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“A step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.” Kurt Vonnegut

October 19, 2012by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

I normally spend my Friday lunch hour on the couch at my therapist’s office.  I’ve been seeing her for a while and she is obviously earning her money.  She is […]

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“You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.” Jonathan Safran Foer

October 16, 2012by librocubicultarist 1 Comment

It’s been a fairly dark few days.  Despite a lot of good things happening, and a lot of progress forward in my job and relationships, I’ve had a hard time.  […]

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“Life is not whatnot, and it’s none of your business” Molly Ringwald

October 8, 2012by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

–        Shockingly, I was not able to fix the frigging toilet, but I did manage to make a very impressive mess of the whole thing.  Plumber comes at 5 and […]

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“Sleep is not on good terms with broken hearts. It will have nothing to do with them.” Christopher Pike

October 5, 2012by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

I’m so effing tired I think I’m going to fall over.  It’s been a very long week traveling for work and sitting in meetings and trainings for eight hours at […]

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“Flirting is a woman’s trade, one must keep in practice.” Charlotte Bronte

October 1, 2012by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

I’m a terrible flirt.  No, not like when you say someone is a terrible flirt, as in they flirt a lot.  I literally flirt terribly.  I am seriously about one […]

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“To live is to war with trolls.” Henrik Ibsen

September 18, 2012by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

I’m having a feud with my neighbors.  It is exactly like the Hatfields and the McCoys, or the east coast/west coast rap thing, except it’s in Orange County (they moved […]

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“I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can’t stop eating peanuts.” Orson Welles

September 16, 2012by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

You know those people who never watch tv?  Those friends of yours that say “I just don’t have time for television, I don’t know what you are talking about” when […]

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“I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.” Charlotte Bronte

September 13, 2012by librocubicultarist 1 Comment

Alternate titles of blog post?  “I am a rock, I am an island” or “F*^k you, Target!” After this horrific breakup, I have been trying to make over my life […]

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“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” Oscar Wilde

September 10, 2012by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

The insomnia is largely my fault.  I am exhausted, mentally and physically, I can barely keep my eyes open.  But when I crawl into bed (new expensive hotel-type mattress delivered […]

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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all. ~William Thackeray

September 7, 2012by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

Are you happy now?  It’s all ruined.  Love is officially dead. I’m so sad to hear that two of my favorite celebrities, Amy Poehler and Will Arnett, are getting a […]

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    “It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” ― Oscar WildeIt’s been a while since I’ve posted because A. I have run out of ways to describe that book I’ve read fifty times now about the girl who marries the guy and then he turns out to be a psycho and B. I’m embarrassed that I can’t stop buying and rea […]
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