Karen, my only LA/Pasadena roomie, who’s kicking ass at USC for her doctorate in Education, sent me this. Also, she discovered my first blog (tam.blogspot.com) in 2001, when I had just started it, ate age sixteen, and was part of the reason why I got my prom dress. She sent me a check for twenty five dollars without even knowing me, as I was busily scurrying to raise enough money for tickets and a dress and dinner by baking my butt off during AP Exams week.

This spoken word piece is so badass. It is better to have loved and lost than never have loved before, which is easy to say and cliche as hell. But honestly, things become cliche when they ring true more often than not, and get used in conversation/written word by more and more people, do they not?