Guess What I’ve Been Doing Instead of Blogging…
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010…watching this video. A LOT. With shoes on (most of the time). MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.
Choosing the Walk of Shame
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010For the foreseeable future, I will continue to live in the same apartment. I will continue to live alone. Financially, it makes sense (the rent will have gone up only $35 in six years), but I wonder if there isn’t something more to it than that. Although I’ve lived in this particular apartment for five [...]
My “Second-Day Hair” Crusade
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010So I’m kind of a raging skankbot today. Over the last couple of months, I’ve been trying this new thing where I don’t wash my hair. I’m not saying I don’t wash it EVER! I’m just trying to achieve that mythical and ever elusive “second-day hair.” Ken Paves (who no matter what jeans she wears, has [...]
The Essential Art of Bus Seat Selection
Monday, January 25th, 2010After five years in this city, I find myself no better at bus seat selection. I get flustered and dismayed that everyone is looking at me and my mind is screaming “HURRY UP get out of everyone else’s way!” I board the bus, scan my card with a hello to the driver, and briskly approach the [...]
Ticket to Somewhere, Anywhere, Else But Here
Friday, December 4th, 2009Every work week I’m at Union Station to catch the Metra to the suburbs. Most of the time, I mindlessly force my way through the crowds of incoming commuters, shove my way down the stairs, and board my train. This morning I wondered, what if I didn’t? What if instead of getting on the local [...]
What NOT to Do With Your Hair Straightener
Sunday, November 29th, 2009Funny story: I cut my hair over the Thanksgiving holiday. I say “funny” because I look like I am now in the witness protection program. I cut over SEVEN INCHES(!) of my hair off and dyed it FIVE SHADES(!) darker. Although I CHOSE IT(!), I can neither confirm nor deny that I have buyer’s remorse. [...]
Working Toward Extraordinary
Sunday, June 14th, 2009Sometimes I’m such a little girl. It’s a sad confession I make to you. I’m a twenty-nine year old woman who successfully (somehow) maneuvered her way through college and graduate school into (mostly) gainful employment, who moved herself from a small town surrounded by corn and soybean to a city of 2 million, who survived [...]
