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April's Journal: Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Sanity
Created on 2003-09-21 17:24:54 (#1340297), last updated 2009-07-10
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Basic Info| Name: | April |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 1983-03-24 |
| Location: | Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, United States |
BioWhy don't I have a bunch of friends with nothing betterto do but drop by and instigate wacky adventures?
Why aren't my conversations peppered with spontaneous witticisms?
Why don't my friends demonstrate heartfelt concern for my well being when I have problems?
...I gotta get my life some writers."
~Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson
How much of our lives do we pare down to write a short introduction to a world that often doesn't want to know more than the superficial anyway? Too much. But, alas, a detailed life story scares people off and a single sentence written in the third person sounds pretentious.
In an attempt to find a balance between these two extremes, here are the basics about me:
I'm April, I'm 26 years old and I am pursuing my PhD in Crime, Law & Justice at Penn State. I'm passionate about my work and focus on putting my efforts into projects that will actually analyze problems and offer solutions. While my primary research concerns the connections between the child welfare system and future delinquency in foster care youth, I have broad interests in the field and have successfully published in other areas.
I am trying harder these days to be more than an academic, to be a better friend to the important people in my life and to treat myself a little better too. I've been through good times and bad times and I am sure that I have more of both to come. I believe that you can't go through every day expecting life to be perfect or that everything is going to go wrong. I struggle with my health and being myself and not my fibromyalgia (a chronic debilitating pain/fatigue disease). I look for grace where I can find it, and pray to keep my faith strong. There's a country song (I'm a native Texan and still wannabe cowgirl) that says "Life's a dance you learn as you go," and I like to think that every day is another chance to turn up the music and try to overcome these two left feet of mine.
And, just for fun, here's me:
I have a love/hate relationship with livejournal. There are times in
my life when I am much more active in keeping up with it than others.
I last updated this profile page on: March 24, 2009.
ConnectInterests (93):
"been there done that", alcohol, animals, art, being a good girl, books, caffeine, casa, casa advocacy, cats, children, chocolate, chores, cocktails, college, comps hell, cooking, counseling, country music, criminal justice, criminology, dating, dc, diet dr pepper, dreams, dvds, energy, exercise, fibromyalgia, finally loving yourself, finances, firefly, fitness, flylady, foster care, foster care reform, friends, friendship, futurama, george washington university, graduate school, health, history, internet, just for today, juvenile justice, juveniles, kids, kittens, law & order, law and order, life, living in the moment, lolcats, love, marriage, me, men, monk, movies, music, no excuses, no regrets, organization, painting, peer courts, penn state, phd, phd comics, photography, pizza, politics, procrastination, quotes, reading, self-discovery, self-expression, serenity, sex, sleep, smiling, social work, sociology, starting over, teen court, texas, traveling, volunteering, washington dc, words, work/life balance, writing, youth courts
External Services:
 | SuperwomanApril |  |
 | aprildawnwoolnough |
Schools:
Bradfield Elementary School - Garland, TX (1988 - 1994)Lamar Middle School - Irving, TX (1994 - 1997)
Nimitz High School - Irving, TX (1997 - 2001)
American University - Washington, DC (2001 - 2002)
University of Texas at Dallas - Richardson, TX (2002 - 2005)
George Washington University - Washington, DC (2006 - 2008)
Pennsylvania State University - University Park - University Park, PA (2008 - present)
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akomachi, alysfitnessblog, angryliberalman, aprils_friend, champagnexdream, chinook2006, crisangwich, darkangelica, davisgroves, demons_pet, domestic_dork, doublegunsstk, effy, eliset, fionavere, heartbrkndemon, ianthecrab, jen_ww, jenielle, jenni23201, jesusfreekette, juils, kerrileigh, krazymazy, maledcescort, mamygirl, musicprincess, mypreciousone, nach0king, nancy_whiskey, newyorkdork, nstormrider, piyadassi, sexy_ninja_girl, silly_bunnie, skipperja, slybrian, takodahaka, talendor, texasmusicdiva, tightwad_tips, vac513
Mutual Friends (38):
akomachi, alysfitnessblog, angryliberalman, aprils_friend, champagnexdream, chinook2006, crisangwich, darkangelica, davisgroves, demons_pet, domestic_dork, doublegunsstk, effy, eliset, fionavere, heartbrkndemon, ianthecrab, jen_ww, jenielle, jenni23201, jesusfreekette, juils, kerrileigh, krazymazy, maledcescort, musicprincess, nach0king, nancy_whiskey, newyorkdork, nstormrider, sexy_ninja_girl, silly_bunnie, skipperja, slybrian, takodahaka, talendor, texasmusicdiva, vac513
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