September 2011

In one of our earliest conversations  -the kind where you pitter-patter around the topic of past loves-  Aristo* had asked me if I was a “monkey woman”. I had burst out laughing because he said it so casually and matter-of fact; as if I would know exactly what he was talking about. When I told [...]

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Dear Future Husband, The older I get, the less I swoon. The older I get the fewer butterflies I feel. Maybe it’s because I haven’t met you yet. Maybe you sneaked in when I wasn’t looking and captured all my butterflies in a net and are holding them hostage until we meet. But something happened [...]

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Peter and I are at it again. In this week’s conversation, I ask him if men feel the same way women do after a break-up and Peter comes up with an equation that you can use to figure out how long it took your ex-boyfriend to get over you. As usual, I started us off:  [...]

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One of the reasons I don’t like Fridays, is that everything that’s going to happen on the weekend, still hasn’t happened yet. In a way, Friday is like writing up a really fun To-Do list. But Mondays! Mondays are the best part of making a To-Do list in the first place. Monday is the part [...]

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In the video below, I play with my fringe a bit, read from my book and then ask you a question. Depending on your answers, I might be the world’s biggest liar OR just another person trying to figure out this dating business.

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At the dentist this morning, his assistant asked if I was single. “Sure am!” I said. “Can I set you up with someone?” I didn’t even have to think about it. I mean, I literally did not think before I answered: “Definitely not, I’ve been so disappointed by relationships, I’m in no position to be [...]

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“You fight back by now redundant tears because you’re tired of this. You’re tired of drunken men that use flattery to pass the time at a party. You’re tired of not knowing where you stand. Not with this particular man at this particular time, but the collective men that have gone in and out of [...]

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This still all feels a little surreal. That’s the truth. The other truth is that I’m nervous. Or I am excited? I can’t really tell the difference. There are butterflies in my tummy and my hands are shaking. What do you call that? Regardless of semantics, the book I’ve been working on for the last [...]

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