Stardust at My Feet...

foreverjuliet @ 2008-10-27T23:08:00

2008-10-28T04:10:33Z

I am not one to get wrapped up in celebrity gossip but what's happened to Jennifer Hudson's family in the past few days is enough to break your heart.

foreverjuliet @ 2008-10-02T22:52:00

2008-10-03T03:52:47Z

These headaches are getting ridiculous again.

foreverjuliet @ 2008-09-09T22:55:00

2008-09-10T03:55:20Z

"When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him, Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden."
-Kahil Gibran

foreverjuliet @ 2008-08-27T22:16:00

2008-08-28T03:18:37Z

http://www.madison.com/tct/news/302430

I'm numb to the point were it's not hitting me. I don't know if it was growing apart from her or being so shattered after Pete that my heart can't handle it again. But that's scaring me- that it's not hitting.

foreverjuliet @ 2008-08-16T10:57:00

2008-08-16T16:01:13Z

Even when things are going wonderful in your life, it really sucks when you don't have someone to share it with on a level more the friendship. Friendship is what makes it bearable.
Still, I'd much rather take this than wallowing in sorrow and depression. Hello, light at the end of the tunnel! I wish you were brighter, but thank you for finding me again!

My iTunes

2008-07-22T01:10:54Z

I haven't had this computer that long, but...

My Itunes:

How many songs total: 2,489
Most recently played: "Colored Lights"- The World Goes 'Round
Most recently added: "Where I Stood"- Missy Higgins

Sort by song title:
First Song: "ABC Cafe/Red and Black"- Les Miserables
Last Song: "1,000 Things"- Jason Mraz

Sort by time:
Shortest Song: "Scene: Colin's Room"- The Secret Garden (:16)
Longest Song: "On This Night of a Thousand Stars" through "A New Argentina" - Evita, UW-La Crosse 2005 Cast (48:33)

Sort by album:
First album: Across the Universe soundtrack
Last album: 0304- Jewel

First song that comes up on Shuffle: "Psyche Stalks Eros"-UW-La Crosse's Production of Metamorphoses

Search the following and state how many songs come up:
Death - 7
Life - 46
Love - 126
Hate - 7
You - 128
Sex - 2

foreverjuliet @ 2008-07-10T14:10:00

2008-07-10T19:10:34Z

FAIL!

foreverjuliet @ 2008-07-01T02:09:00

2008-07-01T07:12:28Z

When you're happy, the people you love will be miserable. When you're miserable, the people you love will be happy. That's just how it works...

foreverjuliet @ 2008-06-27T11:43:00

2008-06-27T16:43:44Z

Rant on irresponsibility to come

foreverjuliet @ 2008-06-18T11:26:00

2008-06-18T16:52:08Z

I don't think that people leave footprints on our hearts, like the famous quote says. I think we give away little pieces of our heart to the ones who touches our lives and they, in return, give us little pieces of theirs. Over our lifetime, our heart become like a patchwork quilt, made of little pieces of everyone we've ever loved.
When we fall in love and are loved in return, the joy we feel is that piece of their heart fitting perfectly into the hole left by the piece you gave them. The heart rejoices, it smiles, it beams. Love is a full and whole heart.
When our love is unrequited, our hearts hurt because we've given a piece of our heart to someone who won't give us a piece to fill that void. But the heart is an amazing thing. Over time, it'll heal that hole. Scar tissue may remain, but it doesn't hurt anymore. It's merely a reminder of that lost love.
When our heart breaks, the person who broke our heart's piece gets knocked out of place. The pain can be unbearable, but it eventually finds a new home in our heart were it fits. Not as prevalent as before, but always there.
When someone we loved leaves this world, their piece mourns it's master. But soon it learns that it can be the part of him that lives on. Those we have loved and lost always are alive in our hearts.
I hope I go to God with a heart that is no longer mine, but a pieces that make a perfect puzzle. Love with everything you have. Never regret having loved someone. At one time, they made you happy- even if it was just a fleeting moment. They added a patch to your quilt and helped make your heart whole.

foreverjuliet @ 2008-05-21T18:13:00

2008-05-21T23:13:52Z

"All you need is already within you, only you must approach your self with reverence and love. Self-condemnation and self-distrust are grievous errors. Your constant flight from pain and search for pleasure is a sign of love you bear for your self, all I plead with you is this: make love of your self perfect. Deny yourself nothing -- glue your self infinity and eternity and discover that you do not need them; you are beyond".
-Nisargadatta Maharaj

" The success of love is in the loving- it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done".
-Mother Teresa

foreverjuliet @ 2008-05-18T10:00:00

2008-05-18T15:00:45Z

http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2008/05/18/news/03talen.txt

foreverjuliet @ 2008-05-05T10:28:00

2008-05-05T15:29:24Z

Start and end my college career with Irene Ryan nominations! Yippy!

foreverjuliet @ 2008-03-27T08:47:00

2008-03-27T13:48:34Z

My heart shattered on Nov. 18th. So far, no one nor nothing has been able to repair it.

foreverjuliet @ 2008-03-10T21:57:00

2008-03-11T02:57:51Z

For the hell of it:

Powered By Love Toys

foreverjuliet @ 2008-02-25T10:01:00

2008-02-25T16:02:52Z

I'm invisible again.

foreverjuliet @ 2008-02-13T16:42:00

2008-02-13T22:43:37Z

The word "love" looks funny to my right now.

