You have to love, Love.
Between moving, cleaning the old place, a pretty wild amount of time on the phone with AT&T (though I did meet a lovely representative who lives in Florida and believes one day someone will make a dryer that also folds your clothes), hitting freelance deadlines, and spending more time writing on my book, instead of […]
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Grow Anyway
It probably comes as no surprise (especially if you follow my Twitter feed) that I read a lot on the big, ol’ online (and even in print..I’m looking at you, YMCA copies of The New Yorker). Admittedly, I rely quite a bit on The Atlantic (I might be addicted) but one of my favorite means of […]
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Sometimes
Sometimes I found myself mentally begging to nobody in particular, One day my heart will stop hurting, right? Then I looked up at my bookshelf and saw the mirror reflecting a pennant that hung on my wall: You have the heart of a lion. And I remembered that the only person who can resolve […]
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When You Mix Dating and Cats (A Call for a Fuzzball Home in SF/Oakland)
About five years ago (whoa) I was six months in to dating a man who was wrapping me up in his love. Being around him put me at peace yet electrified every skin cell. From the first moment I saw him, all I could think of was picking up any caution I had and tossing […]
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What Will You Find When You Look Inside Your Heart?
My heart hurt so God-damned much in that moment. Every other beat felt like it was knocking on my ribcage, begging to escape. I should have been so lucky. Alicia of seven months ago would have started texting, calling, emailing, writing, Instagramming, Facebooking, or drinking (or some to all of those -ings) as a means […]
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Save the Date
For my birthday, a darling friend of mine sent me a book. “I get it next!!” Was scrawled on the card. I removed the pink book-cover, taking note of the title: Save the Date: The Occasional Mortifications of a Serial Wedding Guest (Jen Doll). Admittedly, I was reluctant at first. It sounded Peep-like, frankly – sugar coated fluff. The […]
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My Most Recent Note
I went on 50 first dates, one in every state, for a few reasons: because I wanted to prove dating didn’t suck. Because I wanted something to write about and dating was prevalent in my life anyway. Because talking to strangers makes me ridiculously happy and energetic. Because dating sometimes equals kissing. Most of all […]
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Choosing to Stand Still
My heart has been screaming go again lately. Screaming, I tell you. It’s a familiar feeling – the same sort of “let’s remix this business” feeling that propelled me get into a car and drive across the country and back with a filmmaker. The same sort of feeling that urges me to find a new apartment. […]
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Oh Hey, Vulnerability!
I’ve had a cold this entire week. Being a phlegm factory isn’t my favorite (I say that like there is a person out there who goes “WOOT! MUCAS!” To be fair, I’d probably be that person. And to be fair, there are some silver linings to listening to something assuredly yellow rattling around between your […]
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32
I remember what I was doing when I turned 30 (which was ridiculously hilarious). And I remember what I was thinking about when I turned 31 (which was really genuine and earnest, and very much the basis for what I still believe). In seven hours, I’ll be 32 (which I don’t remember just yet). Much like last year, I’m […]
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