Inside my car is my favorite place to be. I love driving. But I’m also very fond of sleeping and showering and eating but my bed, my bathroom and my kitchen are not my favorite places. There’s more to it than just the placement of my hand on the wheel and my foot on the… [Read more…]
January 9, 2012
Did you know: that grass turns brown in the winter? Did you know: that birds fly south when it gets cold? Did you know: that you probably don’t know where every dish in your parents’ kitchen belongs? Of course you know. It’s common sense. You’re no idiot. You know these things. But do you know… [Read more…]
December 7, 2011
When I was 15 and learning how to drive, I used to worry about driving too fast or too far for my headlights to catch up to me. I would be driving down the street in a straight line and think – once I take that curve up ahead, won’t I be driving out of… [Read more…]
November 16, 2011
I was reading my textbook for Management 301 a couple weeks ago, a chapter about attitudes and personality. It said that after someone hits 30 years old, their personality profile will change very little over time. My first thought: I only have 10 years to become who I want to be. I’ve spent the last… [Read more…]
October 31, 2011
I was a little taken aback by the “Pure Michigan” sign at the Ohio/Michigan border. In my personal opinion, the “Great lakes. Great times.”slogan was much catchier. And not only was my untrained marketing mind alerted by the switch, it was a little strange knowing that after leaving Michigan, it didn’t remain the same. Strange,… [Read more…]
August 29, 2011
I wrote this over two months ago. I put off posting it because it makes me sound like a bitch. But as the same neighbor I reference below told me, if that’s what I am, then I might as well own it. So, after a summer-long delay, here goes: What is the universal language? Laughter?… [Read more…]
August 22, 2011
That song actually makes me think of a time before college. Before roommates, learning my way around campus, actually having to study for exams, paying rent to a landlord and killing a cockroach in my bathroom (with a high heel). It reminds me of a time before UD, but not long before. Mid-August, the weekend… [Read more…]
August 8, 2011
My mother recently texted me, inquiring about my best friend’s home address. This is a best friend whose family lives in my old hometown in Michigan. Though born and raised in Coldwater like myself, she didn’t move into her current house until we were sophomores in high school. To make sure I was giving my… [Read more…]
July 26, 2011
Yesterday I sat in an empty cubicle at work, leafing through a UD yearbook from 1968. I was looking for two specific pictures for a piece I was writing, and I found them. Amidst captions about the Vietnam War and slide rules. But I didn’t find them before I endured page after page of goosebump-inducing, scary… [Read more…]
July 11, 2011
My how things change. How time flies. How everything is different in the blink of an eye. Or 5,744,640 blinks, because humans blink approximately 15,360 times a day (if you’re getting eight hours of sleep) and I’m talking about a period of 374 days. That’s the number of days that passed between writing a blog… [Read more…]
January 19, 2012
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