Posts tagged "life"

February 10, 2015 3 Comments

Another year, another vision board

It seemed like bad mojo when I couldn't find the vision board I made at a vision board party last year. If you lose your vision board does that mean you've lost your vision? Yes, I had a picture of it that I'd taken for a blog entry, but that's not really the same thing.... [Read More]

January 19, 2014 13 Comments

Vision boarding is much better than waterboarding

Last night I went to a vision board party. Part of me feels like this is akin to telling people I like the band Aqua (which, yes, I do) because they're both admissions that are likely to provoke the response, "You what?" I've decided I don't care though, probably because I'm getting older and I... [Read More]

September 3, 2013 11 Comments

Who needs sleep? I do. And on a regular schedule a.k.a. Operation: GeMSToNE, Phase 1

I have a new neighbor in the apartment above me. I know this because it was 5:30 in the morning and I wanted to kill him. Let me explain. Lately I have been working hard to maintain a regular sleeping schedule. This is one of the many things I've developed a new appreciation for as... [Read More]

December 17, 2012 7 Comments

Don’t stop the bus

I've only known two people who have been murdered. The first was Ms. Aqua, my school bus driver. I lived in the suburbs but I attended a magnet high school downtown, so I got there by taking a bus to a middle school across the street from the projects which served as a transfer hub.... [Read More]

October 9, 2012 15 Comments

Divorce and the end of all things

Ten years ago today my parents' marriage ended. The divorce was finalized months later, but today is the day my dad left suddenly and unexpectedly. I didn't notice that today was that day until a friend emailed me this afternoon. She's getting divorced too. That's when I noticed the date and was like, Oh, right,... [Read More]