Yes it’s about boobs. Growing up, I was the child that caused other parents to wonder things about my mother. Namely, does she feed that girl? Like, food? I had all manner of “petite girl” nicknames: toothpick, skinny mini, and etc. uncreative phrases about girls who are very thin. I also ate my weight in […]
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Old Friends
Friends is a TOUGH topic. Making them is hard. Keeping them is hard. Getting rid of them is hard. Weeding out the shitty ones is super hard. Yes, yes, that’s what she said. Hashtag I totally walked into that one. A couple weeks ago, I attended an engagement party for one of my favorite people […]
Everyone Hates Email
This is something I can’t figure out. “I hate email.” “Email is THE WORST.” “Don’t email me, I never read them.” “I know we all hate emails, but…” “Oh God, not another email series / newsletter.” But, like, why? Email marketing is SUPPOSEDLY the most impactful way to grow your business, whether you’re a blogger, […]
Cord Cutting
You know what’s really funny? People – nay, MARTYRS – who are all like, “Oh we cut the cord! We haven’t had cable for 3 YEARS.” Oh, really? Gosh, life must be SO HARD. You mean you don’t watch any TV? News? Sporting events? Riveting brain poison aka reality TV? “Oh, well, we have Netflix and […]
Normalcy
I never thought I’d ever write a sentence like this, but DAMN do I miss normalcy. Normalcy is so boring. Normal is what I’ve tried to get away from. Waking up at the same time every day? Normal. Showering + getting dressed + having a green smoothie while reading the paper? Normal. Making breakfast in […]
A Serious Manifesto
PART ONE: ORIGINS. Or, how I got here. Because I need to share this part so it all makes sense. I spent a good chunk of 2016 retooling my old blog, Snarks and Crafts, for a relaunch in the Fall of 2016. I designed and built a brand spankin new, 100% custom WordPress site for […]