I’m not talking about Grey’s Anatomy

May 14th, 2009 in 20something, brookem is awesome!, charm, confession of the day, disappointment, ego boost, friends, happiness, here is my heart, hey it's Friday! let's say something nice, i know- we all LOVE him, i second that emotion, i wrote this just for the picture, i'm the sum of my failures and my achivements, it makes sense to me, it's okay- you can skim this one, life lesson, quote of the day, self improvement, so sappy it hurts, the world according to me

For reasons I will never be able to articulate, I seem to swing violently between being 100% confident in my life and my choices and the direction I’m going- to the other extreme, 100% puddle on the kitchen floor, all emo with mascara stains on my cheeks feeling like I have yet to make a right choice and my life is doomed for failure before I hit thirty. There’s no in between, no grey area, no room to stretch- to accept that some choices might have been successes while others were failures.  I paint everything with the same brush: it’s …READ MORE

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I’ll even pull out the brass knuckles

March 30th, 2008 in blogs, ego boost, friends, hello universe? I love you, I'm yoda. Everyone else is a grasshopper, it makes sense to me, learning, men, people i like, seriously, so sappy it hurts, something I won't forget, thanks for the heads up Ally!, the devils worker bees, the Ex files, the world according to me, these are the things that happen to me, thinking

I once got dumped over dinner and was so upset that I left my wallet at the table when I stormed out. My cheap, yet resourceful table companion who had just moments before broke my heart into a tiny grains of it’s former self- used my bank card to pay for dinner. Because I may pick soulless, callous men to break my heart, but I will make sure they will always know how to get a free dinner.

But that’s not what this post is about.

A few weeks after that event, I went out with friends to wash …READ MORE

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Sunday nights

January 22nd, 2008 in ego boost, happiness, I'm yoda. Everyone else is a grasshopper, it makes sense to me, learning, overheard, proof i attract crazy, single girl stories, youth

UPDATE: While I work on responding to all your comments, please check out my guest post over at Brookem’s site. It’s about MUSIC and that one time Brookem did tequila shots with Stevie Nicks.

Sunday night found me at the grocery store. Doing the sort of shopping I didn’t really need to do. The kind of shopping I do only when I am feeling very bored and sorry for myself because it’s Sunday NIGHT!, and my life no longer involves Sunday night keggers or spontaneous parties or Grey’s Anatomy (because I used to watch it when it was on …READ MORE

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She knew me when

May 27th, 2007 in ego boost, learning, school, teaching, youth

There are some perks to going back to your hometown and teaching in your old school. To walk the hallways you once did as a child and see them from adult eyes.  To see that the playground isn’t as big, the principal not as scary, the ceiling not as high as you always thought it was.

I had run into one of my favourite teachers while getting my keys at the office. Though still young, she had retired to raise her family and but had recently started subbing.  She promised to sneak into my classroom at recess to chat me up and …READ MORE

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Heard in the hallway

November 30th, 2006 in ego boost, overheard

Girl: Chris! That’s her. That’s our professor!Boy: No way.Girl: I know. She actually dresses like she’s from the same century as us.Boy: Holyl shit. I’m changing my major.

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