Liz

There are times when I go into a first whatever not knowing what’s going to happen, unsure how things will pan out, hence justifying my disinclination to specify what sort of “whatever” it might be. And then there are times when I just, well, *know* how it’s going to go. I can see the path …

Occasionally, it happens: You feel yourself trusting someone, and feel yourself trusting that you’re not making everything up, that it’s not an illusion. And then you don’t worry about time quite so much, or wonder if everything’s going to get all fucked up if you blink and look away for a few minutes. You’re genuinely …

Talking about my research to people who ask good questions and seem genuinely curious about the questions I ask Teaching the Electoral College (or anything to do with elections, really) Conversations about camping Being a yoga genius at the warrior pose (but not the tree pose, which I suck at) Radnor Lake in springtime My …

I’ve blogged about my absolutely favorite perfume (une touche de nafnaf) before, but what I failed to mention is that I’ve spent most of the last 12 or 14 years engaging in some really serious rationing of the lone bottle I’ve got. I love it so much, but it’s impossible to find anymore, having long …

Sitting on the patio at Cafe Coco until 3:30 a.m. Observing the asymmetrical nail patterns in a sign for a place called Symmetry Trying to come up with a palindrome for the concept of symmetry Being right about a word’s meaning, in spite of myself Camping in tents Joe Rogan Bach “A Walk in the …

I now knew how pointless it was trying to pretend that I didn’t still feel something for her. It didn’t make sense to love her. I’d weighed the pros and cons a million times, and the results were always the same: I needed her. She was no good for me, she didn’t want me to …

Indeed.

…this would be the title track. And I really, really, really needed to listen to this song tonight.

In early December 2008, my world was rocked when someone came into my life who completely changed the way I saw the world. And then, said person disappeared without any warning or explanation. I was devastated. Today, some 14 months later, I got my long-overdue heartfelt (and convincing) apology. Better late than never, eh?