Lame alert

June 17, 2009

I did something that I haven’t done in three years: I went on a date. With a guy I met online. Shortly after I agreed to do so, I realized that #26 on my 30 by 30 list could be half crossed off. Which immediately made me think that maybe I could cajole another guy [...]

Don’t leave anything on the table

January 11, 2008

While having a pretty serious conversation with my father and mother a month or so ago (the topic was employment), my dad spoke the title of this entry: don’t leave anything on the table.
I’ve never been mistaken for the sharpest crayon in the box, so I looked at my dad with confusion in my [...]

Things I’ve wanted to say to people

January 9, 2008

I can’t forgive you for that dirty trick you played on us.
I know it would have been possibly awkward and uncomfortable to send that email but I still think you should have.
I’m on to you and the little things you say to put me down. It doesn’t work (for very long).
Just one day I [...]

On dealing with the sorrow of another

December 7, 2007

I read a blog entry by someone whose mother is dying, and this got me thinking. Am I the only one who doesn’t find it comforting, when I’m going through a really rough time, to hear someone else’s story about how they or somebody they know has gone through the same thing? Oftentimes, [...]