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    I'm a journalist who spends my Mondays through Fridays writing other people's stories, a chronic procrastinator who needs structure. I once quit my job to write a book and like most writers, I made up excuses why I couldn't keep at it.

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    I created Lance to better spend that time. I thought maybe it would jump start a second attempt at writing a novel.

    I'm itching to get The Move On, as my dad likes to say. I'm 26 27 28 29 and I'm afraid if I don't start now, I'll get caught up in something else.

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Archive for May, 2010

An open letter to the cast of Sex and the City 2

28 May 2010

Dear Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda, Sex and the City 2 did not offend me. You did not make me think less (or more) of Muslim culture. You did not make me think less (or more) of Dior, Gucci or Manolo Blahnik. You made me laugh and you showed me that women “past their prime” [...]

Dinner Rehab #3: Eat like a single man

23 May 2010

Dude food is cheap and easy. Bachelor alert. This meal suggestion came from my quintessentially single 30-year-old male friend, Zipper Boy. Remember him? “Pizza, subs, meat and potatoes” Thanks Zipper, for reminding me that sometimes cooking is overrated. So, in the spirit of ordering take-out, here are (in my opinion) the best pizza, sub and [...]

Dinner Rehab #2: Camouflage your cauliflower

20 May 2010

Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. – Mark Twain Today’s meal suggestion comes from London, who works with Joe and who brilliantly suggested I hide vegetables in his food. I especially like that she recommended I hide cauliflower. It’s one of my favorite veggies and the subject of one of my favorite [...]

My urban rooster flew the coop

19 May 2010

Tonight I learned from my neighbor, Sherry, that the family with the urban rooster moved out last month. They bought a farm out east where they can have a whole barn full of roosters. I wonder if their little late-sleeper will start rising at 5 a.m. now that he’s a real farm animal? There’s no [...]

Dinner Rehab #1: A taste of Spain

18 May 2010

Cookbooks are overrated. Last week I sent out a culinary S.O.S. to friends, family and fellow bloggers. Via mass email I asked for meal suggestions to help Joe (a carnivore who detests all fruits and vegetables) and I (a pseudo vegetarian who occasionally eats chicken) break out of our food funk. Now, if you ask [...]

10 things you (might not) know about me…

10 May 2010

…and probably don’t want to know about me, but since I’ve been away for a little bit, I’ll treat you to something revealing and narcissistic just because that’s the kind of mood I’m in. 1. I own a pair of Arizona cutoff denim shorts from 6th grade. (Yes, that’s them above.) They’re high-waisted as hell [...]

All bow to Betty and Nana. Happy Mom’s Day.

09 May 2010

In honor of Mother’s Day (and Betty White’s first Saturday Night Live hosting gig)… …a special shout-out to my Nana, who mirrors Betty in both looks and spirit. And to all the other mothers out there, including my own: Happy Mother’s Day! How are you being spoiled today? — PS. I just watched SNL’s CSI: [...]

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