Recent Entries

• Updateness

  August 20, 2013

  I've been thinking a lot about why it is that I haven't been writing here.  The reasons are layered, but overall my writing is reflective of my offline behavior: when I'm feeling sensitive or vulnerable, I pull away.  I hide in my little bubble world, where I can look out and watch the ...

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• Sandwich Slut

  February 6, 2013

  Things have been so busy with work lately that I've had time for little else, including preparing meals for myself. So I have taken to ordering sandwiches around town. The brief amount of time it takes to specify my order is about as much off-the-clock social interaction as I get these days ...

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• Checking In

  January 27, 2013

  I went from being woefully, desperately underemployed to drowning in billable hours. I've brought on a bunch of Personal Assistant clients and I am terrified that I can't handle it. I'm terrified that I'm not good enough. I'm terrified that I'm going to let everyone down and get fired and th...

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• 101 in 1,001

  January 13, 2013

  I was originally introduced to Day Zero Project a few years ago right here on OD so I felt like this was the best place to post my list. I've seen some really cute lists that are all organized by category and I wanted to do that, too! But if I wait until I have time…

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• Two Thousand Twelve

  December 30, 2012

  January: I started the year feeling amazingly confident. I was at the lowest weight in my adult life (at the time -- it kept dropping until summer) and was in the middle of my fitness craze. Working out 4-6 hours a day and eating a super clean diet and feeling altogether amazing. Fitness was...

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• Shifting Focus

  December 19, 2012

  Life is moving forward at such an intense pace right now. I very much can't afford this, but I don't care. I'm sending a care package to the Italian for Christmas. He is going to be flying into Dallas the day after Christmas and as such, he will be missing out on Christmas with his…

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• Fantasyland

  December 14, 2012

  Most days I'm happy being single. I lead a very full life and, for better or for worse, there is very little room for a partner. But there are some nights, like tonight, wherein I miss the reliable company of a steady lover. It's really silly things that I fantasize about doing, too. I would…

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• Her soul doth glitter

  December 6, 2012

  Walking around my apartment in a sweatshirt with no pants and stirring Metamucil into my hot chocolate. Welcome to my Friday night. I'm thankful to say I'm exhausted from a week of work. WORK! YOU READ THAT RIGHT! UPS had the wisdom and foresight to hire me as a seasonal driver's helper. The work...

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• The Little Apple That Could

  November 21, 2012

  I am realizing more and more just how much my upbringing has shaped my values. I have three relatives that are driving me varying degrees of bonkers because of what I view as their laziness. One is twenty three years old and has never had a job nor has he graduated from college. He is…

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