Monthly Archives: September 2010
Teen Mom Episode 10: Gary’s Not Gon Cry
Catelynn & Tyler: Poor C&T. I wish there could be a surprise ending and they could get their baby back. Somehow. Sorry, Brendan and Teresa. C&T > B&T. Catelynn and Tyler, stop doing stuff and saying words. Nobody cares what … Continue reading
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Teen Mom Episode 9: I Have a Crush on Every Boy
I am truly sad that this season is coming to a close. I am way too enmeshed in these 4 story lines to give a crap about the next round of fertile 16-year-olds. As a side note, I’d like to … Continue reading
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Thrift Store Thursdays: Happy First Day of Fall Sweater Edition with Thrifting Tips
Today is the first day of autumn! Fall is my favorite season, and one thing I don’t need in my closet is another sweater. So that’s exactly what I bought at the thrift store yesterday! Sweet. A lot of new … Continue reading
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Toddler Without a Cause
Do you know those times where you find yourself wondering whether you are truly insane or actually the only sane one amongst mass delusion? Like a Kafka high school 1984 moment? Well, I experience this every Wednesday morning from 10 … Continue reading
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Teen Mom, Episode 8: Dancing with the Garys of the World
First things first. Let me get this straight: This kid: is Catelynn and Tyler’s half-brother, which makes him Carly’s uncle on both sides and if Catelynn and Tyler ever get married, then his brother-in-law and sister-in-law will also be his … Continue reading
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Crafty
So I’ve never considered myself particularly crafty. Artistic, yes. Creative, definitely. But craftiness implies a level of…patience and detail wrangling I just don’t have. When my daughter was less than a month old, in some kind of hormonal haze, I … Continue reading
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Teen Mom Episode 7: Muckracking Edition, Or, Leah Being Fed Swill Milk
Catelynn and Tyler are on the cover of something-or-other, saying they miss their baby. I’m so shocked I can’t even manage to look up the citation. Ever wonder how the other half lives? What folkways, traditions, and typical foodways they … Continue reading
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The Soundtrack
So two recent run-ins with lackluster Spin instructors left me thinking about how vital the right music is to my workouts. Yesterday I was stopped dead in my tracks (pedals) by “Drops of Jupiter” in the midst of a panting, … Continue reading
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Belly
One year post-partum, I’ve gotten my body into pretty decent shape, having arrived at a weight a couple of pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight, needing to throw my everyday jeans into the dryer to shrink them a bit, and having … Continue reading
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Breakdown
So did I mention that by day we are a happy family, visiting friends, reveling in our daughter’s recent BG (Big Girl) accomplishments of almost completing one year on Earth, eating from a spoon relatively successfully, and gesturing 75% of … Continue reading
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Writer, journalist, mother, marketer, freelancer, wife, mediocre runner, racer, super beginner triathlete, gym-goer, dog owner, Spin instructor, fitness columnist, recycler, lifter of non-pink weights, one-time failed academic, feminist, eater of good and bad food.
