I'm sure that in previous lifetime I was dancing in an all-night contest with a sailor on leave in New York, in a dance hall, wearing wedge heels, garters, and that swingy red dress.
pin up
diamonds
Maybe I can’t have it all. But, I can have a diamond necklace.
carla hale
I’m mad as hell. After all, that’s my alma mater you’re talking about.
beauty
Most people think it is pure, sweet, wholesome and all around lovely.
naps
Nap shame lies somewhere between Peter Pan Syndrome (refusal to grow up) and Sleep Machismo (lack of sleep as a virtue).
the bachelor
The show is exploitative. Degrading. Absurd. And I’m hooked.
uretha
At Dr. B’s office, I wasn’t told a cystoscopy would even be happening. I wasn’t asked if I wanted it. Afterward, I got in my car and cried for a long time.
laptop
Just like there is never a good time for your toilet to clog, or your electricity to go out, or to develop a bladder infection, there is never a good time for your computer to crash.
travel clothes
I want to look pulled together when I fly. I’ve recently accepted that I do not. When I go home for the holidays I go in style: sweat pants and Uggs with wool socks.
spontaneous orgasm
Even if such a thing was possible -- an orgasm with no genital contact of any kind -- it seemed like something that would take years of Tantric study, lots of candle-lit OM-ing and lifetimes of good karma to learn.
thanksgiving
The Presidential Turkey Pardon should make me feel warm and fuzzy, but all it does is make me feel like shit about Thanksgiving. Here’s why.
barack obama
I have a history of dramatic dreams during election season.
halloween
Halloween revels in the macabre and the morbidity of death, the physical state of the lifeless body, the fear of death itself.
zumba
I decided that Zumba, the “dance-fitness” craze, was cheesy and that I wouldn’t be caught dead doing it. Until I did it.
ex-boyfriend
Despite the fact he began disrespecting me, I still wanted to _____ and _____ him all day and all night.
nigella lawson
Living in Los Angeles, I’m often aware of my weight. Shape. Frame. I am also aware of everyone else’s weight. And what everyone else thinks of that weight. I am aware of the weight of all of this weight.
the r-word
It shocks the hell out of me every time one of my friends casually throws out an, "Oh my God, I am so retarded" Really? Does no one else take offense? Or am I the only sanctimonious retard that cares?
cult
So. Is it a cult? Technically, no. But, if it walks like cult, talks like a cult, and preys on people like a cult, it just might be Landmark.
rape
Sometimes we defuse discomfort, or anger, or rage with humor because there is nothing left to do in the moment.
book clubs
I would rather just read the damn book myself.
