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It hurt like a punch to the chest. Worse, like a punch that left a gaping hole into which corrosive sludge was poured, dripping into my veins and spreading through my system. It wouldn’t paralyze me, I knew that. It wasn’t as bad as that one, the one that left me bleeding out. But it was still pretty bad. Bad enough to summon muscle memory: the jagged hack in my throat that would lead to the tears, the buckling knees, glazed eyes, and heavy limbs. But he was a good guy, a nice guy.…

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Oh sweet Valentine’s day

What can I say about you,

Like a flying sparrow

Cupid sent his arrow

Aiming for my heart mass

It just got Gherkin’s ass,

continue....

I woke up cautiously, one bleary eye at a time, cracking open like iron doors nearly vacuumed shut by centuries of rust. There was my misbehaving phone, my rings and watch on the night stand, my keys. And there was my bare chest spilling over the blanket’s edge. Oh no. I knew I’d acted a total fool last night and the nakedness was not a good sign. My head still spun from the shots a friendly bartender had slung my way between pitchers of shitty beer and my stomach ached from the food I…

So...England was fantastic.  But it will take me a million years to tell you all those stories, so give me some time.  The England posts are coming, I promise.

Meantime...I have an announcement.  I'm moving.…

Last night, I did something I hadn’t done since I was about fourteen or fifteen. Back before I became self-consciously aware of how cliched my teen angst was. That’s the upside to being too old to blame things on being a teenager: you can do things for your own reasons. So I indulged my melodramatic side. I shut off all the lights and lay in the dark. Then I turned up wailing, angsty in music loud in my headphones until I was drowning in it. The outside world faded into the background and I…

Second day of DIY Valentine's Day gifts for him! Check out todays post to see how to create a giant Valentine's card. Stay tuned for the next four days on how to make a custom photo frame, a gift and date in one with perks for you, and for the guys, what gifts women want.

Check out the post below!

xoxo…

It’s not often that you pose a theoretical question and then immediately find it realized in a practical situation. But one thing I’ve learned about God, the universe, and everything that you might call it: it has a sense of humor. I, however, was not in the mood for its pranks as I stumbled blindly towards my bed where I collapsed facedown after a day that started at six in the morning, included losing my MetroCard, performing a resurrection on my phone, and ended with a beer (or two) too…

Lately I've been noticing a lot of commercials that Bell has been sponsoring for their Let's Talkcampaign. In case you don't want to click the link, what they're doing is that every text message sent and long distance call made today, Bell will donate 5 cents to mental health programs. One of their intentions is to erase some of the negative stigmatism behind depression and to get people talking about…

(x-posted at Liquor, Loans, and Love: Legends of Quarter Life Crisis)

My mom adores me. I am her only child, and I am pretty awesome. None of this is up for debate.

But she never misses an opportunity to bowl me directly under a bus if she can help it.



Such an opportunity arose on Christmas Eve, when we travelled home for the holidays.



I touched down in Atlanta and headed straight to the…

From now till Feb. 14 I will be featuring do it yourself Valentine's Day gifts for him. These gifts are cheap and easy to make and won't take a lot of time, but are sure to please the special guy in your life!

Check out my first post below on valentine red velvet cupcakes!

http://xxsplitendsxx.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/diy-valenines-day-gifts-for-him/

You guys remember the episode of Sex and the City when Carrie freaks out about Aidan not wanting to have sex with her? It had been something like a week and he still hadn’t tried to get into her pants, so something must be wrong! Did he just want to be friends? Was he gay? Did he have a tiny/curved/funky-looking penis he was afraid to show off? Of course, eventually Aidan revealed that he simply wanted to romance Carrie, takes things slow and get to the hanky panky when there was a real…

Educating the know-it-all: http://wp.me/p1egs9-pi

Traveling always comes with a bit of insanity.  Traveling takes a bit of insanity.  Conclusion:  I am insane.



Proof?  The following.





Setting the scene for a lovely and relaxing Saturday spent in downtown Fort-de-France.  The ocean and the pier on one side, a view onto the boats and Trois-Islets on the other side of the bay.



Discovery of a North-American style coffee shop (give or take),…

There’s an old superstition that to have a good sex life, your bed shouldn’t be pushed up against the wall. The idea behind it is that if only one person can climb into your bed (because only one side is open) then there’s only ever going to be one person in your bed. You’re also not supposed to have the foot of your bed facing the door because that’s how they carry you out when you die, but that’s another superstition entirely. Now, my bed happens to be firmly wedged into the far corner of…

As a blogger, it is essential to have the basic essentials. You can never be a pro on what you are doing if you are not equipped with the basics.

So what does every blogger need?

• The blogger itself
• Money 
• Pen and…

Not exactly the best post to start off in the community with but oh well... go read all about my woes on my blog:

http://meinmode.blogspot.com/2012/02/we-should-be-making-hay.html

Xo