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Unlikable
I'm thinking now about the specific reasons I ended things with P. In the beginning, I liked him because he made an effort to be fun and interesting. Sure, there were always some things I found a little odd, like his obsession with his magical "anti-aging" diet and his insistence that he looked like he was in his 20s, or his excessive bragging ( Read more... ) -
Romantic at heart?
There is so little my parents will tell me or be honest about the parts of their lives I haven't witnessed. So, I have to try to piece together the bits ( Read more... ) -
Why I love blogging
Anonymous blogging is the most therapeutic thing I've ever done. (Yes, more therapeutic than actual therapy.) Private journaling is good, too, but there is something about putting it out there for the public, having my experience witnessed, even if it's by people I don't know. The first time I tried this was on a site called Soulcast. It was ( Read more... ) -
Only in College...
Here's one of my old blogs. I posted it on my public site on January 25, 2008. Thought I'd reshare it ( Read more... ) -
Toxic lessons on femininity
There are many things that could have warped me as a kid, but I'm grateful for the ones I managed to avoid ( Read more... ) -
Addendum to my previous post
This controversial article pretty much sums up the ideas about marriage that would make me not want to get married ( Read more... ) -
Fish Balls
I always wondered about P.'s (reference post titled "The First Kiss") bizarre love of sea urchin sushi. He always had to have it when we had sushi and would insist - absolutely insist! - that I have some, too. It had a peculiar, indescribable taste, salty and sweet at the same time. I didn't mind because I've always been adventurous about food ( Read more... ) -
Oblivion
I didn't know if I was deserving of his love, if it really touched my core or just the parts of me he saw, but I liked to bask in it anyway, to surround myself in its warmth like a scented bubble bath. I wanted to soak in it as often as I could ( Read more... ) -
The First Kiss
It happened the day after I'd last talked to my ex-boyfriend, W., and heard the distrust and distance in his voice. So, I was feeling vulnerable ( Read more... )