December 2009
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6 Changes for 2010
A new year A new DECADE holds so much promise. 10 years ago, I was single, in Zimbabwe, reaching the end of one dead-end relationship and about to embark on another dead-end relationship. I was also about to come down with viral meningitis or dengue fever or something, but that’s another story for another time.
Since then, I’ve completed a master’s degree, took a post grad...
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Project for 2010 →
I’ve been meaning to listen to more music. I wonder how many of these albums I could get through if I listened at work every day.
A quick peek through and this list of 1001 albums (through 2005) you must hear before you die seems to include Morrissey’s entire fucking catalog. I’m hoping that’s because he’s so gloriously mockable. One of my favorite things to do is...
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Why I'm quitting
I’ve felt ambivalent about drinking for a long time now. I’ve never been a naturally moderate drinker. While I like the buzz I get from a drink or two, my brain always jumps ahead to the next drink and the next drink. I may have 4 ounces of sparkling wine in front of me but I’m already thinking about whether or not we’ll open another bottle. That’s kind of fucked...
Double standards
Hearing educated women who self-identify as feminists discuss how they “totally get” why Tiger Woods’ wife Elin Nordegren might claw up her husband with her french manicure and beat him down with a nine iron after learning of his infidelity really pisses me off. Feminists can’t take that first step down that slippery slope. If Elin did indeed physically assault her...
Brains are weird
Today my bff forwarded me an e-mail about grief. It rang true, and then I just kind of shut down. Not out of sadness or anything, I just couldn’t absorb any more information about the grief process, my own or someone else’s.
Out of nowhere, I thought of the time mom pulled me out of high school to see the eye doctor. I rarely missed school for any reason, so it was exciting for me...