Getting Dressed for 50/50 Just Got a Lot Easier
Holy cannoli. My absolute favorite retailer, ModCloth, has signed on to sponsor the documentary. Which means a few days ago I got to peruse their website and feel like I was doing my job (instead of feeling like a fashion junkie desperate for a fix of retro-cuteness). I’ve been a ModCloth disciple since a friend […]
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And Then I Learned About Makeup
As it turns out, makeup application has changed since I was a nine-year-old attendee of my second-ever slumber party. Anointing the lips with mauve, smearing cheeks with hot pink, and using artistic grace to apply rose, gold, emerald and fuchsia in nonrainbow order — as I did to Courtney, the only girl brave enough to […]
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What Is “Pre-Production,” Anyway?
Quite a few cats (and people) have asked me what exactly it is the 50/50 team has been up to since our Kickstarter ended. Simply put, we’ve been in pre-production. Could we be more nebulous? Not really. Let’s unpack that a bit. Pre-production basically means that we’re doing everything humanly possible to have a smooth(ish) […]
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Packing/Unpacking
I’ve been doing the literal kind of packing — rolling clothes into tiny balls and hoping they won’t wrinkle. But it turns out that part of this process is a figurative unpacking — running into old boyfriends and sussing out unanswered questions. In go the block-colored kitten heels. Out comes the confession that we cannot be friends. […]
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Cobwebs of the Heart
As I was running through the first mist of fall this morning, I noticed a very simple gate at the threshold of a garden. Spun in the gate’s spiral was a spider’s web. Those silky strands are typical of early autumn, but from afar they didn’t resemble the dining room table of a hungry arachnid. […]
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A Partial List of Ways I Procrastinated Packing This Week
Watching 500 Days of Summer with my roommate while eating the world’s biggest artichoke. Visiting a Mexican-Italian fusion restaurant and photo booth with a nice boy. Doctor’s appointment. Cashing in on my New Year’s resolution of getting online banking before 2012’s end. Indoor skydiving. Online shopping at Modcloth. Hugs at ZOZI. Coffee with Mom. Sleeping […]
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Call it Chicken Salad
I feel like my heart is a throat lozenge, residing just beneath my tonsils and keeping the back of my tongue numb. I can feel her presence, ensuring my larynx won’t cause me any pain and blocking my vocal chords from doing anything detrimental, such as taking it all back – the leaving of the […]
Take a TourSaying Goodbye in Order to Say Hello
Oy. One of the hardest parts about making a choice to do something – like dating in every state – was that when I said yes to adventure, I was inevitably setting myself up to also saying goodbye. Before I get to the fun part of all this – dolling up, dating, and forcing Megan to listen to […]
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Forward Motion
Journeys are about making a choice, and holy skate-shop, Batman, I sure as heck never dreamed a message on a Volcom sweatshirt would be the deciding factor for what will be the most gutsy endeavor I’d ever take on. Yet ten years ago, a girl stood in front of me, with script across her cotton […]
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