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Where do you live:: Oakland, CA

Relationship Status:: Married

About Me:: 27, recently married, a marginally employed library student; detailing my journey to figure out WTF I am doing with my life and the distractions along the way.

Website:: http://parentheticalthoughts.wordpress.com/

Age:: 27

How long have you been blogging:: Six months

Fill in the blank: "People who like _________ will love my blog!": the Bee Gees

What makes you different from other bloggers?: I'm married but I'm far from settled. I like fashion but I can't afford it. I want to be a librarian but I think I like the internet more than I like books.

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Cheap Eats: Fried (Brown) Rice

Posted on March 4, 2009 at 8:33pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

Today has been one of the most frustratingly unproductive days of my life. I'm past the honeymoon phase with graduate school, and into the heart of the marriage, as it were. Not having other distractions like a job is starting to work against me. I can spend all day staring at my computer screen, trying to write a paper while being distracted by any number of blogs, gossip and news sites I feel the need to check compulsively. Fie on you, Google Reader! I was a better student back in 2004, when… Continue

Sober is the New...

Posted on March 4, 2009 at 7:54pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

I'm not a big drinker, and never have been. I've had phases of life where I drink multiple times a week, but these days I can go a month or more without a drop passing my lips. I enjoy a glass of wine or a good beer, but I never really need either to enjoy myself, or enjoy a meal. Instead, I tend to adopt the drinking practices of those around me.

Before I moved in with my husband, I shared a house with a woman in cute little house in east(ish)… Continue