Let’s talk about unfulfilled childhood dreams. I have a few. 1. Marrying Cary Grant 2. Going to the Prom with Prince William and/or John Cusack 3. Being a cheerleader I have, to some extent, gotten over these disappointments, as much as anyone can get over not marrying your soulmate because he’s dead. But a certain [...]
“Your poor blog has a bit of an identity crisis.” “Yes, it does.” “I guess you could blog about blogs with identity crises. Or just identity crises.”
I’ve had Google analytics hooked up to my blog since its infancy. My favorite part is the maps. I’ve always liked maps. This is what America looks like in terms of my blog readership in the last month: So obviously Alaska is a hotbed of Alaskeña enjoyment. The funny thing is, I’ve no idea who [...]
It occurred to me that I haven’t yet shared with the world the crazy thing I decided to do last month: quit my job. Yes, in this craptastic economy, I decided to quit my job. The job that took me about seven months to find in the first place. The job that was, you know, [...]
Um, how come nobody told me about Pancake Tuesday? My feelings for pancakes border on religious fervor. During my third semester of college I subsisted off a family-size bag of Krusteaz pancake mix (just add water!) because it was easy and it was what I could afford. Four months of pancakes for breakfast and dinner. [...]
I try to do Lent every year, even though I’m not Catholic, or even religious in any traditional sense of the word. Frankly, it’s a little stunt I like to pull, just to see if I can. One time I gave up smoking. It was so easy. Probably because I had never started smoking to [...]
I’ve always liked Valentine’s Day, so much so that in second grade, I wrote, produced and directed a play regarding Valentine’s Day’s provenance. If you are picturing a bunch of second-graders running around in togas, you’ve got it about right. I continued to enjoy Valentine’s Day until February 14th, 1996. I had a crush– we’ll [...]
Exciting news out of Costa Rica today: they elected their first woman president! To be honest, I’m not crazy about all of Laura Chinchilla’s politics, but it is heartening to see another woman become a head of state. She gets to join Michelle Bachelet (president of Chile) and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (president of Argentina) [...]
I finally read The Catcher in the Rye. It was awesome, although I’m a teensy bit worried by how much I relate to Holden Caulfield. The whole world is full of “phonies” though, isn’t it? Make these brownies. Die happy. If you are a vegan though, don’t bother clicking. It will only break your heart. If [...]
Anybody else have recurring dreams? I graduated from high school a semester early. It didn’t do me a whole lot of good because here I am seven years later, still college degree-less (but so close!). Anyway, I believe this, the graduating early, is what has led to the recurring dream that has haunted me for [...]