I made the mistake of adding an acquaintance from elementary/middle/high school on Facebook and every day since then, I’ve been treated to some griping via Facebook status about her life.   These gripes make up the bulk of her Facebook statuses and usually consist of the following: Wah, my job sucks. Wah, where I live [...]

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Why yes, I did just find an excuse to post “Support System” by Liz Phair. Man, oh man, have I got something to say! In my head, I see several connections between support systems, politics and a diseased social circle.  Another theme that keeps popping up is that the support systems, politics, and unhealthy social [...]

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…and not with my female ex-roommate’s maturity. The irony being – of course – that this ex-roommate broke up with her first girlfriend and began initiating her relationship with that exes cousin within a few hours of their breakup.  Then, after she and the cousin – predictably – broke up, she moved onto one of [...]

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…but hot damn, either the cougars are a hot commodity at Temple or I’m aging really well.  I just can’t shake the younger boyfriends (and girlfriend). And I’m apparently almost down to my vegan weight (and only outweighing Roommate #1 – the skinny bitch that she is – by under 15 lbs)?  How the fuck [...]

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Okay, so I live in a rowhome in a large city. If you aren’t familiar with how rowhomes work, all the houses are attached to one another (kinda like a more urban, less bourgeois version of a townhouse) and when we look out bedroom windows that face the back of our house – like mine [...]

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It started because I decided to fool around with my camera, just taking some play around shots of the alleys behind my apartment. Now I want to have a picnic in the park followed by a Photos of The Big City Day. It might sound a little hokey, but I think it would be fun.  [...]

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See, that’s kinda like you were there! Except, not really, because you probably would have warned me that my recipe wasn’t very good and would lead to a broth shortage after the first two bowls of soup were served. Unless you hate me, which is totally possible, in which case, I would applaud your subterfuge. [...]

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What I bought today: Chive whipped cream cheese Shredded romano Whole wheat bagels Sliced creminis Garlic mashed potatoes Pasta! Diet pepsi Baby clams CRAB RANGOONS! Creamed spinach Vegetables and shells in a butter sauce Pepper & onion stir-fry mix Shrimp! Beef strips What I’m going to make with all this deliciousness + food in my [...]

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Seafood mix (raw shrimp, scallops & squid) Goat cheese rounds Antibiotic, vegetarian fed chicken drumsticks* Mushroom mix (cremini, oyster & shitake) Big ass bag of boneless, skinless chicken thighs Butter Chocolate covered peanut butter pretzels Celery Lemons Lobster ravioli Ground beef Non-alcoholic white wine** Non-alcoholic red wine** Chicken broth This only set me back $60 [...]

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