Speaking of neat freaks… I recently whiled away several hours cleaning out my file drawer –ooh, goosebumps— and it was FASCINATING. No joke; FASCINATING. In addition to the usual bank statements and lease agreements, that desk was harboring souvenirs of my past lives, people and events I’d nearly forgotten. For example: * A bank receipt […]
Neat Freak Seeks Freakish Neatness
When I was but a wee lass, I rearranged my mother’s entire library by book color, Roy G. Biv-style. She was not impressed. A few years later, I took it upon myself to overhaul her kitchen cupboards. It was reckless behavior, but I couldn’t help myself: “I have always been a woman who arranges things […]
Crazy for Trying, Crazy for Crying
This article speaks to me. My old boyfriend used to blather about his “crazy” ex-girlfriend. I trusted his judgment of her… until the day I realized that he constantly called me “crazy”— to my face! Why? Because I was emotional. Once I dumped him, the crying jags miraculously stopped. Turns out that dating meanies is […]
Excuse Me, Princess!
Friends, I feel betrayed. Only today I discovered this rightly-infamous bit o’ pop culture: That show aired 20 years ago, and I’d still be in the dark if it weren’t for Ryan North and his awe-inspiring “Link’s Sarcasm” graph. I laughed until my face hurt, but sobered up when struck by the darker implications of […]
Meg and the Silk
This semester, I re-read Louisa May Alcott’s classic, beloved, time-tested, heartwarming, [insert further adjectives] novel Little Women. I read with purpose; I needed to know how much Meg had spent on silk, and the internet wouldn’t tell me. That’s right; I read an entire book instead of flipping to the pertinent chapter, singlehandedly taking procrastination to new heights. But enough about […]
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