January 2011
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Frozen Hell
Last week the DC metro area was hit with its biggest storm yet this winter. The days leading up to it they were forecasting four to six inches. The day-of they raised it to six to eight. When it was all said and done the snow came up to my headlights. Six to eight my ass. We got a lot of snow. Particularly for a city that infamously cannot handle snow. A LOT of snow.
The snow...
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Dehydrated
I really need to start drinking more water. I might sleep better, for starters. My skin could really use the moisture. And fuck, maybe hydration alleviates writer’s block. At the very least my headaches would go away.
How can someone dislike water so much? And how do I get over it?
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Grrrrr
Tumblr is REALLY pissing me off today. What gives??
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No Way It Could Run Amuck
Does this strike anyone else as the worst idea ever? I mean, really. How is it even a consideration?
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Oh Man
A house on our street (literally one block away) was consumed by fire yesterday. It was so bad it spread to the house next door. Firetrucks and ladders up the wazoo. Our street was still blockaded by the police today. Talk about too close for comfort. That is some scary shit.
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Resolutions
I got a lovely note last week from Jen, my IRL Tumblr friend/grownup pen pal, saying she didn’t care for/believe in New Year’s resolutions. And I couldn’t agree more. I despise resolutions. They just seem so hollow and kitschy to me. Probably because I grew up in a family who didn’t by into the whole new-year-new-you thing either. Resolutions have fallen off my...
“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our...”
– Eric Hoffer (via sweatcetera)
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“It’s important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking...”
– Barack Obama (via 365daysyoga)
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Bitchin' with the Big Girls
Remember my tights gripe? I finally had one stomachache too many and decided to do something about it: I bought tights in size Q. Not A, which is theoretically sized to my height and weight, not B, which is what I normally default to to try to eek out a little breathing room, but Q. For women who are six feet and two hundred pounds. I know I’ve gained some weight but two hundred...
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Holy YUM
Next time you find yourself in DC with a craving for authentic Japanese and deliciously inventive sushi, do yourself a favor and check out Kushi. It’s bangin’.
Just be sure to make a reservation well in advance. The landlord and I have been meaning to go for months, but haven’t gotten our acts together to plan with sufficient advance notice. Every time we call ...
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Daunted
I’ve been meaning to update this thing for ages. The week before Thanksgiving I thought surely I would have time to write and post. We were having our largest Thanksgiving ever in terms of the number of people, not to mention the massive quantities of food required to feed everyone. I thought there would be pictures and anecdotes galore. Nope.
Then in the weeks leading up to...
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Ball = Dropped
I was going to answer Freshy’s comment re: updating on Saturday with something along the lines of “YES!!! Here you go!” and then the day got away from me. Story of my life? Sadly, yes.
Do you know how hard it’s been to respond to emails and even texts in a timely fashion lately? Holy Hannah you don’t want to know. Let’s just say my shit is most...