13. adulting

I just experienced the best valentine's day in years. I spent the evening with my friends N & H—former coworkers and amazing women. They came over after work, and we spent the evening snacking on... well, mostly bread if I'm being honest... and chatting the night away. We laughed, we dished, ...

There's a thing I haven't told you. Partially because I wasn't sure I wanted to tell you, but also partially because I thought that by writing about it I might only be encouraging the thoughts. But fuck it, I'm... I'm going there. There's a friend I used to work pretty closely with that I develop...

I'm sitting here in bed looking out over the city, and I'm calm. I'm happy. And I'm so proud of myself. I, my dear Open Diary, am starting from scratch. I am 34 years old (at least for another week or so), and I've thrown it all out. I quit my job at the end…

We are perfectly aware by now that I cry. A lot. I cry a lot at work even. But... I haven't cried in a few weeks. Things have been good. I felt like I was making progress on the feedback I'd gotten so far. And then... bam. 1x1 with some surprise (and, what seemed to…

I can honestly say I never thought OD would be back. Now that it is, I actually struggled with whether or not to actually resume things where I left off. Nostalgic me 100% wants to be here, but adult me is wondering if it's so smart to still have an open diary in the age…

Selection from Jezebel By: Sarabeth Berman Published: May 17, 2015 Link: http://jezebel.com/how-mad-men-helped-me-understand-the-anger-in-my-mother-1704832424 Selection from The New York Times By: Wednesday Martin Published: May 16, 2015 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/opinion/sunday/poor...

I had an Open Diary. Did I ever tell you that? It was everything to me in high school—more than everything. I wrote every day, and sometimes even twice or three times a day. Gut-spilling, boy-crushing, dream-wishing entries of just about what you would expect from a white, suburban, teenage girl....

Never hear of protein world? Familiarize yourself. I read the comments. Never, never ever read the comments. You'd think I'd learn by now. What I found in doing so, is that there are still a ridiculous number of people who stand up for this sort of statement, and spew hate toward "angry feminists...

Note: This is a blog entry I began and abandoned back in June. While I realize the news is a little out-of-date, when I came back and went through the entry I'd outlined I realized I'd like to finish it and post it anyway. So there. Selection from The New York Times By: BLOOMBERG NEWS…