“The hardest thing I’ve ever been through.” “The most important decision of my life.” “My life’s work.” Memoir surfing the other day I came across these three declarations in a book written by a female scientist who is a rising star in her field. If you’ve read a memoir then the fact that it contained …
Neck veins: All the cool kids are wearing them these days! I’m so fashion forward! Image Source Pop quiz: What do Madonna, Angelina Jolie, me and a random dude off the Internet all have in common? No it’s not that we all have “Call Me Maybe” stuck in our heads. (Okay, that could possibly be …
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This is exactly how I encourage my kids to run. Make momma proud! Tripping people is a child’s number one God-given gift. Their abilities to shoot a slingshot, creatively mock their siblings and even hold their own adorably bobbly head up may be latent but every baby is born knowing how to take an adult …
Dear Jeans Manufacturers, There I was, getting ready to go to a friend’s house (to eat coconut milk ice cream and watch Craigslist Joe, if you must know, and yes, I totally recommend both – sooo fun!) but before I could even get my primp on I ran into a snag. Bigger than a snag, …
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Yep, these things just seem to happen. To me. A lot. Internet karma has come to bite me on the butt. Mere days after publishing my post about my “Top Ten Most Embarrassing Fitness Moments Ever” I managed to top myself. Yes, even worse than the nose-vomit-headstand incident. And it all started, as things are …
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You can’t swing a cat in a barn these days without hitting some new report out on the beleaguered dairy industry. Not that I’m endorsing cat swinging. Or swinging objects in barns. In fact, I can’t even endorse dairy because – have you heard? – 60% of adults can’t digest milk. And the bad news …
Me getting my beauty rest… Stuff I Did Yesterday: – Shopped for a metallic shirt without sequins. (Didn’t find one but got a be-sequined version anyhow because it’s always better to err on the side of too sparkly.) – Googled “foods that do weird things to your body” after another after-beet bowel movement that makes …
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“I eat cupcakes and I don’t work out! But if you ask me in 10 years, I’m going to regret answering that way now. I don’t even drink water, I’m terrible! I’m 24 now, so I guess I’ve been very, very lucky that it doesn’t show that I like to eat. I should probably start working …
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There are so many ways to be creepy and awkward in a gym – heck that’s half the reason I love them so much – but there’s one particular situation that has me stymied of late. (Seriously, I’m embarrassed to admit how much existential angst this caused me yesterday). The problem is this: The double …
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I used to believe in fairies. Truly I did. I loved the whole bit – unicorns, wizards, sprites and talking cauldrons – long past the age when it was acceptable. It wasn’t just that I wanted it to be true; it’s that I needed it to be true. I wanted to be ethereal, beautiful, powerful …
Read more “Rekindling My Fairy Magic [Would We Have Been Friends In High School?]”
