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November 11, 2016 26 Comments

I’m a straight, white person and even I’m scared

I woke up on Election Day excited to vote for the first female president. I put on blue jeans, a red shirt with star-shaped sequins, and a white sweater. I put all my things in a blue and white striped bag which completed my patriotic attire. I don't really care about fashion, so the fact... [Read More]

November 6, 2016 5 Comments

The Big Move: The who, what, when and why, why, oh why?

On a Saturday ten days before the movers were scheduled to come, I threw my back out while packing, which is the 10th worst day to throw your back out. I rested on the couch all day Sunday and was feeling good enough by Tuesday to push a box across the floor, because I thought... [Read More]

October 16, 2016 9 Comments

The Big Move in Retrospect: Everything good and the bad about moving from Indianapolis to Chapel Hill

We moved around a lot when I was a kid, so I didn't really have a home town. There were two years in Indianapolis, four in Virginia, two in Maryland, back to Indiana for two more years, until we landed in Louisville, Kentucky where we stayed for eight years. (Thank, God.) The summer before I... [Read More]

September 22, 2016 5 Comments

That was easier than I expected

I'm not talking about the move. The move was as hard as expected, if not more so. I am talking about updating my Indiana voter registration. I relocated to the Hoosier state earlier this month, and I'll write more about all of that when I'm not so damn tired and my head doesn't hurt so... [Read More]

August 15, 2016 23 Comments

Soon I’ll be back home again in Indiana

The short version: I was trying to move across town, but I've decided to move back to Indiana instead. The long version: Last year my apartment complex introduced a mandatory amenity plan that costs $125 a month on top of my normal rent. The plan includes cable TV, cable internet, and valet trash, and although... [Read More]