January 2010
14 posts
On Girls and Boys (Who) Like Holden
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn’t happen much, though.” - J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye (RIP)
Anything I write about Salinger or The Catcher in the Rye won’t do it justice...
“Dating is like the casino. You have to feel when to stop—that you will not...”
– Another Momism, that may or may not get deleted as soon as she sees this post.
(Note: My mother is hilarious and brilliant and not nearly as absurd as her Momisms make her sound, but man is she quote-worthy. I’m starting to suspect that if anyone in my family is a writer, it’s her....
It’s alarming to realize how much the organization of your purse reflects The Extent to Which You Have Your Shit Together at precisely the moment your eyes land on the three purses on the floor, all black leather grab-bags of—among other things—crumpled receipts, loose change, pills and vitamins, expired coupons from Express (they had a great sale this past June if you were...
Log On, Get Off
Speaking of online dating, this piece I wrote for The Frisky on specialty dating sites just went up:
Whether you’re looking to play mistress to a married man, be a farmer’s ho(e), or find your soul mate, there’s a dating site for you. A roundup of where to go to get what you want.
Eternal Solitude It Is!
The last two emails in my OKCupid inbox:
“is ur father a terrorist cuz dawm ur the bomb” “mm hmm johnny tomatoes”
Man, I don’t know why people are so resistant to online dating. Diamonds in the rough, I’m tellin’ ya.
“Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much...”
– Anne Lamott
“Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and...”
– Anne Lamott
(I’m feeling quotey this week. You know how it is.)
Skillet on the stove is such a temptation, maybe...
I read Postsecret every Sunday morning, first thing when I wake up, often even before I have my coffee. And sometimes the secrets stay with me all day, all of these heartbreaking confessions and desperate cries for help. Today—and I’m not sure why this didn’t come to me sooner—I started to wonder how many of them are actually sent in by emo, angsty pre-teens, professions of...
“I try to write the books I would love to come upon, that are honest, concerned...”
– Anne Lamott