From the monthly archives:
I got accepted to grad school. Starting this fall, I’ll be taking classes part-time towards an MPA. How the hell am I going to pay for this? Where am I going to find the time for this? Whose idea was this again? Oh my God, though, this means I get to get GRADED again. Please [...]
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It will not surprise you when I admit that I am an absolute sucker for an good gothic romance novel. I grew up in a crumbling old Victorian house that was left to us by my great aunt. This bequest happily included all of her wonderfully moldering possessions — and amid all the decorated blown [...]
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I was just looking over some of my Flickr photos and I came across this, from my last trip to Vermont. There was this little hidden garden of porcelain figurines on the side of the road. It was both adorable and disturbing. Which is, after all, the very best kind of adorable. On reflection, I [...]
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It should come as no great surprise, what with all the baby-having going on around me, that I should reflect on my personal role in the chain of life, procreation, and continuing the family name. My position is the same as it always has been: profoundly ambivalent. I could honestly go either way. And my [...]
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OK so today was baby day! I was on my way to a birthday party for one baby (my one-year-old niece) when my phone rings. It’s my best friend, and I have been waiting for this call all week. She had a baby! On Wednesday! I got surprisingly emotional when she told me (I cried), [...]
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