The troof

You lied to me friend. But for my own good. Because of your lie, I continued to believe that I was a good caretaker of plants and now it is one of my favorite hobbies. I have so many houseplants that I have to keep some at my brother's house because I don't have enough natural-light-filled windows to...

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How to be creative

Well shit. I don't know. I pulled out the old guitar recently. That didn't last long. So now I'm looking for something else.All I really want to do is write a book. I want to live in a cabin for 3 months and write a book. But that creativity issue is really a problem for me. I think to myself, "self,...

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Shwing

It's time.The rebirth.I got a job and quit this one. Now I'm going to try to do both.It rained today. It rained so hard I wished for snow. I wished for anything else that wouldn't fill my fragile boots with soggy, squishy water-logged socks. I realized how much harder it is to drive in rain than snow. You can't see anything. And the inside of your car gets really foggy. And puddles make you lose control....

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Who says money can't buy it?

I've never been more tired. And I've never wanted a real life more than today. Went to a dinner party. This dinner party was on the 30th floor penthouse of a building on the south waterfront. Yeah, I have a friend who lives in a penthouse. And my, is it ever amazing. He had such a wonderful group of friends over. Some of them had kids, some of them had boyfriends or girlfriends, some of them had gray...

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Portland bust

I don't want you to have a mustache.I don't want you to only ride a bike.I don't want you to be a vegan.I don't think it's cute for you to write your robot profile in binary code.Beer is cool and all, but there are other things to have strong feelings about.Dating in Portland is like trying to weed your way through a corn maze, but you know Jack Nickolson is waiting somewhere in there with an ax and...

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One man's trash is trash

I floated the Clackamas river this weekend. My, oh my, did I have fun. I went there assuming "floating" meant the same as it does in Bend: jump on your floaty, hook onto your friends and casually float down the river for an hour and a half. I wasn't prepared for a three hour float with rapids and constant paddling. Once I detached myself from the others and removed my watch (safely placing it around...

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My temper

Today I blasted my way home from work on I-5 with Temper Trap. I sort of cried a little bit. And then I'd get all "I can do anything" and then I'd tear up a little bit again. Driving on I-5 late at night toward my new house is kind of awesome. I get to look at the city across the river and then as I...

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Inspiration, tweet sized

I've had a tab to my blog open on my web browser for three weeks now. Every day I intend to write in it and find an excuse not to ("Oh, I should watch that episode of Entourage I downloaded," "I'm going to browse some jobs," "I'm going to endlessly read Facebook updates"). So then, I sort of gave up...

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Meaning of Liff

Why do I hate change so much? I'm moving out this week and the same old feelings of anxiety have returned. I'm happy in my life. I love my friends and I really like Portland. There is no reason I shouldn't be excited about a new opportunity to live in a new part of the city at a great new house. But...

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Fond Farewell to a Fish

Magical batfishYou let us all pet your scalesAre you fish or cat?Ruler of the "sea"You shocked your enemies deadYou just wanted friendsGiant empty tankStarry and crabby miss youDo fish have heaven?Farewell, sweet Batty. We'll miss you.Dramatic? Yes. But really, it's so weird how a fish can feel like...

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First boys, then job, then blog

That was my intended order of operations for the evening. I deviated somewhat and chose blog before job. I'll get to applying to that sushi restaurant later...I decided a little over a month ago to try online dating, but seeing as how I'm unemployed, opted for the free site OkCupid. There are a surprising number of decent guys on there. But man, is it time-consuming. Someone once said to me (actually,...

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Everybody's working for the weekend (except me)

So far I've managed to completely neglect my idea of starting a blog. I've been majorly focused on looking for a job the past week. A whirlwind of interviews that ended with the usual, "we are very impressed with you, but just decided to go with someone with more experience" and restaurants that "aren't...

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Sweet, sweet chasm of interweb glory

Here is another blog. It's not pretty and I'm not quite sure what to do with it yet. But I decided it was time I adopt yet another online habit to ensure I fall deeper and deeper into the abyss of internet gratification (go outside damn it!) In part, I'm doing it for professional reasons. In part, because...

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