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Nothing to Offer But My Own Confusion
Oh hai! You thought maybe NaBloPoMo wore the ol’ girl out, eh?
I took a nice little break there, but truth be told? I was thinking of you the whole time.
SO HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING:
We’re moving out of The Cockpit.
I know. Only a year in this hotbed of debauchery! We had fun, though, didn’t we? …We [...]
Yes, Kanye West, Leonard Bernstein is “The Shit.”
In the Spring of Ought-Four, I had a brief love affair with a friend of my college roommate.
And by brief love affair, I mean a fling.
And by fling, I mean I was totally his rebound.
I knew he had a girlfriend (she was studying abroad in Australia at the time) but the sparks between us were [...]
The Serenade
I dabbed my fingertip along my running mascara. “Well, now I know what I’m blogging about tonight,” I sniveled in between giggles.
Just a few minutes prior, Katie and I were waxing poetic and engaging in our typical twenty-something navel-gazing. And with good reason - Life’s dealt my roommate a bit of a blow in the [...]
NaBloPoMo Sunset
I hate to toot my own horn, but - TOOT, effing, TOOT. Day 29 of 31, and while I’m slightly running out of creative steam, I feel like this experience was a great kickstart to what Twyla Tharp calls “The Creative Habit.” For too long I had convinced myself that inspiration struck me at random. [...]
A Moment.
In these, the last days of NaBloPoMo July, I’m having a hella battle with writer’s block. Tonight, scouring my hard drive in hopes of finding some scrap of inspiration, I came across a set of photographs from early January, when we celebrated Sebastien’s birthday in Cincinnati. However, I’d only taken a handful of sober shots, [...]
AWESOME TUESDAY THINGS
How’s that for a title, huh? Jesus.
We’re on Day 27 of NaBloPoMo, and some nights the ol’ idea factory is lookin’ pretty spare. If you have anything you want me to write about…PUT EM IN THE COMMENTS, ‘cuz SERIOUSLY. DAY TWENTY-SEVEN.
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Tuesday didn’t start so good. . . .
I wasn’t even sleeping. I was [...]
My Obligatory Uber-Emo Post of NaBloPoMo July.
You always hear about these people that build walls up around their hearts when they are hurt, or left, or rejected. And everyone says, “Oh, what a horrible way to live! You close yourself off to the wonders and joys that true love can bring!” and yeah, yeah, I get that.
But I’m also, sorta, kinda [...]
Time to Celebrate Misogyny on Sunday Nights Again!
I’m waiting for Katie and Sebastien to get up, and for Matt Matt to come over, so that we can crash Greg Goodin’s pool. Again. So basically it’s noon and I’m sitting restlessly on the Cockpit Couch in my bikini and sundress, smelling of Coppertone and itching to be outside outside outside outside, c’mooonnn, wake UPPPPPP.
While [...]
More like, “Pyramid of ENFRIGHTENMENT,” am I right?
I close the door behind me and ask the woman at the desk if there was any possibility of a walk-in appointment. You see, I just decided to stop in last minute — it was on my way home, and it was pay day, so…why not.
“Oh, he’s on his lunch break. Can you maybe wait [...]
Wishing on the Same Bright Star
I’ve referenced this tune twice in the past 48 hours, so I’m just posting it here. Partially because I have nothing of import to discuss today, and partially because I’m pretty sure I ovulated while watching this on YouTube:
FACT: I had the sheet music to the Linda Ronstadt/James Ingram version of this and played the [...]
TODAY IS! WHERE YOUR BOOK BEGINS! THE REST IS STILL…
There’s a reason There’s Your Karma has a tag for “quarter-life crisis.” While I’ve been cringing at that term nowadays, there’s no better moniker for these little pockets of restlessness that seem to pop up on an all-too-frequent basis. The pattern is always the same: I’ll settle into something in my life, follow my tail [...]
File Under: Things from 7 Years Ago That I Am Just Now Becoming Obsessed With
Back in 2003, you may remember Alicia Keys releasing a single called “You Don’t Know My Name.” This song came up on an old mix I found while I was cleaning out my car the other day.
I’m going to tell you the top five reasons I am now obsessed with this song and its corresponding [...]
Let’s Have a Ball and a Biscuit, Sugar. Or: Happy Birthday, Jordan.
A little over a year ago, Katie, Matt, and I made our rarely-trekked trek to Broad Ripple’s Alley Cat Lounge. I had too long sequestered myself up on the northeast side of the city, had just broken up with my live-in boyfriend of 3+ years, and had declared 2009 “The Year of Friendship.” I was [...]
