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How Losing 40lbs Made People Hit On Me

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There are a lot of universal truths in life.  You know, the fact that it’s easier to get a job when you have a job, the toast will always land butter side down, and apparently, guys are all about looks. Let me explain.  In the past couple months I’ve been working out.  You can read about why I’ve been working out over here but it’s definitely not to get the attention of guys.  I have dropped around 41lbs, and definitely slimmed down, although [Click Comments To Continue]

Kickboxing, Children, and an Uncertain Future

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As many of you know, at least those of you of on facebook, I have been on a recent kick (ha!) to lose weight.  I have been eating healthy, and I joined my local Title Boxing club and try to go three times a week (at least). What many of you don’t know was the motivation behind it.  It all started around my birthday, I found myself having these horrible night sweats.  At first, I just thought it was because I was constantly saying at Amr’s house, [Click Comments To Continue]

I’m Like Jay-Z With My Fake Retirements

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“It’s the oldest story in the book. One day you’re 17 and planning for someday, and then quietly and without you really noticing, someday is today. And then, someday is yesterday. And this is your life.” I started blogging when I was in my teens, but it didn’t really get popular until I was 17 or so.  Since then I have journeyed to college, graduated from college, moved to Madison, Wisconsin, moved back to DC.  I’ve excelled professionally, [Click Comments To Continue]

It’s Here! It’s Here! The release of Abandon!

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So uh, as you may have known if you follow me, I wrote a novel.  This is a fairly impressive feat for me for two reasons: 1.  I have the attention span of a gnat.  When I first started this blog Ashley even told me she didn’t think I’d make it a month.  Yet here I am, publishing my own novel. 2.  It’s been a life long dream of mine.  It’s not one that I actually perused with any seriousness until a month ago, and now I’ve done it.  So, [Click Comments To Continue]

5 Things Guys Do In Bed I Love

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Back in March, I wrote a post about 5 Things Guys Do In Bed I Hate.  At the time, I was fresh out of the relationship from hell that I had basically stayed in because I was afraid to sleep with anyone else.  On my birthday, because my friend Mary was awesome enough to lend me her bed, and my boyfriend got me drunk enough that my insecurities were gone, I managed to overcome those phobia’s and get back in the saddle.  (Oh - euphemisms.)  I totally [Click Comments To Continue]

The Pussification of Men – Part 2: The Man Who Never Leaves Home

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If you didn’t, please go ahead and read the first post in this series before continuing on to this post.   So, as I showed yesterday traditionally, women have been the ones to stay at home and take care of children – and men have been the ones to go out into the world and provide for the family.  Today, I’m focusing on a staggering segment of men as an example of how this world view is changing rapidly. This segment of men is the segment that [Click Comments To Continue]

The Boyfriend Application

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Recently, on facebook I was invited to an event by a guy that I’m not actually that good of friends with.  He’s a bar person – someone I met at the bar and added on facebook because we had a shit ton of mutual friends.  I don’t actually like him, or you know, any of his friends, so I was surprised when a notification came across saying I had been invited to the event, “Girlfriend Application”.  Apparently, he invited everyone on his friends list, [Click Comments To Continue]

5 Things Guys Do In Bed That I Hate

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Now that I’m over the initial crying my eyes out every night phase of the break up with Zack, I’m starting to think of the realities of my life without him – and one thing is bringing me dread more than anything else.  The prospect of actually sleeping with someone else besides him is pretty much the most annoying and frightening experience ever.  You see, from the first time that Zack and I hooked up (drunkenly, on Christmas Eve) we were pretty [Click Comments To Continue]

I Wish The Zombie Apocalypse Would Happen

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I spend a lot of time wishing something like the zombie apocalypse would actually happen.  Really, I’ll take any sort of disaster like Yellowstone erupting, a massive flood that destroys half the world, or anything that will throw humanity into mortal peril. Part of this is because I’m a cocky SOB and I totally think I could survive any major event like that as long as I had enough warning to survive the initial attack.  For instance, a nuclear [Click Comments To Continue]