Category: the girl behind the screen

Don’t Just Say Yes — Get Your Calendar Out

“We have to get together for coffee soon.” “Let’s totally have drinks!” “I would love to go for lunch—I never see you!” “It’s been way too long, I miss your face. Plans?” These are actual things I have said, on more than one occasion, to more than one person. And…

It’s Dirty, I Say

Lots of you have asked about my new job, and interestingly, it’s in the same way people used to ask about my blog. “Are you going to put this on your blawwwwwg?” friends would ask when something particularly ridiculous happened like that time I stepped on the bird. I would…

Comical, Messy, Enthusiastic. I Think It’s A Metaphor.

Someone in this house is playing the saxophone — somewhat comically, mostly messy, completely enthusiastically — at 8:41pm on a school night and all I can think is that this, this has got to be some sort of metaphor for what my life is like right now. Comical, messy, enthusiastic. …