Month: February 2011

  • Picture a thirty-something Asian man from California who went to West Point Academy and served as an Army Captain in Afghanistan. Now picture him living in Cincinnati and working with my boyfriend. Picture them hitting it off through a mutual love of practical jokes and other ridiculous things (like a giant poster of David Hasselhoff…

  • Happy things

    Cute & delicious sendoff cookies from my coworkers Me and the pup on my first day as a full-time writer (One of us was working hard, one of us was hardly working…)

  • Last days

    1. I can’t even begin to tell you how ready I was to leave Texas. To put high school behind me. My senior year was unusually full of Suck (although in fairness to my friends, there was a decent amount of Wonderful too) and I needed a fresh start. So my parents and I loaded…

  • Shedding

    On the eve of my last day of work, and on the first day of the Chinese New Year, I came home to find my leopard gecko shedding her skin. The symbolism didn’t escape me. (Please ignore my obnoxious commentary…) … My mom called me during dinner and said, Gong xi fa cai! That’s the…

  • Heart flutter

    I’ve got to admit that I’ve been happier than I have been in a long time. And it’s not because I have deal prospects or whatever. It’s because I love what I’m writing, and my opinion is really the only one I can control. So I will write what I makes me smile, what make my…