You can rethink the past. You can reinvent yourself.

Added to the long list of reasons why I hate winter is the sad inevitibility of the dry-skin-season. No matter how much lotion I slather onto my arms and legs, I still end up writhing, and digging myself like a dog with fleas ( Read more... )

things I WILL accomplish by the age of 38 ( Read more... )

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how random life is, and how one or two tiny decisions or chance encounters end up snowballing and boom!-five or ten years later you’ve developed this whole life based on coincidences ( Read more... )

I blame House, M.D. for turning me into a complete hypochondriac. The most insignificant bump, bruise, or pain sends me into a swirl of worry over deeper problems. In fact, sometimes I get so worried that it just consumes my thoughts and I convince myself that I have some kind of serious ailment brewing inside. The good thing (if there is a ( Read more... )

Whether consciously, or unconsciously, it seems like men can sense and are tempted to pounce upon women they perceive as being in a vulnerable position. I’m thinking of getting t-shirts printed that say: “I”m well aware of what ‘I’m here if you ever want to talk’ really means ( Read more... )

I’ve been getting a lot of advice from well-intentioned friends and family since I broke up with my boyfriend. Most of this advice is the soothing type, for instance: “Just take your time,” or “There’s no rush right now, you need to find yourself.” Of course there is also the advice from probably one of my oldest friends which was: “BEWARE THE ( Read more... )

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