Campaign for the Mundane
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This entry is for Genie’s Living Out Loud #13, Drinkin’ Buddies. That title is one of the many quotes from my days of drinking that is trotted out when it’s time for everyone to tell their drunk stories. I don’t remember exactly when I switched from being interested in creating drunk stories to just telling […]
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Yesterday I got sidetracked in one of those internet vortexes when someone linked to a bunch of outfit-a-day blogs. A lot of these fashion bloggers are shaped like me. This is awesome. It’s refreshing to see what clothes look like on people who look like me, because if I am shopping for clothes online, the […]
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I was pleased to make it home to visit my parents for Thanksgiving. While I fussed and fretted about the drive itself, it was not too painful and it was a relief to sleep in the new titanic bed they bought so that finally Jack and I can sleep in the same bed when we […]
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This weekend I found myself in social situations slightly outside my comfort zone three nights in a row. Friday our good friend Paul was having his birthday party which we were pleased to attend. Saturday our long lost friend Josh was having his birthday outing to the Pirates Tavern. Sunday our friend Brooke was celebrating […]
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I got up, popped my comfy slippers on, went downstairs and ate breakfast, read this fad diet book I might use as a guide, and watched CSI: Miami all at the same time. This is all various delaying tactics to stop me from having to go into the spare bedroom. Motivation is a funny thing. […]
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I got out of bed on the same side I do every morning, like most folks. By the time I got to work, I had decided it was the wrong side. According to a thoroughly non-rigourous search of the internet, this phrase has its origin in getting up on the left side of the bed, […]
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Genie’s latest Living Out Loud project challenges us to talk about our name, or names. Mine is pretty boring, and I like it: Kim. I never harbored fantasies of being a Serena or a Fiona or a Zelda. I like the letter K like it’s the best letter in the alphabet and I have weird […]
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At one point last weekend during dinner I said: “I don’t want to be too high-maintenance [for the waiter] by replacing salmon with tuna.” And Megan said two of the potentially most productive words in the english language to me: “Shut up.” It wasn’t rude. It was friendly. It was a favor. All weekend I […]
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I am sitting in between three or four lists right now. A to-do list I didn’t complete last weekend, a packing list for BlogHer, a to-do list I wrote last night, and a shopping list with almost everything checked off. I don’t even know which one to look at right now. Thank goodness my exam […]
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Have you ever had a blocking item on your to-do list? An item that seems so big that you don’t want to start it or can’t envision starting it, or an item so overdue that you feel shame when you think about it? And then the net result is that you don’t want to look […]
