Category Archives: Adventures

Dispatches From the Desk of the Birthday Girl

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

My birthday is coming up (in just under two weeks).  In general, I dislike birthdays.  The fanfare makes me anxious.  As with all gift-giving-and-receiving events, the pressure to perform is high.  For instance, for my seventeenth birthday, my parents gave … Continue reading →

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Little Earthquakes

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

During my first weekend in London, my friend Jenn said over dinner: I’ve never been to Scotland. Over that dinner, an impromptu weekend trip north was planned.  When Friday came, I dashed out of the office to Gatwick.  We had … Continue reading →

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The Second Law of Thermodynamics

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

I went out to dinner on Valentine’s Day with my friend PG.  As I’ve previously mentioned, I share custody of him with eee, who met him on a volcano in Guatemala.  They’ve been the best of friends ever since, and … Continue reading →

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Love Among the Ruins

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

…Oh heart! oh blood that freezes, blood that burns! Earth’s returns For whole centuries of folly, noise and sin! Shut them in, With their triumphs and their glories and the rest! Love is best. -Robert Browning, Love Among the Ruins … Continue reading →

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Menacing Earthworks

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

I have been having the kind of week where I am…run down.  I don’t mean that in a melodramatic way — I mean that in a perfectly ordinary way.  I’m quite good at making things into existential crises.  I use … Continue reading →

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Bummer of a Birthmark, And Other Stories

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

Meanwhile, back in the land of my waning fertility, the blind date was finally scheduled.  For tonight. By text message on Monday and Tuesday, I talked Taylor out of the Peach Pit.  While that would’ve been a funny story, there … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Blind Dating, Take Two

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

I talked to my mother yesterday.  Well, I ranted and she listened. When are you going out on your blind date? This week.  He wanted to go out on Saturday, but I was on on-call. (I volunteer in a hospital … Continue reading →

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The Art of Scottish Cooking – Yet Another Tutorial From Hell

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

When I get an idea in my head, I am not easily deterred.  Like The Time I Decided I Wanted To Host Burns Night.  Except, a number of us are vegetarians (myself included), and what is Burns Night without a … Continue reading →

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You Look Stupid and Rich

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

You may have noticed that I’ve been writing more about Frederic lately.  I admit that he’s been on my mind; we’ve been talking more; we’ve been markedly less antagonistic towards each other lately.  I suppose this is why I’m telling … Continue reading →

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Year of the Dragon

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

It’s almost the Lunar New Year, I reminded my mother on Friday night, did you get your haircut? We are not Asian, for what it’s worth.  But we’ve spent a lot of time in Asia.  When my parents were in … Continue reading →

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