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Currently…in May 2014
FEELING: Overwhelmed and charmless. I’m so tired of dealing with people. People are stupid and aggravating! I just want to be quiet and keep to myself. I’m also exhausted and have a great, hacking cough that I can’t seem to shake. WATCHING: Just as RuPaul’s Drag Race is winding down, a new season of Louie…
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Last Word
I saw a post like this on Sometimes Sweet and thought it would be a nice way to get back into the swing of blogging by way of TALKING ABOUT ME. Yeah, I’ve been busy. I have other friends. So what? Here ya go. Last thing you cooked: I don’t know if it counts as…
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Ugly Naked Gal
An open letter to the creep pointing and laughing at me from across the alley: Dear Jerk, So you’ve noticed I like walking around my apartment naked. Yes, when home alone, I walk around my apartment naked. I’m sure most people do. I’ve been walking around naked at this particular address since August 2012. Here…
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Hit and Miss
Okay, so I’m pretty hit and miss at posting lately. I’ve been pretty hit and miss at everything, really! I’m hit and miss at the driving range. LITERALLY! Sometimes I can drive 75 yards…other times, I miss contact with the ball entirely! Raising the tee helps considerably. I am also very hit and miss with…
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Dangerous Town
When you decide to make the move to New York City, you will find that the people around you never seem to tire of warning you how dangerous it will be. But, as I like to say, when desire surpasses fear, you will be surprised what you’re able to endure. And you will tune their…
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Currently… in April 2014
FEELING: I am working on healing. I’m trying to eat better, and work through some personal issues that I’ve been having. I’m trying to let go of a lot of my control issues, enjoy just “being”, and not worrying. WATCHING: I just discovered Breaking Amish – talk about gripping! I’m also enjoying the animated…
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Currently…in March 2014
FEELING: Completely DONE with winter! The weather has been gross for what seems like an eternity. Remember summer? Remember not squishing yourself into layers upon layers of clothing and still freezing? SO. DONE. WATCHING: Is anyone else out there TOTALLY ADDICTED to House of Cards? It’s so slow-moving and subtle but really compelling. If you…
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Not Hiding Under The Covers
There’s been a lot said lately, for one reason or another, about how brief life is. Friends, family, all dwelling on the idea of acting now while there’s still time because nothing is guaranteed. And then somebody called me “fearless.” FEARLESS. I quite like the word. Is it fearless to chase what you want regardless…
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I Give Good Bedhead
Sleep troubles over! I have been sleeping through the night! And as a reward: Epic bedhead. It’s almost as if all of my subconscious worries are exiting my brain through the roots of my hair, like the snakes off Medusa’s head. Or maybe I’m trying to be super metal.
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Charles the Great
This Valentine’s Day, Cupid brought us a little heartbreak. Our sweet family pet of almost fifteen years, Charlie, passed away peacefully at home. From Christmas – he hated having his photo taken. You have to catch him asleep! Our family just became a little smaller and a lot sadder. There is nothing quite like losing…
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The Epic Shrug / Bolero / Shawl
Fee fi fo fum, Yes, I’m a Pinterest troll. While trolling the Pinterest, I saw this beautiful multi-way shawl / shrug / bolero thing in denizgunes’s Etsy shop : And it looked easy enough. ^ and those were her famous last words. But, having a shit-ton of time on my hands and with the weather…
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No Mo Snow
My poor, beloved NYC is suffocating under a mountain of snow. It seems like every two days there is a huge, major storm, and I can’t help but recall that scene from The Day After Tomorrow where the Statue of Liberty is poking out from under a frozen wasteland. Never saw the film, mind, because…
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As Though You Have Never Been Hurt Before
I’m sure you’ve all seen this quote before: I know I’ve seen this quote a bunch and I always dismissed it as being a little bit insipid. Oh yeah, live life with abandon, blah blah blah. Of course, now I appreciate the last line a little more as an Atheist. It’s the second line that’s…
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Currently…in February 2014
It’s been a year of “Currently” posts! And what a year since I’ve started! Phew! FEELING: Dizzy and giddy and hopeful and delighted! Valentine’s Day is coming up and I don’t care what people say, I FUCKING LOVE VALENTINE’S DAY! For crying out loud, I have hearts and roses tattooed on me. I’m the biggest…
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Reality Check
What really sucks about death is that it shows us how much we take for granted. My own dear father recently lamented that he’d always imagined growing old surrounded by the ones he loved, when a scare showed him that such a future might not be possible. Death is that reality check. We don’t know…
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3 AM
I don’t know if it’s stress, or neighbors, or some weird biological fault of mine, but for the past few weeks as far back as I can remember, I have been waking up at 3am every morning. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Naa1HXeDQ?rel=0] Oh, I must be lonely. That must be it. And when I say “awake,” I mean…
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Going Rogue
Every year. Every year I say “I’m not going to bleach my hair ever again!” And then whoops. I do.
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Technical Difficulties
Ever have one of those days? I swear it all started when I tried to update my iPhone 4 from iOS 5, which I have been happily using FOR YEARS, to iOS 7 so I can use the updated version of Skype. WELL. Not only did it not take for HOURS, but it caused a…
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Baggage Claim
As I get older I talk less and less. ….about my baggage. There is some baggage that’s easy to claim. The nice stuff. The baggage where we triumph, the baggage where we learn to become the hero. That nice, rolling kind with the rotating 360 degree wheels. It’s easy for me to talk to strangers…
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Hungry Eyes
Winter in NYC bites the big one. It’s cold and the wet and filthy and our main punching bag, the tourists we love to hate, have all gone home. What is there to do? Invent a new cateye, perhaps? What do you think? Too much?