the answers on cheap paper napkins.
- crank
- YEAH!!!!
- if you don't like being hurt
- conducting it all while i sleep.
- vulnerable, all-knowing.
- to mike (10):
- don't hate me for running away.
- the thirty-seven
- what's become of a friendship (if you can call this one)?
- "tiger woods y'all, i need a tip drill!"
- MEXICO!!!
- my permanent accessory
- we all know you weren't the only one (two, three, four).
- hhhmmmm.
February 2005
- everything i said to you was true.
- i've been cheated by you since i don't know when.
- razor wire shrine.
- i'll keep you deep inside (you're always in my heart).
- it's going nowhere (you're going nowhere).
- there is no right way or wrong way,
- get right up from that chalk outline.
- i am finally seeing why i was the one worth leaving.
- quotes from the night.
- 1 tequila 2 tequila 3 tequila FLOOR!
- oh boy.
- "all the cool people suck cock!"
- i want to take you for granted.
- ROCK ON!!!!
- the lights go off and on.
- don't give them anything that they can doubt.
- i don't care if you don't care.
- sleep to dream
- what others had to say about moi:
January 2005
- since EVERYONE is doing it....
- every man becomes a lovesick jerk.
- the more i learn, the less i understand.
- there are moments when i know it.
- couldn't resist this artwork!
- back so soon.
- what difference does it make?
- HAHA sean's away message!
- HAHA sean's away message!
- i know it was meant to be this way.
- i know you're gone, you said you're gone (but i can still feel you here).
- random x2
- excerpt from the REAL journal:
- the mirage of an oasis
- can YOU pronounce "tamale" or "ukelele"?
- kPod goodness!!!!
- stolen from ashley.
- your cum is like bliss in my mouth!
- & i have no resolutions
December 2004
- wanted to belong here.
- i'll be outside, waiting for you.
- this loss of sleep over you.
- & so this is christmas.
- sick cycle carousel.
- this entry has been edited multiple times.
- college has raped me.
- to boys #5-7:
- dreaming of what could be...
- oops.
- grew up in a small town.
- matt, i swear to god...
- all alone under the mistletoe.
- i remember all the feelings
- you witnessed my decline
- oh. my. GOD.
- 189664
- hard love
November 2004
- i'm oh-so-terrible at this
- we tried to make everything okay.
- sleep but don't dream
- maybe the worst is behind.
- remind me why i'm up so early?
- i have to be up in .... six hours!
- I'M COMING HOME, BABY!!!!
- allison's away message:
- allison's away message:
- your resonating light
- faire du shopping avec jessica.
- i <3 kathy
- siesta after the fiesta.
- like a bruise or blackeye
- rods of ice
- my REAL friday night
- this is the sound of settling.
- the smell before rain
- wha....?
- good things (and ONLY the good things!)
- to mike (9):
- red (famous last words)
- all the shit that you do.
- i'll take what i can get.
- [safeguarded entry - mike only]
- "S-L-U-T I-S S-L-U-T"
- martyr me.
- two weeks ago tomorrow
- thank you for being the best thing that ever happened to me.
- yeah honors course! boo dubya!
- you are the blood in my veins
October 2004
- "yeah, well .... we recycle, too!"
- nathaniel & mike & matt
- watch me unravel.
- i have some crazy dreams.
- i have some crazy dreams.
- abbreviated daylight
- only my boyfriend...
- she wants to hear she's beautiful.
- i need you there.
- i can't see me lovin' nobody but you.
- to matthew:
- then you bring me home
- heat to melt these frozen tears.
- high step breakdown
- sweetest's day? ha!
- i love you more.
- to break or bury
- "we had four lip injuries today!"
- never is enough.
- finally, mike is in my dreams.
- when will i get my share?
- what on earth is my major?!
- there are no words he should say.
- it's always you in my big dreams.
- i'll never let you down again.
- can't do this thing called life without you here with me.
- driving down the 101
September 2004
- scribble.nu sucks cock!
- "what, is the bass too loud?"
- and then i ate a bagel.
- am i all the things you tried to change me into?
- w00t w00t!!
- predicament of the year.
- amend to previous entry:
- don't get burned by your lucky star.
- this is crazy; you're a half a world away.
- je veux juste une deniere danse.
- bathroom makeover.
- these sheets tell of regret
- holding you like a breath
- i am SO random!
- i only came here to talk.
- eeph! beef! deuce! roosk! TRUMPETS!!
- band bus moments!
- pretty & witty & gay.
- the dust of sun-baked pearls.
- please tell me why.
- marching band goodness!
- no tomahawk necessary.
- swear i knew it all along.
- hubbard is where it's at, baby!
August 2004
- put the past away.
- must be fine because my heart's still beating.
- start out by starting over
- me in my dorm room!
- yay for sunday!
- "rushin' like you're from moscow."
- disco dem
- "someTHING's popPING!"
- don't be gone when i get home ... i need you there.
- broken hearts & broken bones.
- stolen from .. everyone.
- born confused
- the best day i can ever remember.
- warped tour (2).
- four wheeler
- alanis & bnl.
- fast asleep at the wheel.
- heartstats! haha.
- i will save these words for you.
- such a breakable thread.
- reruns all become our history.
- pretty clear that it was hardly love.
- i look for things that i can't replace.
- miss me in your living room
- oversized & overwhelmed.
- and as the summer's ending.
- matter of conditioning
- mike's my lj date!
- ashes in my heart
- so it's almost all true...
- study abroad rocks my world.
July 2004
- does he cry through broken sentences
- the things you swore you saw yourself.
- the past is never far.
- the letter
