Presenting: People Who Need to be Bitch Slapped

startswithanx | November 26, 2008

I’m sick. And so is my phone. And so is my blog.
The first comes in the form of nausea and a fever. Yeah, perfect timing, huh? For a woman like me to fall ill just before the biggest eating day of the year is truly tragic. I’m talking “Romeo & Juliet” stuff here.
As for the [...]

Things that Bug Me

startswithanx | November 21, 2008

1. People who don’t hold the door when you’re two steps behind them. This is on the same level as littering. It’s just wrong.
2. People who hold the door when you’re so far away you have to run. How courteous of you to make me run in these heels and break a sweat with my [...]

Counter Clockwise Swirls

startswithanx | November 20, 2008

Mornings at our house are … interesting. And by interesting I mean fucked up.
As I primp and get dressed, Jake “sleeps.” I say sleeps the way Britney Spears would — with cute little quotation marks — because I have trouble believing he really is sleeping most times. See, Jake and mornings get along about as [...]

The Gym: Where the Wild Things Are

startswithanx | November 17, 2008

Since Jake and I started going to the gym I’ve realized there are two kinds of people that spoil my exercise experience. Strippers who doll up for the stairmaster are not one of them. In fact, I perk up a little when I see one and hope she gets on the machine in front of [...]

To the Best Boyfriend (and the Best Ass). Ever.

startswithanx | November 13, 2008

Ever since I broke down two weeks ago in one of those raging, “I’m fat and ugly” kind of fits most men know not to go near, I’ve re-discovered how much Jake loves me. He sat on our bed and acted as my human hanky.
My self-esteem collapsed in front of him that day and every [...]