Category Archives: introspection

Faux Motherhood: Day 4

I have cried–wept–no fewer than six separate times today. This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done and I didn’t even push anything out of my crotch for it. I can never be a mother.

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Two questions.

You know when you are driving down the highway and the speed limit suddenly changes from 80 to 100 (kilometres per hour, of course) and you are annoyed because the car in front of you doesn’t accelerate near as quickly … Continue reading

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Quarter

September 2011 marks the start of my 25th year alive on this old earth. I’m not having a quarter-life crisis. But I nearly am. It’s not that I necessarily feel old—I have enough post-25 readers to know that I would … Continue reading

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These is my words.

This post is written in conjunction with the Spin Cycle over at Sprite’s Keeper, the topic of which this week is language. Click here to see more of the most linguistic posts on the internet this week. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Long before … Continue reading

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Paris the Seventh—Mahler Symphony No. 8 at Le Théâtre du Châtelet

This is an update of the amazing trip I took to Europe last summer. Slowly but surely I’m posting about every day I spent on that excellent continent. To read earlier updates, click here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. And here. And here and here and here and here and here and here. ••••••• So where last we left off, … Continue reading

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Make it and Lie

This post is written in conjunction with the Spin Cycle over at Sprite’s Keeper, the topic of which this week is bad habits. Click here to see more of the habit-est posts on the internet this week. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The first … Continue reading

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What I Learned in My Art History in Paris Class

This is an update of the amazing trip I took to Europe last summer. Slowly but surely I’m posting about every day I spent on that excellent continent. To read earlier updates, click here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. And here. And here and here and here and here and here and here. ••••••• I have always been taught that … Continue reading

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