Hi, I'm Bee.
I'm just your typical caged bird, feeling like my wings are clipped because I'm stuck in this cage called "the college years". I've got big dreams and a voice to match, and one day you'll see my face on a CD cover. In this time between dreaming about living and living the dream, I'm learning and changing and loving and hating, and if you're up for it, you're welcome to come with.
Before you get started going through the archives, please take the time to read this, especially if you're someone who knows me in real life or who is interested in hiring me.
You may notice some big gaps in posting. Over the last two years that I've had the blog, I've had some times where I couldn't afford the hosting package and pay rent. These days I've got a couple of jobs that help out, but if you'd like to see more writing, feel free to leave a few bucks in the tip jar. The money donated goes towards making this site a better place (and keeping me hosted for years to come!) and I won't use it for anything else.
Apart from all that, I'm a singer, a dancer, a theatre junkie, a handwriting-obsessed scribe, a pianist, a writer, a composer, an HTML nerd, and I'm CPR/First Aid certified, as well as being an ordained minister. At some point I plan to skydive and to visit all the continents, but right now I'm busy making rent.
Bee: A Brief History
1990: I am born on April 18th at 10:59AM, beginning my life with the compulsive need to be early.
1991: I learn to talk and walk, thus ensuring my mother a lack of sleep for the next 20 years.
1992: Use the word 'tabernacle' correctly in a sentence, causing panic at church.
1993: Still not sure I like having a new baby brother, I poor juice on the floor while he's being nursed. I will continue this dick-ish behavior for the rest of my life.
1994: I start playing piano... the beginning of my destiny.
1995: I begin school and realize I will never be free from the clutches of homework again, as I'm already set on pursuing a Masters Degree... I'm a strange child.
1996: blah blah blah.
1997: nothing interesting.
1998: My family has money troubles, I learn early on that adults like to use me as a therapist.
1999: I think everyone is an idiot for freaking out about Y2K.
2000: I am right.
2001: I start antidepressants at age 11, solidify my fate as a crazy person.
2002: Eating disorder, the saga begins.
2003: First hospitalization for eating disorder/anxiety... I'm a crackpot, hooray!
2004: I realize, hey, I can play piano and sing at the same time! Begin plotting music industry domination.
2005: First theatrical performance, I am hooked.
2006: First kiss, first jerk boyfriend, first job, change high schools, decide that my parents are never going to be happy and start praying they'll just get divorced.
2007: Simultaneously the best and worst year of my life. Gain independence, lose virginity, lose faith.
2008: Second hospitalization for anxiety/PTSD, graduate early, get engaged, parents divorce, go to college.
2009: Un-engaged, move home after a semester of college, change my mind, move back to college town.
2010: Endure one of the most painful losses of my life, change major 3 times, decide to open up about all the crap in my past and gain a sense of freedom... thank you, Violence Unsilenced. Mother remarries.
2011: Finally single, free of obligations, and on track to graduate... life begins.
