Are You the Koala’s Cupcake? (And other thoughts from a Hawaii date…)
In the datingverse, there’s a fine line between marketing yourself smartly and over-selling yourself. A lack of confidence means potential dates have a harder time seeing your value* so some self-appreciation is required. However, promising that you are the bee’s knees, the cat’s meow, the panther’s tail and the koala’s cupcake all rolled into one builds […]
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In twelve hours and four minutes, I’ll be 31 officially. As is often the case on my birthday, I’ve been reflecting back on the years that have come before. The experiences that helped craft me into who I am right now in time. I know there are people that believe in forgetting the past and […]
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Flying, Strangers and Anxiety Medication
Jittery as I was before the Hawaii flight, Megan marched me to a cafe at the airport and told me to get a drink. While she sipped a respectable Earl Gray tea, I powered through a Bloody Mary (not typically my morning brew of choice) and prayed the empty stomach I’d awoken with meant the […]
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Preparation HI
When I was 10-almost-11, I flew to Hawaii by myself to visit my grandparents. As one of eight grandchildren (one of seven granddaughters, my brother blessed with being the only boy) it was a treat with sprinkles, a whipped cream and multiple cherries to get to spend a week alone with Betty and Bill. I […]
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Just a Link Share
I’ve been out of town for a few days, but couldn’t resist sharing this link. See, I read “Sex at Dawn” by Christopher Ryan (a non-fiction look at the history of human sexuality, that brings forth evidence rebuking a lot of common anthropological theory on the topic) within a month of first reading “The Game” […]
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