The lollipop has officially become a fashion accessory, marketed as such by upscale candy company Sugar Factory. By purchasing their Couture Pops, now girls and young women who adore female icons such as Britney Spears, Kim Kardashian, and the Pussycat Dolls can carry these fashionable, edible lollipops around as an accessory. A young lady (or … Continue reading
BUY SEASON 11 AT AMAZON: CLICK HERESTUDIO: BBC WarnerMSRP: $29.98RATED: UnratedRUNNING TIME: 364 Minutes NUMBER OF DISCS: 2ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: January 12, 2010SPECIAL FEATURES: None. You must find happiness on two discs and in six episodes alone. Isn’t this enough for you? BUY SEASON 12 AT AMAZON: CLICK HERESTUDIO: BBC WarnerMSRP: $39.98RATED: UnratedRUNNING TIME:502 Minutes … Continue reading
In 1999, I began running for the first time in my life. I’d walk to the gym with Caroline early in the mornings, tennis shoes crunching on ice and frost-covered grass across the campus of the conservative baptist college I attended. I didn’t know much about running (what is there to know?) but I wanted … Continue reading
I purchased a smartphone, an iPhone 3G last summer, and have since bonded with the device. I am surprised. I was one of the last people I knew to get a cell phone. I waited until I graduated from college in 2004, years after cell phones were in common use, to get one. It was … Continue reading
My first engineering project was a design for a cart made of wood that I planned to build and then pedal fast and proud up and down my neighborhood street. I’d sit close to the ground at the height of the wheels, legs jutted out in front of me, pedaling at high speeds while sitting … Continue reading
Andrea thought it was goddamn.
The first love note I delivered was in 1986, carefully written on miniature Hello Kitty stationary. The piece of light pink paper measured maybe two inches tall by one inch wide with rows of miniscule dots that made it ruled paper suitable for writing. It came with a miniature pencil hardly bigger than a toothpick. … Continue reading
Fact: the older I get, the more years I run out of, and the less possibilities to accomplish great things exist for me. Certain paths in life are now blocked. Or compromised. It doesn’t suck! It’s just part of life. I’m realizing that the luxury of dreaming is getting replaced with the impetus to get … Continue reading
Apparently, I’m a woman. I’m at odds with this most of the time, not because being a woman is a bad thing, but more because I hate gender roles and gender marketing. I also am put off when people see a good trait in me and attribute that to my sex. I got that at … Continue reading
I think something good happened last week. Something happened that made things make sense. Two women from my past–a baker and an artist finally connected on the same plane in me, and it needed to happen. They never met each other and their memories belong to separate eras of my life, but they now have … Continue reading