Category Archives: Real Life

Mini Eggs! MINI EGGS!!

I officially declare open season on Cadbury’s Mini Eggs.

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(from the flickr account of fuzuoko)

Forget boys who read books, these eggs are just gorgeous.

The Rainbow Bookcase

Things I could have done tonight:

– Cook an actual meal instead of eating sliced apples with cheese
– Fold all of my laundry instead of letting it languish in the dryer
– Watch one of the Netflix movies gathering dust on my TV stand
– Curl up with one of the 3 books I am currently reading
– Wash all of the dishes that are becoming unsanitary in my sink
– Train my schnauzer not to bark at herself in the mirror

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But here’s what I actually did…

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Dear Girl Scouts of America…

Dear Girl Scouts,

In the immortal words of Phyllis Nefler and her rag tag band of spoiled rich girls, “It’s cookie time.”

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(from flickr user kayak49)

I know you’re out there. And I know you have cookies. Please find me. Read the rest of this entry

Resolved!

Another year, another stab at sticking to resolutions.

This year, I have basically no intention of going to the gym every single day or systematically cleaning out a room in my condo once a month.  I’m not going to pretend to give up sugar entirely or cut down TV watching to one hour daily. There’s no use attempting to learn knitting or promising to make my bed every single day. Read the rest of this entry

Just Call Me Liz Lemon

What you are about to read is not an exaggeration. I did not change the details for dramatic effect- I didn’t need to, as you will see.

Last night, I went on a “first date.”

I felt proud of myself for :
a) convincing a guy that it was worth risking rejection to ask me to meet him at a coffee house
b) successfully navigating through an unfamiliar area of town to meet said guy
c) wearing 3 inch heels.

This last point turned out to be my undoing, as it so often does. Read the rest of this entry