“Manic” A New Memoir of Bipolar Disorder

Anti-anxiety meds, Anti-depressants, Anti-psychotics, Bipolar, Books, Depression, Drama, Health, Kristin Bell, Mania, Manic, Manic-Depressive, memoir, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Mood Stabilizers, Problems, Psych Meds, Psychiatrist, Psychiatry, Schizophrenia, Surviving

I just finished reading “Manic: A Memoir” a few days ago, so I thought I’d share my opinion with you. The book is the memoir of this high-powered female attorney from Los Angeles who has bipolar disorder. I’m usually really interested in most

Getting Older

Anti-psychotics, Kristin Bell, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Problems, Psychiatry, Schizophrenia

birthday pic

Well, my birthday is coming up. On April 24th I’ll be 35 years old! Ouch! So old! haha. I can hardly believe that it will be 20 years since I’ve been 15 years old! 20 years since I first went crazy. 20 years of getting to know schizophrenia. How did I get to be

Thank You All!

Kristin Bell, Thanks

I just wanted to thank each and every one of you who visits my little blog here. I would certainly try to do the blog even if no one stopped by, but truthfully, the fact that people are stopping by to see what I have to say has really made this experience so much richer! I know people are really busy and don’t have time to do a lot in their day, so it means a lot to me that you would even spend 30 seconds looking at my blog. Thank you so much and I’m going to see if I can make an effort to post more often. Sometimes laziness consumes me!!! AHHH!!! Well, thank you thank you thank you!!! And if you have any suggestions for what you’d enjoy reading about, just post a comment below. :) Hugs to you all! :) kristin

Music Interlude: In Case You Missed It

Caramel, Cover, Kristin Bell, Singing, Song, Suzanne Vega

Well, I just thought I’d post this song that I sang. I felt kind of awkward singing to the camera, so please forgive the closed eyes! heh. It is my rendition of Suzanne Vega’s song Caramel. Thank you for listening. I hope you like it.

Seriously Addicted to ANTM

Acceptance, ANTM, Cute, Eating Disorders, Extended Plus Size, Fashion, Fat, Fat Acceptance, Fat Hatred, Kristin Bell, Project Runway

me with my ANTM-inspired make-up

Okay, you may wonder where I have been hiding. I’m sort of stymied for topics to write about right now and I have become addicted to America’s Next Top Model via YouTube uploads. Right now I am on Cycle 8. For me, watching ANTM is a complicated issue. Why? Because of the whole fat thing of course. How can I willingly spend

New Bearista Site Coming Soon!

Bears, Kristin Bell, Starbucks, Starbucks Bearista Bears, Starbucks Bears

Hi There! I just wanted to let you all that are interested know that I am working on a new website specifically for my Bearista Bears! I thought that I didn’t want to

Photoshop Can Make Anyone Beautiful!

Fat, Fat Acceptance, Kristin Bell, Photography, Plus Size

Here I am posting another photo I took of myself with my laptop. Then I messed around with it in Photoshop. It is my belief that

Black And White Image of Me

Kristin Bell, self-portrait
mepic

Well, I was just messing around with taking my pic with my laptop the other day. Actually, I must confess, because I am constantly taking weird photos of myself with PhotoBooth, the photo application that comes with Macs. I take lots of

Converse Shoes

Chuck Taylor, Collection, Colorful, Converse All Star, Cute, Jack Purcell, Kristin Bell, shoes, sneakers
silversequinshardwood

Another thing I enjoy collecting is Converse tennis shoes. Some women collect expensive designer high heels, I collect tennis shoes! heh A few of my Converse are missing, because they are lost in my room right now. Also, I do have

Photos of Some Starbucks Bearista Bears

Bears, Cute, Kristin Bell, Starbucks, Starbucks Bearista Bears, Starbucks Bears
bnsbux

I did just make a video of my Winter Holiday Bears, but some people might like to see the photos outside of a video, so I decided to put the photos up here as well. In addition, I am putting up the Valentine’s Day Bears that I have. I hope you enjoy them! :) The reindeer bear pictured above is