Category Archives: Apartments & Other Domiciles

5 Reasons To Watch “Jeff Who Lives At Home”

Warning! Bits o’ spoilers about the movie below, but nothing too detrimental, IMO! So once again, Josh found out about a movie I’d never heard of, only this time, we were supposed to see it in the theater, earlier in … Continue reading

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Rewatching “Buffy”: My Top 10 S1-3 Desert Island Eps

Warning! “Buffy” spoilers ahead, if you haven’t watched the show! And my apologies for the wildly uneven videos – “Buffy” Youtube is a scary place. I got in and out as fast and as best as I could! SO. The … Continue reading

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Thank You Josh & Joss (A Buffy Blog)

For my birthday, I received the gift I’d been wanting the most for so long, but couldn’t justify purchasing, given my financial situation: The entire series collection of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” ZOMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Because now, within my eyesight, I have … Continue reading

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Like Rain

As many of you know, Spring and Summer…and Fall and Winter, to be honest, of 2004, were particularly harrowing seasons for me. Everything I’d ever wanted was gone. Like, I know you shouldn’t spend all your youth as a girl, … Continue reading

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The Ballad of Pecan

It was a Spring day in 1996. I was in my bedroom on the third floor of my Baldwin family home, with two new kittens that were now my babies. One orange and white, one tabby/stray that earned him the … Continue reading

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How to Run a Successful Lemonade Stand

So y’all know about my ice-cream truck endeavor when I was six. Well that was just the tip of the iceberg. Though the truck never hit the streets, I had tasted the power. The power of entrepeneurship. Growing up in … Continue reading

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Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 14: The Care Bears Movie

So the other night, I took a poll for the next Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night: “The Care Bears Movie” or “Cheerleader Massacre 2?” And “The Care Bears Movie” won by one vote. But because I am a foolish, foolish woman, … Continue reading

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Manitou Don’t Leave

Dear Manitou Springs, With few exceptions, my major life downfall has been too many eggs, and not enough baskets. My grandmother recently wrote to my family that I have such a warm heart; if only I were more careful with … Continue reading

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Longing To Linger ‘Til Dawn

Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow ~ T.S. Eliot The party is going on, half barbecue, half cruise, depending on whom you speak to. This one girl seems like she could … Continue reading

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Ready to Fly

If a wave rolls down from heaven With the turning of the tide You’re pulled in all directions Only for awhile ~ Colin Hay, “The Flying Song” I’d tried before, many times. Flying. Here and there, I’d been able to … Continue reading

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