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Groundhog Day

The day never really changes, but you do.

Memoirs

Ho Phase

Ho Phase: how I stay festive without losing my sense of reality. That’s it. That’s the whole thing.

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Age Against the Machine

There's a big difference between getting older and getting old.

Memoirs

Premature Decoration

I decorated early, which is wildly out of character for me.

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Two Truths and a Comic-Con Lie

It’s hard to explain a choice that looks selfish from the outside, but was the only one I had left.

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Somewhere in Time

I went to Teslacon thinking I’d just watch other people escape their lives for a weekend. I didn’t expect to understand it as much as I did.

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GenX is Not Okay Right Now

In a five-day span, Gen X lost three cultural landmarks. That’s the whole story.

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Stark Contrast

So here we are, because obviously I don’t know how to not care about this.

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Don't Let the Bastards Win

This is what it takes to keep going when quitting would be easier, and frankly, cheaper. But as The Balkan Storm says, "illegitimi non carborundum." (Translation: see above.)

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Movies: Escape or Compass?

I grew up losing myself in movies thanks to my mother’s annual Wizard of Oz night. When I became a mother, our own tradition started with the MCU.

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I Know It's Fiction. Shut Up.

I know it’s fiction. I also know I’ve cried harder over fictional heroes than some real ones. I don't love what that says about me, but here we are.