Author: meghan
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Currently… in July 2018
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FEELING: Overall? Secure. “SECURE,” y’all!!! Do you have any idea how significant that word is? That’s INCREDIBLE. I can’t remember the last time I felt SECURE, okay? Maybe like, 2014. I’M DEAD SERIOUS. I sought a word for how good I’m feeling, and the one that summed it up best was “SECURE.” I’m beside…
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NOT THE FACE
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I hate a LOT of things. Fascism. Bacon. That thing where you have to poop really badly but your roommate is in the bathroom and then you hear the shower turn on? Eeeeeuuuuuuuurrgghhhhh. But there is ONE THING that I hate more than ANYTHING ELSE in the world and THAT IS…
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A Weekend in the Country!
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So the *official* reason for going to Vestal, NY for the weekend was to visit my parents buuuuuuuut it didn’t hurt that their new puppy, Kenzie, was there too! Is this an unabashed photo dump? Yes, AND: it’s my excuse as to why “my homework was late” aka I haven’t been blogging, because I’ve…
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Currently… in June 2018
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FEELING: Excited. Yes, excited! It sort of feels like, overall, everything has been falling into place for me lately. I’ve been working hard, saving up, keeping going. You know, six months ago, if you told me that I’d be in this place by summer, I doubt I would have believed you. I am really happy…
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Getting Back On The Horse
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I have no idea why, BUT, I’ve been having the hardest time posting anything here. My “drafts” folder has been GROWING and GROWING!!! and yet, it’s just so hard to be satisfied with anything enough to hit “publish” on it. I’m a firm believer in just getting back on the horse. That the only…
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Hey! (What’s Going On)
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Somebody once told me, “don’t give away your brilliance for free.” Woah! Not that I’m claiming to be “brilliant,” here! But it stuck with me. So I’ve been holding back here, because of a weird, vague fear of putting my best stuff out there on the vulnerable *I*n*t*eR*n*e*t, and having by BEST ideas stolen (um,…
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Squeaky Shoes
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The skill that has taken me the longest to hone, and the skill that has served me the best in my everyday life, is the ability to squeak my shoes. Yes, I have finally mastered the gentle scuff of my Converse against nearly any ground-type surface that elicits an ear-piercing “SQUEAK!” on demand, any time and any where.…
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Currently… in May 2018
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FEELING: Lots better. Lots better. I had one truly amazing therapy session and also worked almost every day of the past month, and that changed a lot for me. I went from agonizing over feeling “lazy” when I wasn’t working, to realizing that there are ebbs and flows, and the time I spend not…
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BACK OFF: An Unpleasant Trader Joe’s Story
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“Personal Space” is a funny concept in New York City. In a municipality where we think nothing of entwining our legs with a stranger’s on the subway to keep our balance on that crowded L train, there are still clearly situations where there is an accepted distance that one keeps from other people. On…
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GOOD NEWS! SNL is Funny Again!
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Hey, Super Troopers! What a week it’s been! ( <– I am starting this post on Monday, as usual ) We gotta start off with THIS: John Mulaney hosted SNL this past weekend and it was INCREDIBLE. You really should watch the whole thing (especially his monologue, which I never wanted to end)…
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Texting + Stairs = DANGER!
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As the famous nursery rhyme “Ring Around the Rosie” posits, “We all fall down.” Some of us more spectacularly than others. Picture this: Monday night, around 8pm. I’ve just left work and I’m heading home while texting my boss about the progress we’re making. I do this all the time! I pride myself on being…
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On Top Of Things
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I had the Perfect Day™ the other day. Not in that it was particularly good, more in the way that I felt EXTREMELY GOOD ABOUT IT. It was one of those days when I was SO on top of things — now, I’m not scatter-brained by any means, but on this day, there were a lot…
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GOOD NEWS! I’m Busy As Hell, Which Is A Good Thing!
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Oof my gawd, this week is busy but amazing! It started on Saturday, when I finally made it out to the Guggenheim to see Dahn Vo’s exhibit “Take My Breath Away,” and looking back, it definitely did! It was also my first time at the ‘heim, or the Guug, and I have two affectionate…
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Take My Breath Away, Dahn Vo! at The Guggenheim
COOL STORY BRO: Four years ago, during my second season giving ghost tours in Lower Manhattan, City Hall Park was overtaken by an installation by Dahn (pronounced “Yon,” I googled it) Vo, called “We The People.” Click the link! Did you click it? So basically, it was life-sized CHUNKS of the Statue of Liberty,…
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This Fast And Easy Huevos Rancheros Recipe Is Ideal For When You Are Too Depressed To Cook Actual Food
I am obsessed with A Cup of Jo’s consistently tantalizing Trader Joe’s-based content. I mean, I’ve adored Jo’s aesthetic for years (millennial pink mmmmkay), and the fact that her team of writers seem as addicted to the consistently low prices and great value of Joe’s grocery store as I am seems to validate my obsession. You know…
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GOOD NEWS! I’m Busy Work-work-work-work-work-workin’!
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Wondering why it’s so quiet around here? No, it’s not because I’m so depressed that I can’t get it together to actually form a sentence — that was last week. This week I’m doing a lot better, because I’m at work! Yes, thank GAWD, I have something to take my mind off the crushing hopelessness during the daytime…
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Currently… in April 2018
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FEELING: Deep in the throes of PMS + Mercury retrograde + depression, FUN. Fun fun fun. It’s really messed me up, and the endlessly cold and grey weather doesn’t help. I’m struggling to see a light at the end of the tunnel or any hope that things will change as I feel like life keeps beating me…
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GOOD NEWS! A Day Late, And Hastily Thrown Together TBH
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Well, what can I say? It’s a combination of PMS, Mercury Retrograde, generally overcast weather, and terrible depression! I haven’t been sleeping well, and when I am, my dreams are really shitty: like, I had a dream that RuPaul invited me to camp with him at Burning Man, and I turned his offer down? WHAT?…
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Comfortably Mum, ~or~ The Creepiest Part of The Met That You Probably Never Noticed
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Everyone knows The Met. Right? The Metropolitan Museum of Art is like, REQUIRED VIEWING for anyone even fleetingly passing through New York City. And if you live here, and don’t go at least once a year, they take away your NYC status. Ever wonder if the turnstiles are smacking you in the crotch and making…
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GOOD NEWS! I *FINALLY* Touched Up My Roots!!!
So this week was a week off from the studio, and I made myself to-do lists EVERY DAY. At the top of the list was TOUCH UP MY ROOTS. They were getting to be like 2.5 inches long, and it wasn’t the BEST touch-up job (can we say, “polka dots”?), but it’s a little…