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  • Top 24 – Part 1

    This Friday is my birthday, and I thought I would commemorate it with some profound, some sentimental, and some plain joys of life from my first 23 years of existence. I’ll be breaking in into four parts, so check back Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.1.) Jane Austen books and most of their other incarnations – I Read more

  • The Wall of Crazy

    On the First Year Anniversary Eve of my blog, dear readers, I give you an unadultered glimpse into this writer’s mind: The one wall in my room that doesn’t have books on it is this one. I have taken to affectionately calling it the “wall of crazy,” like the “walls of crazy” that appear in Read more

  • On the Eve of the New Year

    Love what you’ve got, and you’ll have more love. – Regina Spektor, “Firewood” This was my first year out of school, my first year of full-time work, my first year of blogging… The moments of disappointment, I’m grateful to say, were few. The moments of excitement and joy and contentment were many. I feel I’ve Read more

  • Ohmigawd, you guys! And, also, a story about a book

    As of today, there are 5 days left in the year. There are a mere four books on my shelves that have not been read and I do not think I am in danger of buying a book and breaking The Great Book Ban of 2012 now. It has been a hell of a run, and Read more

  • The Hobbit: A Long-Awaited Post

    A week ago today, Chris and I broke with our usual homebodiness and went out for a lovely dinner and went to the first screening of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. (We’ve been together for four and a half years… we’ve probably been on twelve dates.)But I didn’t want to write my review of the movie. I Read more

  • The Results Are In

    For the past four days, I have survived on what has felt like barely strung-together heart palpitations and wheezing. The results from my MFA application were to be delivered in early December, and thank God that day has come because I think the anticipation was literally going to kill me.I’ve never checked my email more Read more