February 2012
11 posts
I miss you, sugar.
I’ve made it through week one of Lent. I gave up refined sugar and caffeine, which makes me a little crazy, I realize, but I consume both of those things pretty mindlessly, so I think it will be good for me. (Not that I expect to keep it going. 2 years ago I gave up meat for Lent and never looked back (except for meatcations and my summer in France) but sugar? Not going to say a permanent...
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Defeated by the French press
This week was an experiment in going without the morning coffee. Not because I think caffeine is evil or I’m doing a detox or anything. Mostly because my mornings were hectic this week and I could feel better about it by saying I “chose” to go without coffee.
The truth is, thanks to Santa, I have a stash of chocolate-covered espresso beans in my desk drawer. And it’s a...
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“It may be cloudy with a chance of bro, but regardless, I’m all yours”
– Sasha (Boyfriend)
Finding yourself where you don't belong.
I have taken two big trips abroad in my life - twice, I’ve lived in Europe for a number of months. Both places have a special place in my heart. Both places are beautiful and fill me with nostalgia and longing, but neither place is my home. Neither place holds people that I am deeply connected to. With the first, Edinburgh, I had to learn this the hard way. I had to be blown off by two...
Things I am too old (of a soul) to know about...
Skrillex. Coachella, what is Coachella? French people know about it, and that makes me feel like I should too…but I am not motivated enough to look it up. I do think I can learn a lot about myself from the title of the article my friend Adam sent me to teach me about Skrillex, who I am dubbing The Human Migraine: http://gawker.com/5863804/the-old-persons-guide-to-skrillex
