So Let’s Make a New Start, and That’s the Way To My Heart

I’ve never been huge on New Year’s.  When you get down to it, the clock turning from 11:59 to midnight on December 31, is really no different than when that happens on, say April 5.  Years are real, but time is constant.  The numbering is something we made up arbitrarily (or not if you’re a [...]

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Something Tastes Different; Suddenly I’m Not So Young

It’s my birthday today; I’m 29.  I haven’t felt like celebrating in the days leading up to it.  So, I don’t know that there will be a party; I don’t expect presents or a big to-do.  That’s ok with me this year.  I’m happy for everything life has brought my way in the past 29 years, [...]

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The One About Moving

The thing about moving is…it’s painful. I mean literally. Between painting, carry boxes up and down three flights of stairs and putting together furniture, ouch. It’s like I just started training for a triathlon or something. You know the whole, I have pain in muscles I didn’t even know I had [...]

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The One With Teetotalism

Note: The use of the term “teetotal” in this post amused me to no end, especially after I saw the Wikipedia statement that a country prohibiting alcohol (think U.S. circa 1923) is called a teetotalitarian state.
My clothes aren’t fitting so well lately. Which means that either a) they all shrunk or b) I grew. Not one [...]

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Best. Birthday Present. Ever.

I am not a patient person. Not only do I want news and results ASAP, I want to get wherever I am going, pronto. So professionally speaking, being an intern got frustrating. Yet today it all paid off.
I got offered a job…with great benefits…doing something I enjoy. And while I’ve technically already [...]

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With a Name I’d Never Chosen, I Can Make My First Steps

It has been almost exactly one year.  One year of work, stress, self-doubt.  One year of stick-to-it-iveness, self-discovery, accomplishment.  A year of new friends and old.  A year of confronting and accepting myself.  One roller-coaster of a year.  And now it’s drawing to a close.
Last night marked my last class of the quarter, of the [...]

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Beginning of the End

But in a good way. Tomorrow is the first day of my last quarter of grad school. It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since I left my job and went back to school. A lot has happened in that year. Some of it good (new friends, publication) [...]

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And So It Begins, Again

I’ve missed blogging. I thought a fresh start might be in order. So, I’ve moved myself here with a brand new title and focus.
I’ve already got lots to blog about, including my date with a guy who was high and the weird possession of small electronics in my house. But for now [...]

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