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A Boat Like Gideon Brown

“I often thought how proud I’d be……in a boat like Gideon Brown’s.” I love this song. On the right day (like today) it brings me to tears… Why?…

Single: The Art of Being Satisfied, Fulfilled and Independent

Single: The Art of Being Satisfied, Fulfilled and Independent by Judy Ford What a satisfied single knows: 1. The quintessential ingredient for a great evening is believing your…

NYC vs. Buffalo

NYC vs. Buffalo. This morning, I was ACCEPTED into the NYC Teaching Fellows Program for the FALL! 1/10 applicants accepted! Woo hoo!And I got a job in Buffalo…

Books

This weekend I read two incredibly influential books. The Freedom Writers Diary: How A Group Of Teens Used The Power Of The Pen To Wage A War Against…

Bunny Rabbit Dream

“A dream is a microscope through which we look at the hidden occurrences in our soul.” Erich Fromm After my dad passed away, over 15 years ago…I found…

(Hiding)

(Hiding) Today is just another day in a series of long, pathetic, painful, regretful, meaningless days. NOTHING is good. And right now, I don’t imagine anything good happening…

Everything I (N)ever Dreamed Of

Oregano. He had me at, oregano. “What’s your favorite season?” I had to ask such a mundane question, cause I knew that anyone with a penchant for the…

Web loggers build a wired community

Web loggers build a wired community By STEPHEN T. WATSON News Staff Reporter 2/27/2006 Eric Levinson wanted to open a vegan-friendly restaurant in Buffalo, but he didn’t know…

Scrabble

You find yourself with your best friends playing Scrabble, America’s good time game… AND the first three words are… Beer. Lenten. Get. Get Lenten Beer. Who could ask…

Pi: The Movie

And  I’m not talking about my sorority or the neverending 3.14 I watched the movie (pi) last night. I incorrectly thought this was a *horror* film. Nope. “A…

My View: Winter

MY VIEW: I wish I could harness winter’s magical powers By JENNIFER SMITH 2/17/2005 A friend in Virginia e-mailed me a while back asking me a simple question:…

Ash Wednesday Musings Upon Dating

Erin and I made it to church at 12:05. Ok, maybe 12:10 but we still made it. At some point during the service I was listening to the…

Two friends…two emails.

Two friends…two emails. From Rachel: I can’t believe you kissed a guy with a mohawk!!! From Dayna: Well I am glad that after the night you had you…

Open letter to dressmakers everywhere:

Dear Dressmakers…particularly, Alfred Angelo, I have a fantastic marketing idea for you! A great way to make money. And make women all across the world much, much happier…

Losing My Religion

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. Erin and I have committed ourselves to the 12:05 service downtown. And a fish fry somewhere…afterwards. Mmm. FISH FRY the real reason to be…

Post Wake

Well, I tried to get in a little of the State of the Union address after the wake, while hanging with the fam at a local *members only*…

RIP Gpa Baker

Hello darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again, Because a vision softly creeping, Left its seeds while I was sleeping, And the vision that…

My Next 30 Years

Things to do in “My Next 30 Years” Some are within my control, some are not. All are things I want to see or do…someday, in no particular…

Black Friday is coming around again…

While the rest of the world shopped, I slept. And slept. And slept : ) (Lots of Turkey yesterday!) Just getting up now… Not having any $$ to…

Strange thing mystifying

Long rambling  post ahead. Hopefully it will be somewhat coherent. I’m going to work reading a chick lit book called *Engaging Men* once I read the backflap I…

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I’m feeling utterly and completely anti-social.

I’m not sure why. I mean, I have been around loads of people lately. Spent time with good friends in Cleveland last week. Saw John. Went to a…

Work Sucks

Oh how I miss the time when I was poor and unemployed. Not really… But MAN let me tell you all something. Working in the law office in…

Thong

Thong. How long have I gone without talking about *the thong* By the way when I went searching through my archives with the word *thong* I came up…

Pride and Prejudice

I just finished Pride and Prejudice. Dreamy Jennifer…now I know exactly why I fell in love with my John. Alas… I never knew my perfect romance was from…

Banned Book

“To huevos rancheros and Maya Angelou.” So I need to read a Banned Book. Erin said “I wrote down the ones I own.” “I know.” Said Jen, looking…

Depression, UGH.

Ok…so when the fuck am I supposed to start feeling better already? I gave in. I relinquished control. I admitted my *illness* (ugh…) is beyond me and I…