if you came back i promise i'd believe everything this time. that i was amazing that you were luckythat this was meant to beinstead of just the part where you promised it would never end.

When writing the "heart on your sleeve" random facts I got curious about other people's crushes, so I emailed Jay and Xian and Lucas. Or rather, I took over an email thread that was going on and popped my question: How old were you when you

six random facts that either tell you everything about me or tell you nothing at all (the heart on your sleeve edition) 1) I was knocked down by my first crush when I was six years old. Bo Duke, from The Dukes of Hazzard.The blond one; I had no use

"Go home and write!" Jay X told me at at 5:30 today. "You've got fifteen more minutes. It's raining. There's nothing else you have to do. Forget your work and just go home." She was right, I should. And she was an example; she'

Today Xian sent a few of us a Japanese twist on an old riddle, along with the following instructions: Everybody has to cross the river - The following rules apply: Only 2 persons on the raft at a time

I wrote this, so Austin Mike wrote this: Short Girl Army. And it is wonderful."And you will produce magnificent failures of cringing embarrassment amidsta continuous series of small glories"Oh it is true. My whole life has been focused on t

I have fallen in love and my new boyfriend's name is coffee. Specifically, Dunkin Donuts Strawberry Iced Mocha Lattes. Basically, as far from coffee flavor as you can get and still drink coffee. I'm addicted. Sadly, the closest DD is ten blocks from

fun websites you probably already know about:Overheard in New York

Drunken hour one: Party with your girl Dre and enjoy the sun and breeze and middle-aged woman in the skin-tight, see-through lycra dress. Nipples!Drunken hour two: More wine.Drunken hour three: Drunken hour four:Drunken hour five: Drunken hour six:

I took the F train to Coney Island today, to see a Cyclones game with the derby girls. The long ride there meant I finally got a chance to write, an hour of uninterrupted time for scribbling. As the train moved on I glanced up every now and again to

When I was a child I never took anything apart. All my toys were kept as close to their original condition as I could manage - Barbies had all their shoes, Star Wars action figures had all their guns, board games had all their pieces. 

beware of a girl with more photo albums than books. beware of me.

On Wednesday night I was catching up with old friends and acquaintances I hadn't seen in ages. One girl asked me what was new and I recounted the ups and downs of the last two months, including the story of the sailor leaving. "He said he was ma

The problem with a life philosophy of constant self-improvement is that you must continually be thinking that something's wrong with you.

I'd set the alarm for 6:45am and packed my bags the night before, in between the rabble rousing, but still ended up awake and anxious at 6:20. I could hear Meg getting ready to go and knew that there'd be no sleep or anything else for the day,

We started off with brunch with the groom, but all the alcohol was making it hard for me to eat much of anything, so the waffles went half-finished. Nick and I’d gotten there late anyway. It was the warmest day so far, not raining for once, so thou

Sometimes all you need to get through and gain perspective is a little hair of the dog that bit you. For hangovers and other things.

We woke up freezing and hungover and walked under the impending rain clouds to the dining cabin where a beautiful waitress served us huge plates of delicious food. After coffee and eggs, everything was right with the world.

I was grumpy and tired and needed to check my email to assuage fears and be productive. The mountains weren't calling out to me, and I felt bad about that too. Too distracted, too preoccupied. So Meg and Kiara dropped me at the lousy coffee shop and

We had time to kill between brunch with the groom-to-be and the arrival of Wisconsin, so we followed Kiara's directions to the Celestial Seasonings factory tour, pointing out prairie dogs along the way. We’d heard about the Mint Room, where boxes o

My bus ticket was for Tuesday night, 7pm, which would’ve allowed plenty of time to get to Boston and get some sleep and have a leisurely brunch with Meg before we hit the airport for our 1:40pm Wednesday flight. But the forgotten keys meant that no

I left my keys at the rink. I didn’t mean to. You never do. It was a sweaty, exhausting practice and we were all a little loopy/ Plus, I had other things on my mind. Mainly, my bus trip to Boston the next day and my plane trip to Boulder on Wednesd

Jay X just came to my door, all giddy. "You have to come with me!" she said. "Okay," I said. "Where?" It turns out that one of our authors was visiting the office and the editorial staff decided to have a breakfast meet-

Many weeks ago the company Jay X and I work for had a promotional contest (loosely tied to the subplot of some action mystery thriller bestseller type thing). Send them your list of the Top Ten Rock Songs of All Time, and you could win an iPod shuffl

from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Editiondil*et*tante \'di-le-,tant. -tant: ,di-la'\ n. pl. -tantes or -tan-ti \-'tan-te, -'tan-te\ [It. fr. prp. of dilettare to delight. fr. L dilectare --- more at DELIGHT] (1748) 1 : an admirer or