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On romanticizing roadkill.
Today was not such a good day. For the majority of it, I felt overwhelmed and underwhelming. It was an awful, complicated contradiction in emotion where I was frantic for perfection but fell short...
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On Hurricane Sandy and faulty internet connections.
Every time that I have tried to update this blog, I have been thwarted by an unreliable internet connection. It is incredibly frustrating and I have been tempted to just give up and save the update...
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On a rough week.
This week was an emotional rollercoaster of sorts, to be sure. From the beginning, I knew that it would be exhausting because of parent/teacher conferences and I did feel especially drained, and I...
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On changing names.
I’ve been having trouble sleeping lately. I wonder if I’ve been struck with that “Summertime Sadness.” It is now August, and my dreams have included school more and more, so maybe it is simply anxiety...
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On talking to the dead.
Friday, April 10, 2015 marked 90 years since the publication of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the novel that essentially changed my life by confirming the kind of woman – the kind of human...
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On treating a blog like a confessional, for better or worse.
Good news: A literary agency requested my full manuscript about a week ago. Bad News: I haven’t written anything in a while, other than melodramatic diary entries that are more embarrassing and...
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On going West and coming home.
It has been quite some time since I last updated. I went to a beautiful wedding and then ventured way out West to Colorado with my little brother for about ten days. I have been home, in New Jersey,...
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On being a big, fat liar.
Two weeks ago, I went to confession. The line of sinners was surprisingly long; I assume the snowstorm from the previous weekend had kept the faithful at home and away from the church, so everyone was...
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On near misses.
For someone who believes in, and more often than not relies on signs from the universe, I’m constantly missing those signs. I’m frequently guilty of missing the point, as it were. It is usually only...
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On the persistence of the Universe
Some situations in life are unavoidably awkward. Indeed, some moments are socially awkward by definition. For women, I believe this includes any and all visits to beauty salons. Just the other day, I...
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