This photo frame collage thing-a-ma-jig—which my friend, Team Christmas, would just shorten to "nini"—has been sitting on my bedroom floor for months now. I bought it in November when my office was getting repainted and renovated and whatnot. There are nails in the wall where it is meant to hang. It just took an ungodly amount of time for me to decide which pictures I wanted to print and put in the frames.

Tonight, I finally forced myself to do it. With the help of Flickr, Photoshop, HP, scissors, and some magic, I managed to get the whole project done in under an hour. The result? I have something that will bring me joy on a daily basis.

Looking at this, I see that I have really cool cousins who sit and pose with me for hours on end at family reunions. I have friends. Real ones! Friends who smile and make funny faces. I have people who love me, and I love them back even more.

Tonight, I am happy to be alive.

Hershey's Kissables, though tasty and delicious, don't really make you all that kissable. In fact, they leave an undesirable sugary coating on the outside of your teeth. After a few more bags of these, I won't be able to close my own mouth because of all the build-up. To me, at least, that is nearing the very antithesis of sexy.

Heart-shaped Jolly Rancher suckers, on the other hand, are super hot. They make your mouth taste all fruity and fantastic. I plan to sneakily offer one to Mr. Cute Boy this week. Once he sees that I have one, too, he will understand that we were meant to be. We will spend the rest of the week making out in a janitor's closet at church.

One of the hardest things about working retail is learning to bite your tongue. A lot of people out there could use a good scolding and maybe even a time-out. Others are just so incredibly sweet that you would like to take them out to coffee and spend a full hour thanking them for restoring your faith in humanity.

Alas, you can't always get what you want. You can't always say what you mean, either, but that's exactly what Avitable and Karen Sugarpants have done. They wrote notes to people in their lives, using the power of anonymity to get some things off of their respective chests.

Karen asked the question, "What do you wish you could say to someone?"

Here it is. Pay attention. I might be talking to you.

• You are an incredible individual, and I really wish you could see that. It pains me that you are so overwhelmed with self-doubt. I pray that you will someday be able to see yourself as the world does — as a caring, honest, responsible, lovable, amazing human being. I am honored to be your friend.
• Nobody likes you because you try to make the world fit into the boxes you've created for it. Destroy the boxes. Let people surprise you with their unpredictability. Enjoy the fact that the world has more to offer you than you could ever imagine.
• Stop clinging to the past. You're even cooler now than you were then. Everyone sees this but you.
• Living your life as a giant party can be super annoying, but living it as a giant pity party is even worse. Please knock it off before I strangle you in your sleep.
• I love you.

Now it's your turn. What have you been dying to say?