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Something filled up my heart with nothing, Someone told me not to cry. But now that I’m older, my heart’s colder, And I can see that it’s a lie. -Arcade Fire I would rather be ashes than dust!  I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be…

Guess who’s here? GRETA! Last night, we were walking around Wash Park, and looked to our right to see… a roof-top band! They noticed us taking their picture, and yelled for us to come up. Yes.  They yelled for us to let ourselves in through the front door, go down the hall to the staircase,…

When it comes to most friends, the moment that you met them is nothing but a memory, subject to revisions and amendments and those blurry edges imposed by time.  But what if the moment was an actual SNAPSHOT – captured forever, frozen in history? This?  This was July 5, 2008 – the exact moment that…

You have no idea how symbolic this bumper is of my life right now. A fresh start?  A clean slate?  An empty void?  A hella fine backside? Maybe just pure potential? Interpret as you will.  Private Self is asserting herself these days. But I can tell you that in one way or another, it has…

Yesterday, my co-worker Molly got a text from an unknown number that said, “I know where you live.” I have no patience for creepy shenanigans like that, so I had her give me the phone number.  A quick bit of internet/phone sleuthing later, and I discovered the anonymous texter’s identity – a pre-adolescent boy in…

– I’ve learned who LeBron James is. – My iPod mysteriously stopped working. – So did my deodorant.  (??) – I hooked up Greta and Kristy as friends.  Thinking about going into matchmaking full-time.  If you need a friend in a certain area of the country, tell me – I’ll take care of you. –…

On Friday morning, my dad and I left at 4am and drove for over 2 hours to hike for 6 and see only one other person all day.  It’s a very, very thin slice of the world’s population who will ever stand where we were on Friday – between the remote location and the 4-wheel…

What’s that, you say?  Can a MAN bear the title of BOSOM friend? Yes.  Mostly because I want to make the Google search “Rod Jones’ bosom” yield results.  (You’re welcome, Rod.) Rod is truly one of my favorite people in the world.  We met back in March of 2009 when I interviewed him as the…

Monday was a paid holiday, and I am taking tomorrow and Friday off.  That makes this a 2 day work week, and today my Friday.  Amen. I’m not very good at “vacation.”  I travel a lot, and use every minute of the (very generous) vacation time that I am given – but I never take…

As we waited for the sun to sink in the west, 4-year old Kate asked me why the fireworks hadn’t started yet. “Because,” I explained, “the sky is still light.  The sun needs to travel all the way to California before it will be dark.” I felt proud of my explanation – until little Annabelle…