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New Years Day 2017 began with my head in a toilet, my favorite pink polyester crop sweatshirt stained with puke in an old Target shopping bag, and ‪Gwen Stefani‬ blaring from my cell phone in a plastic Christmas mug for classy amplification. ‬‬ I had arrived. Or so I’d thought. See, two months prior, my… Read more

Originally posted on Blogspot 12/11/18 When I was ten years old, my mom woke me up one Saturday and said “I got you a ticket for The Phantom of the Opera.” I thought that sounded pretty horrifying both in the “phantom/spooky”-ness and the “opera being loud and boring”-ness of it.   She continued, something along the lines of “You’re… Read more

Originally posted on Blogspot 12/5/18 I want to love December.  I really do. But every year, without fail, I find myself counting down the days until it’s over.  For most of the past ten years it’s been because it’s the anniversary of the tumultuous month of my cancer diagnosis where I was in and out… Read more

Originally posted on Blogspot 4/27/18 Look at you.  Just look at you.  With your jewel-toned dress and black pumps and full make-up.  It’s not even 7:30am. But it’s good that you’re ready.  You’ll be the first to sing today.  You’re probably one of the first five on the list.  Maybe you even know every one… Read more

Originally posted on Blogspot 1/4/18 My year ended with a dog fight. Do not be deterred by my use of the term “dog fight”.  If you please, take note of the space between the two words and understand that by dog fight, I do not mean “dogfight.”  As in Michael Vick style dogfighting.  I am… Read more

Originally posted on Blogspot 10/9/17 I recently asked a homeless man on the A train if he had a peanut allergy before offering him the rest of an entire container of dark chocolate covered peanuts. Which seems like a very courteous thing to do.   And I am nothing if not courteous. But apparently it is… Read more