Hi! My name is Carissa, and I’m an emotional hoarder.

Guess who’s back? Back again? Annnnd now you have a Backstreet Boys song in your head. Win for me. The last week has been so crazy I don’t know my ass from my mouth. No wait. That’s a little weird. But it’s true. I may have lost my mind a little. You might say it’s [...]

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My own path to enlightenment. Call me Guru CJ. Or just Guru will do.

Quitting smoking is hard. Way harder than I thought. A month ago I would have probably told you that I wasn’t even addicted… that I only needed to smoke when I drink… that I could quit whenever I was ready. That is so not the case. Image via Wikipedia Over the past 9 days I’ve [...]

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How to effectively become a Hurricane. Just Like Me.

Do you want to be a hot mess? Are you jealous of the fact that week after week I do really ridiculous things that have made my friends nickname me “Hurricane Carissa?” Do you want to spend at least one day a week living out  your own version of The Hangover? Do you want to [...]

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A little bit of this, in 1D

I haven’t been around much these last few days, and I’m gonna go ahead and offer up an upfront apology for the fact that I am not likely to be around as much as I would like until after the Thanksgiving holiday. Like a lot of you, I have a whirlwind of a week ahead [...]

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