Go figure...

2008-01-17T17:19:52Z

You Should Be a Romance Novelist

You see the world as it should be, and this goes double for all matters of the heart.
You can find the romance in any situation, and you would make a talented romance story writer...
And while you may be a traditional romantic, you're just as likely to be drawn to quirky or dark love stories.
As long as it deals with infatuation, heartbreak, and soulmates - you could write it.

What Type of Writer Should You Be?

foreverjuliet @ 2008-01-15T19:21:00

2008-01-16T01:22:21Z

I am an emotional basketcase.

foreverjuliet @ 2008-01-12T13:57:00

2008-01-12T19:55:37Z

I lost myself in the sorrow of the past few months. But I'm not down yet. I'm going to be myself again, come hell or high water.

Article on our Petey

2007-11-20T15:40:34Z

UW-L ‘theater family’ remember former student’s easygoing acting talent
By KJ LANG | La Crosse Tribune

Peter Talen received a final standing ovation at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse on Monday, as faculty, friends and alumni gathered to remember the theater major who died early Sunday in a house fire in Madison.

Talen was a gentle Bob Cratchit in UW-L’s “A Christmas Carol” last year, a charismatic Harold Hill in “The Music Man,” a master of comic timing as one of six strippers in “The Full Monty.”

UW-L student Ali Close, who played so many roles opposite Talen she referred to him as her “stage husband,” recalled the final scene of “Metamorphoses” with him her freshman year. She would lay her head on Talen’s shoulder and look up at him as the lights dimmed. Then in the darkness, he would squeeze her hand and say “good job,” Close said.

When the group performed “Metamorphoses” at the national Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, “he squeezed my hand so hard ... He loved what he was doing and who he was doing it with,” Close said.

The 23-year-old from Plymouth, Wis., had taken the fall semester off from UW-L but recently had indicated he planned to return for spring classes, said UW-L theater faculty member Mary Leonard.

Talen shined in every role he played, said Leonard, who directed him in several plays.

“He was just a really good-hearted, kind and gentle, playful human being,” she said.

UW-L student Amanda Grimsled, who also had acted with Talen since they were freshmen, said he was easygoing and a master of improv.

“He would never go too far away from the script or what was rehearsed to throw you off, but always enough that it was fresh, exciting and fun,” she said.

Talen was a talented actor with a good combination of a “happy-go-lucky style along with a sincere conscientious attitude about his roles,” said Beth Cherne, interim chairwoman of the theater arts department.

Talen had been part of UW-L’s “theater family” since 2003, said Cherne. “He is really near and dear to our hearts and our hearts go out to his family,” she said.

Talen’s other memorable UW-L performances included “The Laramie Project,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “Amadeus” “Crimes of the Heart,” “The Cherry Orchard,” “Evita,” “bobrauschenbergamerica” and “Nickel and Dimed.”

Close said it would be difficult to continue preparing for the Nov. 30 opening of “Inspecting Carol,” but Talen would say, “the show must go on.” The production will be dedicated to Talen.

“He wouldn’t want us to sit and dwell on it,” said Grimsled. “He would want us to take a cue from him and have fun.”

foreverjuliet @ 2007-11-18T18:46:00

2007-11-19T00:50:11Z

I'm devastated...

Rest in peace, Peter. I love you!

"The Dane County Coroner's Office has identified the man found dead following an early morning house fire in downtown Madison as Peter J. Talen, age 23, from Plymouth, WI.

Firefighters were called to 123 North Bedford around five-thirty this morning by a passerby who called to report flames on the porch or the two-story house.

When crews got there there were rolling flames on the front porch and people running from the home.

While firefighters worked to put out the fire, three residents escaped from windows and were taken to U-W Hospital with non-life threatening burn injuries.

According to Lori Worth, Public Information Officer for the Madison Fire Department, Talen was later found inside the house near a front window.

According to U-W La Crosse's website he was a student there.

Sources say he was in Madison visiting his brother.

Madison City Council President Mike Verveer says he went to the hospital and met with the family.

"It was just heart wrenching talking to them and trying to be in their shoes and realize what they're going through. It's just horrific," Verveer said.

Fire crews are still trying to gather evidence and determine what exactly caused this fire."

foreverjuliet @ 2007-11-08T17:04:00

2007-11-08T23:05:52Z

Deep breath in. Deep breath out.

One more week of Hell, then it's over. (aka- Senior Show)

13 more days till I see my boy.

I can do this!

foreverjuliet @ 2007-10-13T22:45:00

2007-10-14T03:46:06Z

I think I'm broken.

foreverjuliet @ 2007-10-02T15:50:00

2007-10-02T20:51:28Z

This job hunt thing is VERY frustrating!

And does anyone else feel like we've already been back to school for a year? Time is going SOOOO slow.