Dear [Ex-Boyfriend #1]: I’m not sure why you felt the need to call me or text me sporadically for six years after we broke up, especially considering the fact that you told me on numerous occasions that you never wanted to speak to me again. Am I that alluring that you just can’t stay away? [...]
Archive | July, 2012
Being Who You Are
I would argue that figuring out who you’re not is more important than figuring out who you are. Who you are not is often more definitive than who you are. Who you are and are not can change, but it seems the things you are not are the things that come from lifetimes of trying and [...]
Blue Tights
“HI!” A bright voice sliced through my morning daze as I stood waiting for the light to change on my way to work. “Hello,” I responded, taking out my ear buds and rejoining the world as I turned towards the source of the voice, a young man with a backpack, ball cap and Down syndrome. [...]
on feeling my age…
For the first time in probably a decade, I’ve actually felt my age. This is a pretty huge thing because I was starting to get the feeling I’d be perpetually seventeen. And now, finally, as I’m a month away from turning twenty-eight, I can’t help but think, “Only twenty-eight? How am I not thirty yet? This [...]
Ink Think
I don’t regret getting tattoos. But I can’t say I care much that I have them. This occurs to me whenever someone tells me the story behind one of their tattoos. Sometimes it’s over the top, sometimes I can’t say I make the connection between a winking praying mantis and their grandmother, but normally I [...]
Lake Luzerne, New York
Lake Luzerne is a small town in Upstate New York without cell reception for three of the four major telecoms and spotty electricity during thunderstorms. The town is a quaint stop on a rolling highway called 9N that winds its way through reservoir lakes and rivers amongst the Adirondack Mountains between Albany (the closest airport) [...]
drinking
I stopped drinking on weeknights. You know how we all say things like “you know you’re an adult when…”? When your parents remove you from their family cell phone plan. When you buy generic brands at the grocery store because they costs way less. (except for toilet paper. splurge on the fucking toilet paper.) When you [...]
Drawing My Line in the Sand
You know those moments in life where you look back, and even though you may not have realized it at the time, you now recognize that your words and actions and decisions in that moment altered the course of your life? I love moments like that. I have lots of them, big and small, but [...]
Why I Love Comic Con
What it means to be a “nerd” or “geek” these days has changed quite a bit from when I grew up. Being a nerd has become “cool” now. You see it proudly displayed on t-shirts vomited all over Urban Outfitter racks. Teeny girls can’t type, “I’m a total geek” fast enough when filling out the [...]
The Box
I found a box. I pulled it down and peeked in. I smirked as I spied its contents. Time was of the essence and I knew that, we were set to leave in a few short hours but this box was worth plopping down on the filthy garage floor and rifling through. As I sat, [...]
