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going adventuring!
It's one thing to think, and even plan, for an abstract adventure. It's another for it to look me in the face. With two days off and ski plans ravaged by a "January thaw" that shut down Mad River Glen, I started toying with the idea of going backpacking. By myself. In winter. You know, with ice and sub-freezing temperatures and all that. In ( Read more... ) -
In with 2011
Last night Gill and I went to an old coworker's New Year's Eve party. It was good to see our old friend, and lots of good conversation was had with interesting strangers. At about 10:30 people started leaving the party, opting to ring in the New Year at bars in downtown Montpelier instead. By 11:15 there were only six people left: Gill and I, ( Read more... ) -
Did I say I was sad about not going home for Christmas?
I AM SO TRICKSY! IT WAS A DECOY! I WENT HOME FOR CHRISTMAS AFTER ALL ( Read more... ) -
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I'm comfortable with not pretending to be "in." What with my views on reproductive freedom, nonparticipation in charity this year (even volunteering), choice to obtain medical services from Planned Parenthood because I'd rather fund them than a regular ob-gyn, intent to use birth control as long as I see fit, and gleeful participation in ( Read more... ) -
Lest I be too much of a Debbie Downer...
Look, I know I write a lot about strife and turmoil and internal sadness. It's been a rough few months, okay? Overall, though, I'm comfortable and have all my basic needs met and am climbing the pyramid to self-actualization ( Read more... ) -
darkest evening of the year
It got dark at, oh I don't know, something like 4:30 today. Okay, maybe not that early. I'm not so very far north, here in central Vermont. It's not as if I live in Washington ( Read more... ) -
blank
I actually am not sure what to write about. This is more like my paper journal, where I spew whatever I'm thinking. It's not the sort of things normally done in blogs, where the knowledge of a (potential) reader keeps you decent and coherent, like the difference between going to the post office to drop off a letter at 11 PM (pajamas) and 11 AM ( ( Read more... ) -
process of elimination
My roommates came in at 4 AM, drunk and loud, and so I woke up. For the same reasons we're pouring resources into heating this place (really, we might be better off if we just build a bonfire outside and feed it with twenties), sound travels. Once I was awake, it was hard to sleep again. I had a lot of thoughts, the foremost of which was:
I do ( Read more... ) -
Be it resolved that...
I want to write more in 2011, and I'm sure I will. Why wait until January 1 to write more? One way I'd like to write more is by revitalizing this here poor, long-neglected blog. (Aside: I truly hate the word "blog." It sounds gross. It's the sound a slimy space alien, Jabba the Hut in miniature, makes when it moves. "The spaceship door opened ( Read more... ) -
oh how i love cheese
When I drink, even a little, I want to eat bad-for-me food. Everyone does. It's why wings and beer go together, right? I'm on a budget, though, and I'm respecting that. So tonight, after I had my two Thursday night special beers ($3 for ANYTHING on tap, and the cute and competent new bartender either gave me a discount or he's bad at math) at ( Read more... )