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A poorly articulated point/question from the previous ramble (sometimes it feels good to go old school livejournal style) was whether it’s better to overextend yourself and be comfortable otherwise or be frugal and make compromises? […]
Author: Krista
Missing Links
So far it looks like my first experience as a semi-airbnb host (yes, totally illegal for renters–don't get me evicted) went smoothly. The only trauma detected upon my arrival on Christmas day was a yellowish […]
Mr. Baby
The Sunday I got back from Dubai, beat-up and jetlagged, I sat on the couch and zoned out to TV all day (actually, I've been doing that practically every non-working moment for weeks). I didn't […]
The Middle Ages: Not 42?
I thought we had come to the consensus that middle aged means anyone over 35 even if I don't personally agree with it. However, The New York Times in an article, "Cool for Cats," currently […]
Feline Fine
I recently darkened my hair in a reverse highlights move. Because it's almost winter, I guess. Or rather, I had it darkened because I'm a sucker for a bargain and got swayed by a $55 […]
Getting Some Color
I thought I was being smart planning a full ten days away (frugalness was the only barrier to staying longer. Two weeks is probably best to understand a place more and get comfortable) because I […]
Child Brides, Old Teens
For reasons I don't even remember I looked up Joshua John Miller/the weirdo kid brother from River's Edge not so long ago. Along with Melissa McBride, Shane West, Billy Morrissette and Ashley Peldon, his photo […]
Thanksgiving Abroad
New or not, I don't know, but Twitter recently started periodically texting when people I follow follow someone else. Not neccessary. Yesterday I was notified that a surge of respected literary types followed @avlskies with […]
Developmentally Disabled
Upon my second interaction with a 40something woman two decades into Williamsburging who used "retarded" in our first conversation about being pushed out of the neighborhood, she used retarded again in the same context. It […]
Saturday Night Two-Fer
This Saturday night's PBS indie wasn't super-indie, i.e. as low budget as films from the recent past, but it was very French, and more importantly it met two very relevant criteria to my needs. First, […]