Category: Miscellaneous
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Creating a Quilt
When I was in third grade, my paternal grandmother sent each of us four kids a quilt, each similar but slightly different. Mine was lavender. They became our companions, accompanying us on road trip vacations, joining us on the couch for Saturday morning cartoons and lying on our bed. Grandma slowly worked to make a…
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Party Like a Rock Star
I went out Friday night with the girls. Dinner, drinks, dancing. Although some might use Girls’ Night Out to think nostalgically back upon other nights out, I am pleased to report that age has its perks. For example: Dinner 21: Pizza in your dorm room or crappy apartment. 31: Tapas at a nice restaurant with…
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Moving: A Bittersweet Goodbye
I will miss so many things. But not the cockroaches. Leo and I are moving next week, leaving the first place we called home together. We’ve rented this small house for more than two and a half years and it many ways it feels like home. Here, we realized that yes, we were truly right…
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Underwear Model
No, not really. I just wrote that so you’d read this. I have begun my new part-time job at Aerie, an American Eagle offshoot that sells undergarments, makeup and casual/lounge wear. What the hell am I doing? It’s a question echoed often in recent months by many of my friends and acquaintances. Perhaps it’s the…
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We’re Engaged
This picture was taken in April, just a few days before we started dating. I didn’t know then that Leo was the love of my life, but sticking my tongue out at him seemed to prove to both of us that maybe our friendship could be something more. Apparently, we were right. On Saturday, Sept.…
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A Reckless Deadline
My 20s are almost behind me, with one year to go. According to my bff in her birthday card to me, we have exactly one year of recklessness remaining. Well, not recklessness. But the recklessness that can be later written off with a dash of devil-may-care-I-was-in-my-20s-so-it-was-justified. So what should I do for this requisite recklessness?…