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  • wait. what?

    why, exactly, would someone wear this? this is from the bellagio hotel in vegas on new years eve eve. i was underdressed, to be sure, in my uniform of blue jeans, long sleeved black t-shirt, and clogs. but at l…

  • it's a neeeeeeeeew day.

    my homesqueeze A recorded a sweet cd a few years ago, including a spacy, poppy, techno, echo-y song called New Day. and it seems like an appropriate anthem for today -- January 1, 2009. ---- when we were younger, many …

  • mixing things up.

    it took me five minutes to type the title to this post. because i was trying out Dvorak, a new keyboard layout that was designed back in the 1930's sometime. the idea is that the qwerty keyboard was designed for the be…

  • the unexamined life

    i have some questions about this whole "the unexamined life isn't worth living" business. i have a feeling Socrates meant life with a capital L, but i'm equally interested in examining the individual (small l) life too.…

  • on etiquette

    on the plane ride here the other day, i was reading the airline magazine and found what i thought was an interesting article on the emily post institute in vermont. the gist of it was that etiquette had gotten a bad rap…

  • my serenity prayer.

    universe, grant me the strength to deal with my shizz, the serenity to accept other people's shizz, and the wisdom to know the difference. fo shizzle.

  • momentary identity crisis.

    "i'm not sure what i'm doing," i confessed to S, my narrative journalism teacher a few nights ago. so far, all the writing that i've done has been very safe. i write about whatever i want to write about here, in whatev…

  • run.

    after grumpling my way around the house for a few hours this morning, charley finally kicked me out. "go for a run," he said. "maybe it'll make you feel better." and, what do you know, he was right. it did. i rem…

  • used to it.

    *warning: unchecked metaphor approaching* today i cleaned out the fish tank (oh, the infamous fish tank -- the symbol of all that is stressful in domestic partnerships). the algae eaters (oh, the glorious algae eaters…

  • choosing not to dwell.

    well that sucked. i had so hoped to nail that job interview today and instead i sounded like a complete blabbering fool. inarticulate much? so while i could moan and groan and try and dissect every moment to see where…