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Monday, March 10, 2008

status update

1. I cut off my hair. It’s shorter than heck. Chin length with long bangs. I’m glad. I’m getting too old for long hair, I think. My boyfriend doesn’t think so, but he doesn’t have to be a …

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Posted in cats, vanity, writing on 03/10/2008 02:03 am
 
 

Friday, January 18, 2008

Body Issue Talk
(or, Why I Can’t Date Latino Men Anymore, Reason #421)

The other day at my day job, I walked to the elevator and saw this guy who sometimes works contract for us, who I haven’t seen in …

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Posted in lookism, sexism, thrifting, writing on 01/18/2008 11:55 am
 
 

Friday, January 18, 2008

surprise in the mail

I stopped by my mailbox after work and pulled out a package that’d been wedged in among the bills, coupons, and previous homeowner’s American Girl doll catalogs.

Growing Up with Tamales

My first kids’ book! Growing Up with Tamales. …

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Posted in writing on 01/18/2008 12:38 am
 
 

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Oh, here’s a good cliched post topic — New Year’s resolutions!

1. Write a bunch of stuff.

I have so much stuff to write, I feel guilty sitting here writing this blog entry. I have so much stuff I’m contractually …

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Posted in materialism, vanity, writing on 01/17/2008 06:11 pm
 
 

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Life Skills

When I was in third grade at Roosevelt Elementary School, we had a very good teacher named Mrs. Dorothea Terry. Ms. Terry taught us a lot of important things outside the normal, Houston Independent School District sanctioned curriculum. …

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Posted in Houston, parenting, venting, writing on 01/09/2008 06:05 pm
 
 

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Happy 2008

Did you have a good New Year’s Eve? We did. My boyfriend Tad and his friends threw a party. At first, no one RSVPed on our Evite, because they all had clubs or hotel parties to attend. So …

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Posted in my sex life, psychobabble, venting, writing on 01/03/2008 11:52 am
 
 

Monday, December 17, 2007

How is it Monday already?

I have a long to-do list in my purse. Its primary purpose is as a focal point — it gives me something to look at while I say, “How in the hell am I going …

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Posted in meta, parenting, venting, writing on 12/17/2007 11:44 am
 
 

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

big announcement

It’s funny… Sometimes I feel like I live my life really fast. You know?

Last week, I got the first inkling of good news while I sat at my desk at work. And I was so, so happy …

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Posted in fantasies, pop culture, thrifting, writing on 12/11/2007 11:54 am
 
 

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Sad News

My middle son is going to live with his father for a semester.

I’m sad about it. But it’s not about me. It’s about him, trying something new and hoping for certain improvements in his life. So I …

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Posted in domestic, materialism, parenting, writing on 12/05/2007 12:06 pm
 
 

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

gimmicky “diet” book

I went to the bookstore the other day and came across a diet book called Skinny Bitch. Or Skinny Bitches, Skinny Bitch Diet… something like that. I had to flip through it to see what the …

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Posted in lookism, sexism, venting, writing on 11/21/2007 08:51 pm