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Dear Neighbor
Dear Neighbor, Aloha! Your music stinks almost as much as the sand encrusted shoes you leave in the hallway for me to trip over when I’m on my way home from my shit show of a job. I don’t know you...
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You know you are brokedown in paradise when…
Throughout my time here, I’ve been keeping track of things that are interesting, funny, crazy, and just plain broke-down. When I have enough material, it becomes a list. The majority of these things...
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A call for more manners!
One day, I attended a work meeting and noticed a colleague had what appeared to be a stray piece of tinsel in her hair. Since Halloween occured earlier in the week, I thought it possible that she...
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The Single Girl’s Tsunami Club
The Single Girl’s Tsunami Club Lessons learned about life, bad weather, and friends in the midst of an almost-disaster. “Should we worry about this?” I asked the woman seated next to me at...
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Perspective
I woke up the other day feeling pretty damn sorry for myself. I am a planner and although I chose to move to Hawaii for my job (who wouldn’t?), I never imagined or prepared for how I would truly feel...
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You Know it’s Time to Quit your Job When…
Well, it’s almost time for Monday morning and another famous “Top Ten” list. All true (remember, I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried!). Top Ten Reasons to Quit your Job: #10 During meetings, you...
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How I Did Not Find Love on Southwest Airlines
A few weeks ago, I flew to Missouri for a wedding, an arduous trip that involves several non-direct flights to St. Louis, 4-5 hours in the car with various crabby family members, and no cell phone...
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Jahi McMath: will “nutrition” really help?
Most of us are now familiar with the Jahi McMath case (google it: I can’t bring myself to rewrite all the painful details). I’m taking a break from my usual rants about living in paradise and dating...
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I threw an air mattress out the window and accidentally hit a golf cart
This post could also be called “why moving to and from a pacific island is no joke.” When my work assignment in Maui came to a close *sigh*, I was actually relieved and excited. I longed to go back to...
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How I Did Not Find Love on Southwest Airlines
A few weeks ago, I flew to the Midwest for a wedding, an arduous trip that involves multiple non-direct flights to St. Louis, several hours in the car with various crabby family members, and no cell...
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Why you should visit a labyrinth
Recently, my boyfriend and I decided to escape the city and visit Vashon Island, a small hippie enclave a short ferry ride away from Seattle traffic. Our car screeched to a halt when I saw a simple...
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Dumped!
Well folks, it’s happened. After 38 years of living on this planet and thinking I finally understood a thing or two about people, life, and possibly even men (*gasp* “not possible, you say?”) Well, I...
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You want me to wax my hoo-hah for what?!?!
I am not sure why this topic came up at my professional and overeducated workplace one day, but it did. Apparently many men who are dating (in addition to believing they have the goods of a 25 year old...
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My fiancé left without saying a word
I found out my fiancé was still alive when his ex posted on Facebook (complete with pics of the two of them together…yay!): “celebrating ***s last night in (random city here) together.” I had spent the...
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Why living in Seattle sucks
I moved to the Seattle area 3 years ago for my job. I heard about the rain and the antisocial people well in advance and thought that was nothing a positive attitude couldn’t fix. With a little...
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Well it’s been nearly two years since the one I thought I had waited for my entire life discarded me without caring enough to even say goodbye. I’d like to say I’m not broken…that I don’t care anymore...
View ArticleGratitude, Girls, & too much Makeup…
This Thanksgiving, I’m grateful to be at home spending time with my parents who are a living history museum of all things good. Long before school shootings were a thing, we grew up volunteering to...
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