Monthly Archives: May 2009

Quarterlife

By Erin | Published: May 27, 2009

I think I’m having a quarterlife crisis. Or at least a quarterlife funk. Let me be completely honest here by saying I’ve always thought quarterlife crises were ridiculous, the twentysomething’s version of emo, our lip piercings and heavy eyeliner. So, I suppose it’s appropriate that now I’m finding myself smack dab in the middle of [...]

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Sometimes it’s nice just to talk about American Idol

By Erin | Published: May 21, 2009

Here is the week. Monday: Congo. Tuesday: Congo. Wednesday: Congo. Thursday: We’ll see, but let’s guess Congo. I’ve been talking to people, writing, thinking, cleaning the mirrors. For some reason, grocery shopping has become the chore I forget most often. And then I go to the kitchen to get something to eat, and that’s when [...]

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First Love

By Erin | Published: May 19, 2009

Marianne told me once that you always love the first place you travel to. We were in Japan when she said this, sneaking extra glances at a cute monk in a Tokyo temple. It was my first time overseas, and I assumed Japan would be “that place.” And it was, in a way, and I’d [...]

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Eve Ensler: Congo

By Erin | Published: May 18, 2009

Read the whole article here. This is on CNN.com today, written by Eve Ensler. Excerpt: “I was in Bosnia during the war in 1994 when it was discovered there were rape camps where white women were being raped. Within two years there was adequate intervention. Yet, in Congo, femicide has continued for 12 years. Why? [...]

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“Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.” (Thoreau)

By Erin | Published: May 16, 2009

Last night, Jesse took me out for a belated “just-us” birthday celebration. We ate at a somewhat-pricey Italian restaurant and then saw a musical adaptation of Big. We don’t eat at “fancy” restaurants often. We just can’t afford it. When we were in college we ate at fancier places than we do now–funny how having [...]

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