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urban motherhood

This is rant of first-world proportions.   I guess it really begins with the fact that a bunch of idiot supervisors here in the city are saying “oh why are middle-class families leaving the city, we don’t understand.”  Let’s see, … Continue reading

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the ides of March

This day sucks.  I hate it every fucking year. I hate how I don’t really believe in anything anymore.  That one person’s decision to off himself just killed that hopeful idealistic part of me that seventeen years of my asshole … Continue reading

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a brief missive

Mia is eight months old.  I am taking two classes, cooking all of our food from scratch, keeping the house (mostly) clean and stretching myself so thin I can barely think.  J has four contract jobs and we work from … Continue reading

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bad at posting regularly

But how is one to post when one has Mandarin to do, food to cook, work to do and a baby to raise?  Especially when that baby has gotten four COUNT THEM four teeth in two weeks.  The fifth of … Continue reading

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how liberal am I?

Oh that’s a good question.  If you’d asked before Mia was born, I’d probably say very.  Then I had a kid. This is not to say I don’t support things like the right to marry the person you love and … Continue reading

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up late..

But considering Mia decided 9:30 was a good bedtime (just as I finished dinner, so I guess it was), she’ll be down for the count for awhile. Miss Moo will be seven months tomorrow.  Or rather today.  I CANNOT believe … Continue reading

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frustration

I keep blowing up at J. There are a few reasons for this.  Earlier tonight I was trying to study Mandarin and he had to ask if there was any more chocolate.  I was doing a listen and write exercise … Continue reading

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a few words about my lovely girl

I should stop and post an update about Mia.  A few minutes to reflect on my rapidly growing beauty of a child. She’s eating solid food now.  Or rather mushy food.  She likes sweet things more than other stuff, so … Continue reading

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hectic days

I barely have time to post.  Or look at fb – I wonder who has time to look at fb anymore. I’m only on the computer at night and rarely have time to look at it on my phone. Today: … Continue reading

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love

This is part one of three posts, but they are all separate… Love is the highest calling.  To live your life with each act consciously an act of love should be one’s goal. Yes, I wrote that. My BF left … Continue reading

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