Category Archives: Romance

It’s Amazing

And she began to see: how we cling to fragile walls… this first home/body pounded and grown out of necessity, love. Biting love. Survival love. ~ Ishle Yi Park Spring 2004 was the worst season of my entire life. I’d … Continue reading

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Russian to Get Rid of The Bar Hunter

You know who I’m talking about. He comes in all shapes, sizes, ages, races, levels of intelligence – but he is That Guy. The guy who goes to a bar, and may as well have a bow and arrow in … Continue reading

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Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 7: The “Beverly Hills, 90210” Graduation!

Okay. What you need to understand about “Commencement,” the “90210” high school graduation two-parter, is that it was really a big deal at the time. I remember trying on prom dresses and in the dressing room the radio commercial came … Continue reading

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Dates & Dickiegrams

My first boyfriend was named Dick. We began our relationship in the fourth grade, when our mutual friend Jeffrey Paradise brought me a “Dickiegram” on the playground at lunch. I’d never received such a message, but was excited. Dick was … Continue reading

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In Defence of Spidey

Click here for part one! One day at Boulder Creek, I was the only girl working a lunch shift. The guys were all engaged in this animated argument that was traveling throughout the restaurant. They’d fight, take care of their … Continue reading

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Top 7 Current Shows I’m Watching PLUS One More…

So I think I’m watching more current television than I ever have in my existence, i.e., where every show is my choice to watch and no one’s going to make me watch it but me. And shockingly, many of the … Continue reading

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Breakfast.

Oh, you don’t want advice from me; I ate a Three Musketeers bar for breakfast. ~Liz Lemon I was quite the responsible citizen, breakfast-wise, for a while at my new job. I genuinely love oatmeal, and not even the kind … Continue reading

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Junior Low :'(

In eighth grade I loved a boy who, alas, loved another. His code name was Herbie, so that is what I shall call him here today. During this tumultuous time, I wrote a song about my sadness, called “Fading Shadows”: All … Continue reading

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Debbie Gibson’s “Electric Youth”: A Review!

“Electric Youth” was Debbie Gibson’s second album. And see, I get that Debbie Gibson might be considered cheesy by some, but I feel that despite her career longevity, her ’80s self is underrated. She wrote all her songs, played guitar … Continue reading

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Debbie Gibson’s “Out of the Blue”: A Review! (That rhymes.)

Now that I am done reviewing the redheaded rebel of the late ’80s otherwise known as “Tiffany,” it is time to focus on her towheaded arch-nemesis — Debbie Gibson. I can’t lie to you. For me, it was not even … Continue reading

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