Indiana
Finding a date in Muncie was not easy. I chose Muncie because of the movie Valentine’s Day. (Topher Grace’s character gets freaked out that his quasi-girlfriend, Anne Hathaway, is a phone sex operator and partially blames his hysteria on his hometown, the one and only Muncie.) Why not pick a city this way? Hollywood described […]
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The Lost Caves of Kentucky
There is nothing like going out with a pretty cool guy and feeling like hey, this dude would make a great friend, and then having your date tell you that girls always seem to think he’s sweet and a good friend, but not dating material. So when I was out with J and this all went […]
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Missouri – ARRRRR
I think Megan knew luring me on a minigolf date was going to be a bit of a challenge. So when she stumbled upon a pirate-themed course — “Pirate’s Cove” — in Branson, Missouri, she piped up and within hours I was meeting Jake on the course. Quiet, unimposing and rather unassuming, Jake was anything […]
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Discussions with Adam
Every so often, Megan or I sneak out of each other’s presence — sometimes only mentally, where one of us is looking at shimmering objects (as we are both prone to do) while the other chatters merrily away about the landscape, American history or last night’s date. But occasionally even physically, we are not within […]
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A Day in the Life of 50/50
Midnight: While I am tucked into bed or snuggled onto a couch, either passed out or halfway there sending sleepy, typo-laden texts, Megan is whirling around downloading cards (these little bitty block-like things that go inside cameras…which baffles me. How is it that a Lego-like object can help in the creation of a movie? Not […]
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What Every Broken Heart Needs
I was telling my tale of woe to Sea. The train pulled away from the station. We were moving so fast the lights in the tunnel left trails as we pulsed by them, away from one city, fast approaching another. Every time anyone explains a breakup, they do so knowing it’s simply another story in […]
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Telegrams to Myself
There are days when I want to write my heart a telegram. It would go something like this: DEAR HEART STOP HURT LESS STOP LOVE ALICIA STOP. Of course, if ignoring the woes of your heart were easy, there wouldn’t be a thousand million billion songs emoting the feelings of people all over the world […]
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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. […]
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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