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365 Days. 180 Degrees.
I could not possibly know that the guy I was having dinner with a year ago would end up becoming one of my closest friends, my partner and soon, the father of my child. But it happened. I could not...
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Measuring Life in Halloweens and Black Bean Burgers
Over the last few weeks, I read this beautiful and elegiac piece, dressed up for Halloween, and burst into tears in the bar area of Chili’s. My boyfriend stared at me, unsurprised. I’d dropped hints...
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Hungry Brain
Sometimes when you love a place it creeps up on you. You don’t fall hard and fast right away, and it’s definitely not love at first sight – it was never that pretty. It’s a gradual thing that builds up...
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Mildly Eventful Beginnings
Top Five Kinda Alright New Year’s Eve’s: 1999: Y2K! Even as a teenager the threat never seemed too real. I babysit a 10-year-old, feeling like we’re too close in age for this business and she could...
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I Don’t Care That I Don’t Always Get Your References
“I agreed that what really matters is what you like, not what you are like…Books, records, films – these things matter.” -Rob Gordon, High Fidelity I’m kind of done caring that I don’t always know what...
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In Da Club
The bachelorette party was a success! After finding someone to carpool with (who had a Prius and drove us there and back and we had so much to talk about the radio never went on), I felt really good...
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birdday girl
I’m going to keep this kind of short because it’s my birthday today (WHAT) and apparently the weather is nice so I’m going to leave my house (I took the day off work) and do something. I didn’t plan...
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30 on 30
I’m not super excited about turning 30. There, I said it. I know, age ain’t nothing but a number, blah blah blah but what it boils down to for me is I want more time. I want five years back. Maybe...
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A Love Letter to the Sick Day
As a kid, I loved sick days. It helped that I wasn’t sick. No, aside from an early tangle with a forced air heater and the occasional stomach flu I was relatively injury and accident free. I attribute...
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Quiz: Are You the Right Kind of 30?
Remember how fun it was to take quizzes in Seventeen? A series of questions with pictures of your sultry, scowling contemporaries designed to help you figure out those pressing concerns: Am I okay? Am...
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Happy Birthday to Me
I really want to be one of those people who’s cool with aging. “It doesn’t matter!” It totally matters. My sister got into the Whitney at age 23. Younger, more brilliant people are being younger and...
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Teenage Dream
(Wherein I do a lot of name dropping and pretending I was cool. Bear with me, if you care to.) I started going to The Metro when I was fifteen. As a singer, it’s been my dream to perform there....
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It Gets Better
I went to my parents house to move some things in this weekend. Well, my boyfriend did all of the heavy lifting. In the basement where we’ll be living, some old trophies and plaques sat on a table. My...
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We’re Saying Simple Sentences
Miss Spoken is two! Girls generally talk earlier, and we’re no exception. We’re not just girls now either, though lady live lit still has a catchy ring and I’m keeping it. We haven’t expanded so much...
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