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"Fifteen years is a good, long run" for any business, but for a venue in Gainesville, Florida -- a city where the scene seems to shift as often as the tides -- 15 successful years is a record. And, regretful as I may be to even mention it, the doors are closing on Common Grounds tonight one last time. This is the epicenter of my young-adulthood. This is my home-base: my favorite place in not only the city, but anywhere. This is the place I am certain to feel at home -- a place I've walked into alone countless times, and left only after making a handful of new friends at whatever concert; a place I've gone to fully anticipating celebrating with strangers only to find I knew half the crowd. This place is my Cheers. When they made the announcement in mid-June, I was too rattled to truly absorb it. But as time has gone on and the nightmare has turned to reality, I have come to accept it. Begrudgingly so, but still. I cannot fault Nigel or anyone else for being ready to mo

Wrote this for SparkPeople originally, but felt it was appropriate to share across the board. Yay... I bought a few books at Barnes and Noble recently. 101 Ways to Stress-Free Living Your Body, Your Gym and a fitness and nutrition journal. I'd previously bought the Spark book too. I'm really making an intelligent, mental effort to become a physically active person. I feel if I educate myself on best practices, purposes, and new ideas, I'll be more inspired to execute them myself. The 101 Ways to Stress-Free Living has really influenced me recently. I've learned that while to-do lists are often effective they can contribute to my rather frequent overwhelming feeling. Solution: need to write less lists by being more productive in the moment. Also, I'm considering a detox period to help cleanse my mind and body. Focusing on consuming only the most purifying, gratifying foods for 3 - 4 days seems like a logical, uplifting way to clear my mind and my body in one fell swo

Jon-Michael and I want to be married. Surprise? We had a talk over brunch yesterday that consisted of us coming up with a 12 month shared goal set. It's kind of wild, honestly. I don't know who reads this anymore, and frankly, I don't care. About three days before our brunch, we had lunch together between my shifts and it occurred to me, and brought me to tears, that for the second time within 14 months, I am fighting for my financial stability. January of 2010 I was laid off from a job I thought I could have possibly turned into a career. In hindsight, that would never have satisfied me and I was probably only considering making it a career because I heard on so many occasions at that job that I 'better not' make it a career. I don't like people telling me what I can and cannot do. But, looking back, I suppose he was right. Now I'm being settled back into a part-time position at SunTrust. I say 'back into' because for a short time, I was elevated to