Laureneverafter

LATEST ARTICLES ( 145 )

• The Cosmic Scheme of Things

  It’s hard to imagine everything turning out fine when dates keep getting pushed further and further back. I keep trying to imagine what it will be like to... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• 9.11

  

  We Heart It My morning of September 11, 2001 started off as any other morning. It was sixth grade, I was 11, and I hated all of my classes thanks to getting... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• …to Discovery.

  

  We Heart ItThe other day I was sitting at work reveling in the feeling of having changed my blog back to Her Silent Musings after, more or less, having an... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Full-time Job, Two Internships, Blogging, Writing, and Remembering to Breathe.

  

  Yesterday marked my first day as an intern with a magazine. I came in, gathered my assignments, and set off to work. I worked in an office with two windows and ... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Circular Beings

  When I came up with the title of my first blog, Her Silent Musings, Audrey Niffenegger’s book, Her Fearful Symmetry, had just come out. I was mesmerized by the... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Writing in Chaos

  I sort of told myself a while back that I was giving myself a break from writing until I moved into my new place, settled down, got everything set up, and... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Coffee Shops

  Do you ever watch people in coffee shops? Today is Labor Day, so I have the luxury of having the day off, sitting for hours in a coffee shop because my... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Dregs of August

  You may have noticed I deleted my last post. I’ve deleted at least three posts now that I’ve written, then regretted writing, then deleted hastily in at least... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Love On An Elevator

  

  The other day, I mentioned trying out the e-book 31 Days to Building a Better Blog by Darren Rowse in order to refine my blog and hone it into a space that is... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• I Am an Unrealistic, Slightly Ridiculous, Romantically Naive Person.

  I realized all this when my co-worker, Craig, started reading my blog post from last Friday back to me at work yesterday. Okay, so I actually kind of knew... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Unrequited Longings

  Last night, I got this overwhelming need to write to you guys, even though y’all were all probably curled up in bed with Conan or something. I was going to post... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Afternoon at the Bookstore

  At the moment, I’m doing one of my favorite things: sitting in a bookstore drinking tea and writing. I just finished up an email to the wonderful Cassie of Witt... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Blogging: Trials and Tribulations

  I want to do something great with my blog. The only problem is that I don’t know what that is specifically. I participated in a Twitter chat the other night wit... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Night at the Dierks Bentley Concert

  Em and I went to the Dierks Bentley concert at the Tin Roof last night. No, I didn’t make-out with anyone. On the ride over, Em shook her head at me. “You... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Long-Lost Campus

  

  Last night I was trolling through my camera because it hasn’t been charged in months when I came across some pictures of campus I’d forgotten I’d even taken. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Tin Roof Kyle and My Failed Attempt at Womanhood

  The black, iron tables at my favorite sandwich shop remind me of the ones on USC’s campus. It makes me nostalgic for my college days. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• To My Readers

  Dear Readers,I want to come back to you. To talk to you and thank you and respond to you. I dropped off the wagon a long time ago, fishing for the wheels from... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Pressure

  I’ve been feeling a lot of pressure lately. Surprisingly, this time it hasn’t been coming from my mother. It’s been coming from me. Pressure to write more,... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Dear August, Old Friend

  

  Flickr, Bearseye Dear August,As a child I used to think of you as sprawling leaves of burnt orange and crimson sprawled along the ground. Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Monday’s With Madeleine: Volume III

  

  Serving the Gift: Artists and Their ArtTrue Art“All art, good, bad, indifferent, reflects its culture. Great art transcends its culture and touches on that whic... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION