I love getting a pedicure. I love having someone slough off all the gross parts of my feet and trim back the overgrowth. And I love having someone else paint my toenails, usually in a color I would never buy for myself. Like today when I chose a glittery metallic copper. That’s me getting crazy. … Continue reading »
Category Archives: adventures
An Open Letter to Mondays
Dear Mondays, Why are you all such jerks? Did you take a training course on “How to Ruin Everything?” Are you just naturally depressing, like it’s in your genes (or your jeans) or something? Let me reverse a bit and start with a definition of great: markedly superior in character or quality. So when I … Continue reading »
Magic Matt Barnes and a Hyena in Blue Underpants: A Dream
Dearest adoring fans…I am sorry to have been absent. I dropped my depression bomb on you and then split. I have been hiding out, doomsday prepping. Okay, well not really but sort of metaphorically. Or existentially. Or euphemistically. Wait, what? Who did? I didn’t say anything, did you? I bet right now you think I’m … Continue reading »
Year 20: I Love Coffee
Dear Coffee, I’ll never forget the first moment my lips touched you. It was that morning I was stressed out about my English exam. I was so worried, I left much too early, so I arrived at North Campus long before class began. I tried to nerd-out and go to the classroom, but the previous … Continue reading »
Year 19: I Love College
I worked so hard to get into UCLA, and once I got there, the party began! Not that I didn’t study (I did carry a 3.4 gpa), but I had my share of fun. And there’s an anecdote from that first year that encapsulates the thrill of college for me. Well, at least the immediate … Continue reading »
Year 14: I Love You, Greg T.
Dear Greg T–, You were my first love. Well, the first boy I loved that I’d actually spoken to. It was junior high. You had braces, and so did I. I’m not really sure why I junior-high-loved you so much. It might have been that dark green shirt you wore. Even today, I can picture … Continue reading »
Summer Read – A Handful of Dust – Chapter Three
A Handful of Dust – Chapter Three – Hard Cheese on Tony It’s that time again – chapter three is upon us – and I am still disgusted with Brenda and in love with Tony. I understand Mrs. Darcy’s assessment of society pushing people into marriage and it was probably hard to resist that push … Continue reading »
adventures / being single / dating / funny
Love: Chronology of a Singleton
From the annals of my life… Continue reading »
So, You Weren’t Kidding
My name is Mrs. Darcy, and I’m a hope-aholic. Despite my abhorrence of internet dating and my truly Stephen King-ish experiences with many dating sites, I currently keep a profile up on one of them. Why? Probably because I don’t want to find myself as an old lady, Sage Stallone-ing it or becoming “that weird … Continue reading »
Never Surrender Blogfest
During the second week of June–that’s the 11-16(this week!)–YA author Elana Johnson will be hosting the Never Surrender blogfest. This is something anyone, anywhere can participate in. All you have to do is blog about a time you didn’t surrender. My never surrender experience took a really long time. Really, really long. Like one year … Continue reading »
