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Life is Not a House

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I was reading The Naked Redhead’s post about giving fear the finger & it lit up this giant OPEN FOR BUSINESS sign in my brain. I started thinking about what I’m truly afraid of- not just sprickets & the lights in swimming pools, but the things that try to hold me [...]

10 Super Things I'm Doing for Me

Theme song!

I’m borderline anemic & don’t like milk (it’s for baby cows! Not people! Gross.) Needless to say, there are probably a lot of other essential supplies my body isn’t getting. I started taking a daily multi vitamin on the 1st of the year & immediately learned a valuable lesson- always take [...]

Take Back Your Brain!

Erica Goldson graduated as valedictorian of Coxsackie-Athens High School. Her graduation speech calls for educational reform and delivers the truth in such a heartbreaking, yet invigorating manner that I think we can all get something out of it. I hope things do change. I’m still trying to nurture my creative brain back to it’s full, [...]

Magic Monday

Make yourself some magic.

Monday: Write a personals ad for your ideal fictional mate. Make it as silly as you want!

Quirky contradiction seeks theatrical sushi-lover with at least 80% brain functionality. Must love cult films & fancy desserts, identifying constellations & playfully sparring wits. Must be comfortable with spontaneous weirdness. Married men, wall street types [...]

Daily Monsters

Steve Loya's Splotch Monster 305 from July 30th 2010

Don’t you love it when you stumble across someone who shares one of your weird quirks? When I lived in New York, I used to find hearts everywhere- in coffee spills, pigeon crap, tattered remains of advertisements posted on scaffolding; New York sent me love notes [...]

Magic Monday

Magic is everywhere!

Monday: Learn a useless trick like business card throwing. It might come in handy if you’re trying to get hired somewhere. What if you could bypass the process of throwing your resume into the black hole of online application systems & throw your business cards into an open window until someone has [...]

Magic Monday

Monday: Burn down Hot Topic (not literally, of course). This makes  me nostalgic for  my goth days.

Tuesday: Check out 30 Habits that will Change Your Life. Pick one & implement it immediately.

Wednesday: If you’re throwing a dinner party soon or just want to plan for a future life, here is the best, most thorough article [...]

Saturday Sweets

Ooh! New feature! Welcome to Saturday Sweets. Every Saturday from now on, I’ll post something positive, inspirational or just something to make you smile. Saturday Sweets are my love notes to you, macaroons!

Magic Monday

Monday: Write sporadic thank you notes to random objects in your life that make you smile.

Tuesday: Open these two links one after another in a new tab: Link 1, Link 2. Don’t visit them, just listen.

Wednesday: @now =Today (live it to its maximum potential)

Thursday: I’m pretty sure Chatroulette is the creepiest thing ever, but I am [...]