Tag Archives: being single

Is cautiously optimistic the same thing as recklessly pessimistic?

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

Too much? Hello, dear friends. I have quite an update to share! Remember how I signed up for eHarmony and joked about a couple of my ridiculous matches? Well…… they weren’t all ridiculous. My One Year Challenge ended in the middle … Continue reading →

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There are two types of people in the world: Parrot Heads and everyone else.

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

“Arrrrgh.” It has long been known to me that the people in the Parrot Head subculture are, for the most part, complete lunatics. I don’t mean this as an insensitive, sweeping generalization, but the simple act of stating that I don’t like … Continue reading →

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Day 365, or the one year challenge rings the closing bell.

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

I did it! A year ago today I made the decision to give Andy Stanley’s one year no-dating challenge a try. A year to myself, to focus my thoughts inward and intentionally eliminate dating, flirting, sex and all of the baggage that comes with that … Continue reading →

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Day 356, or the other side of the coin.

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

In just 9 days, my self-imposed year-long dating embargo will be lifted. I’m proud of myself for making it through a whole year without any slip-ups, but I have some trepidation about what might be on the other side of … Continue reading →

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Day 339, or kind of like if Tim Burton wrote a country song.

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

I’d hate to break character and post something uplifting, so I’ll talk about my chronic depression. Five years ago I was diagnosed with dysthymia, which is simply (or not so simply) chronic low-grade depression, along with general anxiety disorder about a … Continue reading →

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Day 312, or premature infatuation and unintentional karaoke.

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

Once upon a time I dated a German guy from the little-known, impossible-to-pronouce country town of Schwäbisch Gmünd. Go ahead, try it – you can’t say it, either, can you? I think only people born there can pronounce it. Actually, I … Continue reading →

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Day 308, or poor tipping confessions and thoughts on romantic foibles of yore.

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

I have a confession to make about my little field trip to the strip club last week with the Adonis and my friend. Adonis very generously provided us each with a stack of singles for insertion (hehe) into various G-strings. At … Continue reading →

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Day 297, or 5 minutes in the circus and excessive napping.

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

Sunday morning I woke up, brewed a pot of coffee, sliced up an apple to enjoy with cashew butter until I realized that the cashew butter was rancid and tossed it, so I ate the apple without any sort of dipping … Continue reading →

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Day 295, or everybody is somebody’s great white buffalo.

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

The elusive Great White Buffalo. The one that got away. The big dating ‘what if’. It hit me Friday night that every one of us is somebody’s mythological ‘what if?’… even me. I guess it didn’t really hit me, per … Continue reading →

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Day 278, or sleeping in the middle of the bed.

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

According to completely reliable, not at all bullshit internet articles, based on opinion rather than scientific study, sleeping in the middle of the bed may be detrimental to your romantic future. Supposedly, refusal to cling to one side or the other indicates a … Continue reading →

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