You're The Same, Just Like Everyone Else

May 6th, 2012 in 30something, and now you might know everything, family, i love fragment sentences, I should be sleeping, I'm yoda. Everyone else is a grasshopper, introspection sometimes causes me to drink, it makes sense to me, life lesson, lists, this is where I grew up, this one might be my favourite

Growing up, I was friends with two really interesting twins. While I was rocking a mushroom cut and Club Monaco sweatshirt, these two girls were shaving their heads and wearing lots of mesh, camo and elaborate necklaces with snake charms. While my mom gave me tylenol for a headache, their mom practiced Reiki and ancient herbal medicines to curb body pains. My home was a standard homage Pottery Barn, their house was a collection of Star Wars collectibles, exotic pets and crystals the size of pre-schoolers. Sleepovers were an exercise in restraint as I practiced acting nonchalant as they fed …READ MORE

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On insomnia, Wal-Mart denial & the grace of prayer in a bathrobe

August 28th, 2011 in 1/2 funny 1/2 serious 100% important, conversation of the day, I should be sleeping, it makes sense to me, other people say it better, something I won't forget, these are the things that happen to me

Lately I’ve become one of those people who routinely is up at 4:30am laying in bed attempting to use a soothing voice to tell myself to go the fuck to sleep. And when that doesn’t put me into a deep slumber, I make lists in my head- things I should do, things I want to do, things I wish I would have done, supplies I need to buy at Wal-mart for the projects I started thinking about at 2am.

(Sidenote: I’ve never been a regular Wal-Mart shopper, but it opens earlier than anywhere else (8 am) so I have found …READ MORE

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The Cost of Something Priceless

August 17th, 2010 in earning my dork badge, I don't know what day it is, I like annoying people by talking about how much i like comic sans, i might be addicted to tags, I should be sleeping, i wrote this just for the picture, it makes sense to me, it's okay- you can skim this one, let's not talk about how long this took, shoes, teaching, when I go all Dr. Seuss on you

Blue area rug that I lugged into the school while making noises that one usually only hears behind closed doors late at night after *4 shots of tequila- $19

Bins of throw pillows, each carefully picked for plumpness, coziness and all around ‘I want to curl up and read a book with you’ feeling- $64

Wire shelving units that appeared easy to construct but resulted in me cursing so much I would have made a sailor blush and almost resulted in the loss of my pinkie finger- $58

Approximate number of hours it took to sort each book into categories- …READ MORE

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15 Things I complain about but secretly enjoy

April 29th, 2009 in confession of the day, don't judge me based on my love for bad music, earning my dork badge, famous people make for good gossip, i complain because I care, I should be sleeping, it makes sense to me, it's almost like a meme, lists, people i like, sigh. i've made a tag for THE HILLS., tequila consequences, the one that nobody reads because of the title, the title says it all, the world according to me, Wednesday nights make me frisky, when I go all Dr. Phil on you, when i say it anyway, you're skimming this one

1. 99.89% of the nicknames that have ever been bestowed upon me.

2. Snow.

3. The Hills.

4. Mondays.

5. Coming home after a vacation.

6. Chick flicks.

7. Mornings.

8. Eating vegetables.

9. Christmas shopping.

10. Tequila.

11. Soul Decision.

12. Mud Puddles.

13.  Getting Older.

14. Airplane Food.

15. Dr. Phil.

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The one you’ve all been waiting for

October 5th, 2008 in and now you might know everything, Annie Lebowitz is so jealous, beauty can get ugly, because "guilt" is a dirty word, family, i love fragment sentences, I should be sleeping, i think this would make her proud, if you're shallow and you know it clap your hands!, it makes sense to me, it seemed like a good idea at the time..., it's a long one (twss), it's almost like a meme, it's okay- you can skim this one, lists, so egan will LOVE this, wasting time, what i found when i went looking

Recently I wrote about how much I enjoy it when bloggers share what they are hating (because let’s face it, everyday is not a rainbow. I don’t care what your mom told you), then I shared mine and REALLY enjoyed it. So that got me thinking, what else do other bloggers do that I enjoy? (Which is a GOOD thing that I asked that question but I was going to just write a post about how sick I am, complete with multiple sad face emoticons. See how lucky you are to have dodged that?) Anyway, back to what I enjoy …READ MORE

