In my dream last night, L and I were at a convention being held in a gorgeous and vast 19th century mansion. After dinner, we were directed to a dance being held in one of the ballrooms. It was all very formal - L was wearing a black tux and I was in a long white gown. We stood in line to purchase tickets and when we got to the ticket counter, the ( Read more... )

Is there an expiration date on the "punk ethos" excuse for not having your shit together? If there isn't, there should be. 

Last Thursday I went to leave work and my car wouldn't start. Another of my greatest fears made manifest! I managed to call a tow truck and have it taken to my mechanic, then hopped on the bus from the Tech Center, transfered at Colfax, then walked the final two blocks home. Luckily I got to work from home on Friday, which was lovely, then Saturday ( Read more... )

If you are not reasonably happy and content now, what are you looking for ( Read more... )

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01. What did you do in 2013 that you'd never done before?
Moved to Colorado.

02. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions and will you make more for next year?
I rarely make resolutions and didn't last year. I did set a goal to move to Denver by the end of summer and I did it!

03. Did anyone close to you give birth?Some high school classmates did ( Read more... )

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I don't know why I get these awful mental blocks about things I HAVE to do. It doesn't matter how much I need to do some things, if I develop a mental block about doing it, I just can't bring myself to do it until it reaches the zero hour. Then I do it, it's not as bad/painful/tedious/time consuming as I envisioned it being, it gets taken care of ( Read more... )

A year ago today I hopped on a plane to travel to a city I've never been to, to meet a guy I'd been emailing, texting, and chatting with off and on for seven years. Now we're back in Denver, I'm at a new job, we share a cute (as he describes it) "beatnik love pad", and tonight we're going to be celebrating our anniversary at Bastien's. How things ( Read more... )

The first time I ever heard about The Cheesecake Factory, I was in LA. I was on one of those "See the Homes of the Movie Stars" bus tours and as we drove through Beverly Hills, we passed by a Cheesecake Factory. The tour guide made it a point to tell us how good the food was and that we should eat there before we all went back to our god-forsaken ( Read more... )