Liz

Last night, I was hanging out at Cafe Coco with a new acquaintance, a Nashville-area writer with whom (among other things) I was discussing the first novels we remember reading. I was talking about a book my second-grade teacher, Mrs. Vaughn, read to us. I’ve never been able to remember the name of the book, …

Why do people who live hundreds of miles away from me keep sending me IMs when I log on to OK Cupid? I so don’t understand.

I should be writing a final right now — it’s due soon, and I have a lot of writing in my immediate future. Thank goodness I think fast, am naturally good at organizing my thoughts on the fly, and write even faster. So, a blog! Why not?! I am endlessly — ENDLESSLY — amused by …

I love the verb smart. So often, smart is used as an adjective (or a little ditty, S-M-R-T!)… rarely do I hear anyone use the verb form, which is too bad. I’m smarting this morning, which by definition means something happened I wasn’t expecting. I generally abhor surprises, and this is no different.

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First, I made some dinner tonight using my stainless steel (but fully absent nonstick coating) skillet, and while I was stirring the simmering yumminess and noticed some pieces were sticking to the bottom (but not burning, ’cause I was alert to this possibility and taking preventative action), it occurred to me how nice it was …

Post-first-date communication is a tricky business. There are definitely good ways to follow up, and less-good ways. I’ve had some, ah, *interesting* experiences the last 10 days or so. The absolute worst first-date follow-up I’ve had recently was the guy who should have called me with relative haste, but from whom I haven’t heard a …

Sometimes, I get a little glimmer into how someone else’s brain works, and most of the time, I’m utterly fascinated. Other times, I’m horrified. Count this as the latter. Holy fuck.

I watched Ghost Town today, and it was super cute and laugh-out-loud funny, at least for me. Plus, what a great cast — I love Greg Kinnear, Ricky Gervais did a bang-up job, and everyone loves Tea Leoni! Aasif Mandvi also had a significant role, and he just cracks me up. 🙂 Here’s probably my …

Excuse me while I’m deliberately vague. I have been wanting to write a blog post all week that included the words “fuck you” in the title, with a further reference to a certain someone who shall remain nameless, but it just feels like publicly acknowledging my frustration, anger, and sheer pissed-off-ness at said person would …