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 [...]
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Tag Archives: dating
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20-Something Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
On my way back from running an errand in Broad Ripple this afternoon, I took a less-direct trip back to the office (read: I have no idea what the most efficient way back is, so I just wing it). I was driving down 10th street in a general eastwardly direction, looking for some place to [...]
Desperately Seeking Robert Taylor
While trying to write for work, I got sucked into The Gorgeous Hussy on TCM. Naturally, it was the title that drew me in, but per usual I found myself completely enamored and wishing I belonged to an era other than my own.
When Robert Taylor came on screen, I felt my heart swell. I guess [...]
Photos and a Pinky Swear
Some more photos from last Sunday. These were shot on the back “porch” of RadioRadio for the We Were Promised Jetpacks show.
More at my Flickr set, “Epic Weekend #985231495.”
This was a pretty hazy night, especially for a Sunday — one of those where you wake up and hope to God you didn’t say something too [...]
488,160 minutes
“Now, are you still with your boyfriend?” a woman asked me yesterday.
“No, we broke up, like..a year ago,” I replied. “Yeah. It’s been quite a ride since then.”
Understatement of the Year.
TOP TEN RECAP.
In eleven months and five days, I :
1) Broke up.
2) Became pretty much a hot mess for a month.
3) Contemplated running away.
4) [...]
What Spring Does with the Cherry Trees
From the Archives!
This one is from February 9, 2005. Enjoy!
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My words rained over you, stroking you
A long time I have loved the sunned mother-of-pearl of your body.
I go so far as to think that you own the universe.
I will bring you happy flowers from the mountains, bluebells,
dark hazels, and rustic baskets of kisses.
I want
to do [...]
Surrender Jennifer
At around 2am on a Friday night, I was standing outside Dorman Street, drunkenly whining into my phone. On the other end? Matt Wilson, Brooklyn. My best friend since high school.
“I need you to do me a big favor. I need you to tell me that boys are stupid. And that I’m pretty.”
“We’re idiots, all of [...]
Tore My Heart is RIGHT.
Let’s face it - love sucks, a lot of the time.
It also inspires some gorgeous artistic tributes, like one of my favorites - Veronese’s Scorn.
Lately I’ve been playing with the idea that love is only romantic when it’s unrequited.
It’s all very tragic and stupid.
AHEM.
THAT SAID? Go watch this awesome piece on last night’s So You [...]
The Saddle.
It’s come to my attention that I might be annoying.
As a single woman.
No one has said anything, per se. There was no intervention, no somber gathering of friends to break it to me gently — You need to calm down a second, kid. And possibly just get yourself laid. I’d talk excessively about the tumbleweeds [...]
Love. Capital Letters. And Flibbertygibbets.
Now that three months have passed since THIS happened, people have been more comfortable asking me how I feel about dating, love, and the like. Here’s the thing. This? This time right now? This is my favorite part. After a handful of broken hearts and a fistful of failed relationships, I’ve come to know that [...]
For a Very Strange Flower
Speaking of Karma, I feel the need to cleanse mine after blogging about the Date of Doom. Sometimes an entry hangs over me, like I throw the words out into the world, and the mean ones kind of stick, suspended. And the only way for me to move through them is to say something nice.
Still, [...]
Church of the Latter Day Blog
I heard a “shave-and-a-haircut” knocking at my door and sprang up to answer it, thinking it was the mailman with certified mail from Chicago! (aka, The Job Offer That Will Never Come!)
Instead, I found two Mormons.
In case you are playing the home game of Jenn’s Spirituality, let me remind you of a few [...]
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HEY! Have you ever been asked out by two random, creepy Best Buy regulars in two days? I have.
Guy 1: “I get rejected all the time. I DON’T DEAL WITH REJECTION WELL.”
Guy 2: “What’s your favorite pizza? Pepperoni and mushroom? How ironic, my favorite too.”
(”That’s NOT IRONY, that’s COINCIDENCE,” I shouted, as I punched. him. [...]
R.A.N.D.O.M.S.
Hormones. In the past five minutes, I’ve consumed two polish dill spears and a few spoonfuls of Chubby Hubby. I’m not feeling particularly PMSish; it just sounded good to me. I can’t imagine what I’m going to eat when I’m pregnant. Probably dirt.
I wanted to give myself a pedicure tonight. I used to have this [...]
And when I get over him, I will dance around my room to “Blister in the Sun” by the Violent Femmes.
I have an infatuation situation that I can only describe as a Jordan-Catalano-like crush.
If you are a twenty-something female who watched My So-Called Life in the nineties, then you know that I got it bad. ["And that ain't good," says Ella Fitzgerald.]
I came to this conclusion today when I looked at said boy and thought, “God, [...]