startswithanx | June 30, 2008
**It’s moving week for Jake and I so don’t expect the regular heartbreaking works of staggering genius for a good seven days or so. Well, either that or never.
Words you least want to hear from your boyfriend as you lay next to him in bed on a Friday night: “Is it weird that I kind [...]
startswithanx | June 27, 2008
When I came home from work the other day, my doorbell rang. Jake and I don’t know our neighbors, Heathcliff considers unannounced visits about as polite as a drive-by shooting and our friends have better things to do than pop in on a Wednesday during happy hour.
So, the doorbell took me by surprise.
As I opened [...]
startswithanx | June 26, 2008
I know a chick who spiral perms her hair. No, you don’t need to check the date on this post to see if it was written in 1987, this chick spiral perms her hair in 2008.
She also rocks stone washed jeans and Doc Marten shoes. You see where I’m going with this.
I also know a [...]
startswithanx | June 25, 2008
If you watched Oprah yesterday, you saw this woman collecting praise for her status as a comedic “legend.”
If you have high definition television, you couldn’t possibly pay attention to Carol Burnett’s ear tugging or Tarzan yells.
Not because they’re as impressive as your uncle Stan’s quarter-behind -the-ear trick but because of homegirl’s neck.
That thing made me [...]
startswithanx | June 24, 2008
This is a story about an unforgivable offense. Harriett was the criminal; I was the victim. It goes a little something like this:
Harriet’s parents were by no means wealthy; they just had more money to give Harriett than my parents could give me. I was the third of four kids; she was an only [...]