I grew up in Tornado Alley, so I got to see great storms every spring. Mom had the misfortune to have experienced a terrible storm and ensuing flood in Kansas City, so she would always retreat to the basement and encourage us to do the same. But I have always loved the light show. I [...]
I remember liking to pop pimples when I was in high school, but I thought it was totally weird. I thought I was the only one. Then I got to college and discovered that my roommates also liked to pop pimples. I wasn’t too weird! I finally felt totally normal with this little personal care [...]
Okay, I know this one isn’t as picturesque and touching as some of the other items on my list, but I wrote my 100 Things list honestly, so “farts” it is. “Ladies” don’t like farts (or burps), and neither do “moms.” I don’t think I was raised to be a True Lady, but if Moms [...]
I’m not talking about the laugh he gives 90% of the time, but that laugh from something deeply hilarious to him. I first fell in love with it after we got married. I would be in the “office” (which was an oversized TV tray next to our bed) working while Rob watched TV in the [...]
MMMmmm, uni-balls on Moleskine. I found uni-ball Visions in high school, and they’ve been my favorites ever since. The ink flows consistently and no matter which color you use, the color is dark and strong: I prefer the green for grading, the black, blue, orange, or red for making notes, and the purple for personal [...]
Speaking of making mouths happy, I love the flavor combination of peanut butter and chocolate. Reese’s Cups, Reese’s Pieces, you name it. And one day at Andy’s, I was hit by what I now recognize as a stroke of genius: order a chocolate concrete with peanut butter mixed in. Orgasm in my mouth.
I have always enjoyed steak, but it wasn’t until I dated a guy whose family owned a steak house that I learned there were different qualities of steak and a best way to prepare it. I got to eat prime quality steak cooked rare. Melts in your mouth. Seriously, you don’t want your apple pie [...]
The night before my senior prom and about three weeks before I graduated high school, I found out that my dad was having an affair and had moved out. The ensuing divorce ripped my family apart, as divorce is wont to do. Luckily, I sort of got to escape the insanity by moving off to [...]
I kept a journal sporadically throughout my teen years–what teenage girl doesn’t?–but writing a blog is quite a different exercise. Your journal is your own, your secrets. But a blog is public for the world to see. Anyone who comes across your blog can read it. When I first started blogging, it was a journal [...]
I met Sarah long before we became friends: I registered her and Chris at Bed Bath & Beyond. Then we met again in Pummill 401 (the English Department‘s Graduate Assistants office). We kind of started being friends the first semester of grad school, but our friendship really began when we started running together in the [...]