health Project 365 (2011)

Day 48/365: Dental Damns

My dentist’s office has the best waiting room ever. It’s … cozy. My checkup went pretty well, except for the scolding I got for my lack of flossing. God, I hate flossing. The hygienist said that my teeth were like Chiclets, meaning small but I also suspect full of sugar. [Project 365]

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Bitchy McComplainsalot Project 365 (2011)

Day 46/365: Dear AT&T

Dear AT&T: You have been a part of my life for a very long time. My entire adult telecommuncations life has been spent making out checks to you, or clicking “make payment now” links on your website. I have given you thousands and thousands of dollars and tons and tons of my attention over the years. You have both enabled me to connect with the world and then made it maddeningly difficult to do so.…

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holidays Project 365 (2011) the manfriend

Day 45/365: Sweet

I spent my day scrubbing the house clean and watching two dudes remove the motherlode of fall leaves from my front and back yards. Nothing particularly romantic about either of those things but I felt three thousand percent better when it was all over. It was like my house had been excavated all of a sudden. Icing on the cake? When the fella arrived home with these pretty things in hand and told me we…

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friends Memphis Project 365 (2011)

Day 44/365: The Overton Park Adventure Club

Some Sundays are made for big brunches, fishbowl mimosas, snacking on baby feet, traipsing through the Old Forest, speculating wildly about what all those lone men were doing on those secluded trails, and watching the world’s tiniest Ewok rip through the woods, dog drunk on pure joy.       [Project 365]

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Project 365 (2011) work

Day 42/365: New Toy

This little beauty is on loan from work. I’ve been scouring the app-scape for cool, free stuff to download to get acquainted with the thing, but it’s quickly becoming apparent that if I want anything worth having, I am going to have to pay for it. Interesting concept. Maybe it will catch on. [Project 365]

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Project 365 (2011) television

Day 41/365: Comcastic … Er … To XFinity and Beyond?

For the first time in years, I’ve got cable. I’m only a couple of hours in and already I’m poised to punch some people. Like those jackbags on the commercials for the company that will give you cash for your unwanted gift cards. “If you’re like many people, you’ve got gift cards piling up unused in a kitchen drawer!” (Uh … no, I don’t.) Cut to ungrateful assholes bitching about all their unwanted gift cards…

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Project 365 (2011) weather

Day 40/365: Treacherous

Nothing like leaving for work as the entire state hurries home, their cars crashing into each other and smashing into light poles and stopping in the middle of backed-up lanes for seemingly no reason. Nothing like driving home in that re-frozen, completely unsalted mess at midnight, imagining that every car you encounter is going to skid its way toward you and make one hell of an introduction to your bumper. Sure is pretty, though. Spring…

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I can't believe I'm talking about sports Project 365 (2011)

Day 38/365: Grizz Vs. Lakers

Paid good money for nosebleed tickets for the fella, since he is a Lakers enthusiast (and Derrick Caracter fanboy) and I am basically the best girlfriend ever. It was interesting to see that many people in FedExForum. And yes, I’ve been to a Tigers game. There were moments during the game where the Grizzlies seemed cohesive and like they were going to bowl over the Lakers without looking back. And then there were stretches of…

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