-- 2010 --
January: Ups
and Downs of a Hacking Cough (01/06) | Shredded
Iceberg Lettuce Box of Mystery (01/07) | Things
I Learned Today (01/08) | Couch
Tales (01/25) | Valentines, In process
(01/29) || February: Snowed
in with Hug (02/06) | Walking in
a Winter Wonderland (02/07) | Valentines,
Finished (02/08) |
-- 2009 --
January: Part-way
to 109 Resolutions (01/04) | Brunch,
Cats, and Prep (01/10) | Party,
Before and After (01/11) || April: Anna
(04/04) | In Awe, With Thanks (04/09)
-- 2008 --
January: The
Other Side (01/16) || March:
Behind the Wheel (03/01) || May:
Wine in the Woods/ Rest in the Car
(05/18) | Weekend Rundown (05/26)
|| July: Wheel,
Adjustment (07/22) | Whisky Reminisce
(07/28) || September: Not
Much (09/08 | Strange Things Said
(09/22) ) || November: Election
Night (11/04)
-- 2007 --
January: Kings
and Catch-Up (01/09) May: Long
Weekend (05/15) | Still Exotic
(05/16) | The Breaks (05/18)
-- 2006 --
January: Skirt
Split (01/05) || Three Kings
(01/10) || Better Luck (01/13) ||
Nostalgia Tour of the Apartment
(01/16) || Packing, Packing, Packing
(01/21) || Packing, Again (01/22)
|| Call of the Newsprint (01/23)
|| Of Insomnia, Ashrams, and Art
(01/25) December: Happy
New Year! (12/31)
-- 2005 --
January: Recap
(01/02) || PreParty (01/07) February:
A Very Cold Bug (02/09)
|| Valentines (02/14) || Ode
to Beley (02/25) March: Four
Unsent Notes (03/09) || Benefits
of Leaving Early (03/13) || Hay
(with some Cabin) Fever (03/26) April:
Clean Up (04/21) || Initial
Discussions (04/25) || This Bird
Has Flown (04/30) May: Pop-Punk
(05/25) June: Now
You Know (06/01) August: Green
Chile and Clear Skies (08/16) || Advice
Partially Taken (08/26) || Her Diamond
Stud (08/31) September: Both
Low and High (09/21) || Dead Wood
(09/29) October: Stamped
and Smoky (10/15) November: Hooray
for Dollywood! (11/15) || Thanksgiving
in Connecticut (11/30) December: Tea
(12/03) || PR (12/14)
-- 2004 --
January: One
story from Vegas (01/05) || Hairbrush
and Chair (01/11) || Googling
(01/25) || Hop Off (01/29) February:
London - Getting there and taking
Tea (02/11-12) ||London - Greenwich
and Napalm (02/13) || London - Notting
Hill, Buckingham Palace, and the Sextravaganza (02/14) || London
- The Eye and Dinner Out (02/15) || Flowers
and Mystery (02/18) March:
Leather Pants prep (03/06)
April: Entertainments
(04/14) May: Happy
Birthday Demmert (05/09) September: Foster
and Fabian Get Married! || Spain
- Bilbao, traveling to Sarria (09/17) || Spain
- Sarria to Gonzar (09/17, later) || Spain
- Gonzar to Arzua (9/21) || Spain
- Arzua to Santiago (9/23) October:
Lager Ladies (10/24) || Back
(10/31) November: Election
Woes (11/04) || Getting out of the
House (11/13) || Way too much cuteness
(11/14) || Home for Thanksgiving
(11/28) December: Bruised,
Scraped, and Sore (12/05) || Holiday
Spirit (12/09) || Ruth (12/25)
|| The Year In Review (12/30) ||
Ruth, Revisited (12/31)
-- 2003 --
January:
Last Night (01/01) || Brief bit
about the Party (01/06) || Invites
are out (01/07) || In the Air
(01/08) ||
(01/09) || Sun Streaming (01/11)
February:
Fortunes and Cookies (02/10) || Cleaning
Up (02/11) || Hold Me (02/13)
|| Digging Out (02/18) || Streetwalker
(02/20) || Going to Graceland (02/23) March:
The first Bachelorette (03/02)
|| Huzzah (03/06) || Hot
Damn (03/11) || Zen (03/13)
|| Francis (03/16) || Distractions
and Plans (03/19) || There and Back
(03/26) || Continued (03/31) April:
Spring Break! (04/03) ||
Past and Prep (04/06) || Death,
Marriage, and Taxes (04/17) May:
Celebrations (05/19) June:
Thunder (06/11) || Driver
lost and Love found (06/16) || Perforated
(06/29) July:
Happy Fourth! (07/06) || Not
Dying (07/07) || Furnishings
(07/28) || August: Just
another Weekend (08/10) || Rained
out (08/11) || Work It (08/13)
|| Dewey, mostly (08/17) || Ring
a Ding (8/19) || Desk Set (08/21)
|| Veils and Rat-tails (08/23) ||
Speechless (08/24) September:
Free (09/09) || On
the Threshold (09/12) || Woop! Woop!