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Four words

September 17th, 2008 in Annie Lebowitz is so jealous, confession of the day, family, happiness, hello universe? I love you, i complain because I care, i laugh when i say "balls", i may write about the west wing forever, I should be sleeping, i'm the sum of my failures and my achivements, it makes sense to me, it's ironic because I'm Canadian, when i say it anyway, work

I could write about how I’m not looking forward to Friday. If I was feeling very brave, I could confess how I almost canceled the job because I’m worried the whole thing will depress the funk into me. I could write about how my fall clothes are feeling a little too tight, my finances are a little shaky or about how I haven’t had a good hair day in weeks. I could rant about how everything on my sidebar keeps disappearing and I don’t know where it goes. I could write about how it still bothers me that my dad …READ MORE

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The male swim team makes me feel hairy

August 15th, 2008 in confession of the day, hello universe? I love you, i know- we all LOVE him, I should be sleeping, i wish i was water, I'm scared to see the search engine results to this, it makes sense to me, it's a good thing, it's ironic because I'm Canadian, people i like, sports

It’s after midnight and I’m exhausted. Watching 4 hours straight of Olympics is the most taxing thing I’ve done in recent days and I’m paying the price. I scream, I cheer, I stand on my couch. I cry, I sniffle, I count Chinese hair clips. I marvel at Phelps (did anyone else see the special they did on how his body is the perfect body for swimming? Fascinating- and I don’t mean that just in a sexual, hey, I-want-my-tongue-to-touch-your-abs way, I really mean it in the educational, I learned something way), giggle at Costas and have decided I would go …READ MORE

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What I’ve decided at 2:46 am

April 24th, 2008 in because "guilt" is a dirty word, brookem is awesome!, famous people make for good gossip, hello universe? I love you, I should be sleeping, it makes sense to me, it's almost like a meme, lists, love or something like it, men, people i like, pirates, swimming in a sea of self pity, the devils worker bees, the Ex files, this is what happens when you listen to a sad song, Uncategorized

1. I will never be that super cool girl who hears good news regarding an ex-boyfriend and responds by saying things like ‘Awesome!’ or “Good for him!”. I will be that bitter, hostile woman who thinks “him? why him? why doesn’t he just go fall in a manhole and save the world from himself?”. And then I will drink heavily. Or, if it’s a school night, I will wrestle my blankets and mentally re-organize my closet.

2. “Parent Trap” was Lindsay Lohan’s best movie performance. And anyone who disagrees should be prepared to duel. To the death.

3. Sometimes I …READ MORE

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The LV recap

March 27th, 2008 in adventure, blogs, brookem is awesome!, confession of the day, friends, games we play, hello universe? I love you, I should be sleeping, i went to vegas and drank a lot, i went to vegas and saw many tigers, i went to vegas and won some MONEY!, it happened this week, it seemed like a good idea at the time..., lists, men, tequila consequences, these are the things that happen to me, top 10, travel, your vote matters here

Bonjour my friends! I am back! First of all, let me give a big huge thanks to Brookem for filling in (and writing the nicest, most lovely post that filled my heart with happiness- seriously, anytime a post involves Hills talk, I label it a 5 star event). She really is fantastic and our Hills emails should pretty much be filed under “A” for awesome.

Now. Vegas. There’s so much to say, it’s hard to figure out where to start. So, let’s do it this way. Below are 10 statements. Some are true and some are false. Figure out which …READ MORE

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Here I Am.

March 5th, 2008 in Bill Schneider wears a lot of funny hats, celiacs, confession of the day, disappointment, don't hate me for this, heaven, i complain because I care, i hate it when i blog about blogging, i know too much about magnets, i love fragment sentences, I should be sleeping, I've fallen into a funk and I can't get up, is it weird this makes me cry?, lists, politics, pretty hair makes me happier, school, secrets, seriously, Slyvia Path has nothing on me, swimming in a sea of self pity, the george, the J.O.B., today i am not funny, when i say it anyway, when it doesn't go my way, who needs a self help book?, work

I never wanted to be that blogger who has a google reader number that’s closer to a thousand than zero, but here I am.

I never wanted to be the daughter who would avoid her fathers calls, but here I am.

I never wanted to be a teacher who uses stickers as bribes when she’s at the end of her rope and thinking of tying a noose, but here I am.

I never wanted to be the person who started off every sentence ” I’m so exhausted I can’t…”, but here I am.

I never wanted to be person who …READ MORE

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