My Defective Life

My MMs in Recap

(in no particular order)

Got my master's in English/creative writing.

Became a (very happy) cat lady.

Spent 3+ weeks driving cross country and camping.

Ended an 8 year relationship.

Shagged a 6'6" mountain climber.

Went vegan.

Swam in the Pacific (and it was bloody cold).

Taught freshman English at Ohio University.

Started Cleveland Veganz.

Got licensed for massage therapy.

Spent 8+ years at a job I hate.

Met a ton of amazing people.

Fell deeply in love.

Stopped talking to my father.

Got my picture taken with Marilyn Burns (the female lead in the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre).

Saw the Strokes play in Chicago before they got super popular.

Moved out of the suburbs to Tremont and stopped hating Cleveland.

Took an ex on an amazing wine tour of the Appalachian areas of Ohio.

Got a tattoo in Boulder, Colorado.

Got four other tattoos elsewhere.

Was onThat's Life with Robin Swoboda.

Was in a music video.

Found a lump.

Saw Tom Waits in concert.

Made a bunch of friends through the wonderful world of blogs.

Spent time topless in the Michigan woods 4 out of 10 summers.

Started a vegan food blog that now gets 350 to 500 visitors a day.

Got a piece (that I now hate) published in a journal of erotica.

Camped in the Rocky Mountains.

Ended another relationship.

Got old.

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Happy New Year, my babies!!

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Things That Make My Heart Go Squish This Week

Snow. Snow. Snow.
Laughing really hard with the friend sleeping on your floor about the time they awkwardly hit on you.
Trekking lazily down to the coffeeshop in clunky boots on a snowy morning instead of having to be at work.
Making mixes.
Coffee.
The intimacy and surprise of overhearing your name being remembered and bandied about in conversation by someone you only just met.
Nerdtastically blathering about movies with a fellow movie geek.
Eating lasagna in bed.
The kitten suddenly appearing on the roof of an old garage in the blustering snow at 3am 'cause she hears you shaking some food in a bowl.
Only having to walk two houses down at 3am to get home after a party at your friend's house.
All-day pajamas.
The cottony sound of boots in snow.
Thai food during a whiteout.
Touching the knot on your forehead that you got when you accidentally headbutted your kitchen table.
Baking lasagna in the middle of the day.
Pool. Pool. Pool.
Listening to people talk about you while you're in the bathroom at a party.
Two of your guy friends having transformed into super-huge cat nerds.
The skyline vanishing 'cause of the snow.
Finally being able to post something from home.
Bluster.

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