(09/14) || Over a Barrel (09/15)
|| Anna (09/28) October:
Elmer (10/13) || Shattered
(10/22) || Allergies Again (10/31)
November: Relax
Reflect Regroup (11/19) December: The
next to last box (12/15) || Happy
New Year! (12/29) || So Tired
(12/30) || On the way to Vegas
(12/30)
-- 2002 --
January:
fear and loathing in job searching
(01/26) February:
brief description of good intentions
(02/02) | recovery (02/03) | procrastination
with a purpose (02/04) | claims
(02/13) | happy valentines day (02/14)
| late (02/15) | lazy
(02/16) | avoid avoid avoid (02/18)
| prep (02/27) March:
morning pages (03/01) |
day off, driving (03/03) | beautiful
minds (03/04) | eagerly anticipating/
fretting (03/23) | floating
(03/24) | faqs (03/27) | done
(03/30) April:
onwards (04/02) | secret
admirers, dive bars, and hot pants (04/06) | plans
and negotiations (04/09) July:
starting over (7/16) || the
end, again (7/17) || brows (7/22)
|| tired (7/24) || not
a morning person (7/25) || laying
the trap (7/29) || saving my strength
(7/30) || home sick (7/31) August:
wedding and weekend away reentry
(8/4) || snarkey
(8/6) || with
long nails (8/7) || two
google searches (8/10) || new
bike! (8/11) || fever dreams, Las
Vegas and more weddings (8/12) || 5,
not 10 K (8/13) || sweeping and
sharks (8/14) || look but don't
touch (8/20) || random (8/24)
|| cooling down (8/26) || raining
and running (8/28) || sick of it
(8/29) || waiting, still waiting, for
Verizon (8/31) September:
catch up (9/1) || hiatus
(9/17) October:
honky tonk woman (10/06) || gotta
go (10/08) || a good end (10/11)
|| hard work and holiday on the way
(10/17) || bleh, bleh, heh (10/22)
|| a little motion sick (10/28)
December: 6
paragraphs (12/02) || costume change
(12/03) || speed skating (12/06)
|| all done up (12/11) || home
alone (12/13) || new year and old
photo (12/17) || crafting resin
emergency (12/21) || glad to go
away, glad to be back (12/29) || the
year in review (12/31)
What about other people's names?
Decided this time around not to use my friend's real names. They didn't
sign up for publication, after all. But if you see yourself mentioned
and want a name change, let me know (I tried to use already given nicknames
where I could get something reasonable for everyone else but you know...)
Cast of regular characters (family):
Mom, stepfather
and two sisters (they call each other hug
and bug - and who am I to argue?) in CT.
Father, stepmother,
brother, sister-in-law
and nephew, sister,
brother-in-law, three nephews
and a niece in CA (and another sister,
brother-in-law, niece
and nephew in OR).
Cast of regular characters (friends) in alphabetical
order:
Am: knew her in High School but she's more
a friend from grad school. Incredibly smart and more than incredibly
funny.
Beley: an old work colleague, lives in San
Francisco, a great listener, incredibly warm-hearted and a just wonderful
guy. Famous for his deadly and dangerous gin and tonics.
Beth: my sorority little sister, Beth lives
up on Long Island with her new and awesome husband Scott.
Beth's an incredible dancer and teacher of small children, all while
being very sweet and a great friend.
Bibi: another first-job colleague (Beley,
Bibi, Talullah and I all worked together), Bibi and I have been friends
through nasty breakups, job trauma and worse. She's always a blast to
go out with - we used to frequent Heaven's 80's Night, and it was when
she visited me in San Francisco that I got to spend the night with the
U2 fetishist.
Carrie: a friend from college; by day Carrie
works as a researcher and dresses a'la Ann Taylor, at night stays out
late and parties fun. A fellow "Anne of Green Gables" fan,
Carrie's truly a kindred spirit.
D: one of the first people I met when I moved
to Avon my junior year of high school and one of my best friends ever
since. She's an amazing smart financial type, a lot of fun, can pick
actually good Virginia wines, and married to Fergus.
Demmert: a friend from college, known for
her party girl past but now one of the most organized, responsible,
funny and fun people I know. Married to Darren.
Foster: a friend from college, Foster loves
pez dispensers, 50's/60's kitsch, Helen Gurley Brown books and her beau
Fabian. She's also the only person who understands
my love for Free Range.
Free Range: my plastic chicken. Liberated
from my sorority's rush closet, Free Range is the mascot of our college
secret society Hubba Gamma and the hippest bird I know.
HK: short for "hug and kiss", her
Simpsons-related nickname. HK's a college friend who is scandalous amounts
of fun, has impeccable taste in clothes and kitsch, loves shopping at
Sephora even more than I do, and is an unabashed country music fun.
Leigh: high school friend of Carrie's who
moved down to DC a few years ago. Engaged to Porter
who used to room with D.
Lisa: a friend from grad school, Lisa is
tall, blonde, smart, and humble. My partner for Survivor and CSI watching,
she's cool even though she did her undergrad at Stanford.
Marie: Marie is another college friend; she's
been dating 3-String (who's in a band when
he's not at work) for the past 5 years or so. Marie's a counselor, from
New York, and definitely has a "weakness for boys in noisy bands".
Sarah: from North Carolina, Sarah started
as a friend of a friend and now is a friend of mine. We do mostly happy
hours, Sunday night dinner parties, and the occasional crazy night out.
SS the SS: my oldest friend (we've known
each other since second grade) and roommate once in DC right after college
and for the two years I was in grad school in CA. The nickname stands
for Sergeant Sardine the Singing Salamander - don't ask, I don't remember.
A news junkie who's equally up for hanging out at home or going out
(once you actually get her out, that is).
Tallulah: an old work colleague, current
partner in crafts, conversation, wine, and crime; someone I constantly,
consistently rely on. Talullah's from Vermont, works in sales and speaks
French fluently.
TB: the guy I'm dating at the time. Relatedly,
the exbf is an ex. I try to avoid talking
too much about either here.
Tess: friends with Tess from college, lived
with her and Troy for a year. One of my favorite
couples, especially when we're not all in the same small apartment.
Tess works in HR and is a better cook/decorator/homemaker than Martha
Stewart; Troy is an incredible outdoorsman with a great sense of humor.
Thali: Have been friends with Thali since
seventh grade or so, she's an incredible creative amazing force of nature.
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