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Welcome to Body Dysmorphic Monday!

April 26, 2010

I am so sick of my clothes.
No, seriously, my clothes can suck it. It’s spring here on the prairie and my wardrobe is in transition and I FUCKING HATE IT.
Did you get that?
I put on three outfits this morning: One made me look like the mascot for the Syracuse University Orange, one showed my kangaroo [...]

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In the ER

December 4, 2009

We think he’s in cardiac arrest.
Just tell us, is he going to die today?
Yes.
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The Poo took a spill in the master bathroom tonight. She was fooling around, getting in and out of the tub to amuse her little brother. She darted into the bedroom and I shooed her back to her bath.
I heard a terrible [...]

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My Rock N’ Roll Lifestyle

November 19, 2009

Tomorrow I am going to be on a local television show.
Like, in about seven hours. I should, in fact, be sleeping, but I have a long relationship with wake-up anxiety. You know, when you’re hyper-aware of the time: I should be sleeping! I have to get up in seven hours! Five hours! Two hours! Fuck [...]

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Career Killer?

September 30, 2009

When The Poo was born, our plan was for my mom to watch her when I went back to work.
My first day back in the office was snowy and cold. I sucked in my tummy and zipped up my trousers, pulled on knee socks. I bundled The Poo up in fleece pajamas and a blanket.
We [...]

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