Growing up
Assumption
The kindest thing that anyone could ever do for me would be to do my taxes*. As of this weekend, that makes my dad the nicest person on the planet. But here’s a word to the wise, my friends: do not just assume that you are going to get a tax refund, and then go…
Please tell me.
You know how some married people, when asked, “How did you know he/she was the right one?” answer, “I just knew”? What does that MEAN? What are they (you?) referring to? And should single people be holding for it – whatever it is? Or is it just a completely bogus statement, fabricated to placate the…
What’s been going on
Last week, while the EP listening party was happening here on the blog, and I was steadily posting a new track each day, there was a lot happening in my life. Like, A LOT a lot. My mom was diagnosed with cancer – soft tissue sarcoma. The doctors removed a mass from her hip socket;…
On forgiveness
It’s amazing how quickly I, an alleged full-grown woman, can revert back to feeling like I did with other girls in elementary school: insecure, timid, and small. Recently, a moment leapt out of nowhere and grabbed me by the throat, reducing me to those irrepressible tears that leave me shaky and sick to my stomach…
Growing up
I had a thought. It’s not much, and I don’t even know why I’m feeling it acutely these days, but here it is. It bothers me when people use their singleness as an excuse for continued adolescence. I don’t want to use my singleness as an excuse for continued adolescence. That’s all.
Halcyon gone wrong
You know how sometimes, a long-forgotten memory will make its way to the surface for no apparent reason? All of a sudden, the scene is playing in your mind – like a film projector on an old bed sheet, nostalgic home video remembrances of life before you knew the things you know now. The other…
Emma-nating
This is the day – the day that I re-establish myself as a contributing member of society. I am uniting myself with the ranks of the fully employed. After 19 months of instability, I start at Emma this morning. I have no idea what to expect – except that it’s going to be good. Whatever…
Natty Gann again
When I was a little girl, there were a couple of movies that I watched over and over again. All of them were taped straight off TV – back when Sunday nights meant family movies on ABC, back when VCR’s had the pop-up compartment for the videotape, back when we lived in San Jose, CA….
"That woman"
Quick show of hands – who here has had a crush? At some point? At any point? If you have ever had a crush, well then. Go listen to my latest song, “Make a Mess,” on my MySpace. I feel confident in saying that I love this one. We just finished it, and I think…
Dear Annie Parsons
Dear Annie, Last night, your mom sent me the sweetest email. She told me that you are 13, and found my blog when you Googled your own name. I think it’s so cool that you have continued to read my posts, and that from hundreds of miles away, we are connected. It’s like I have…