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Twitter fairy Hobbit hole tour & Gandalf story Dominic – celebrating my first anniversary as a 36 year old WHY THIS IS FUN LIST 1. He sent me flowers for our one month anniversary. 2. This week,...
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Staring into a microphone on a stage in front of a room full of dozens of people is petrifying when you’re the sort of person who gets nervous before making phone calls or faced with speaking to more...
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I love Louis C.K. His cranky wit, his bottle brush hair, his ability to yank the heart wrenching from the mundane. And how can you not love a man who will admit to the world that he had to pull his car...
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Not no excuses, time limit on excuses : 2 hours a day a week at most —- Because I could have had most of those events that filter past me on the internet. Except for abrupt divergences that felt at the...
View ArticleThe All Or Nothing Revelation
We all want to be loved. We all want to be wanted. We all want to be touched. I think a lot of us have trouble handling those needs, especially when we’ve been alone for a long time. Every time I’ve...
View ArticleWhen Love Goes Awry
If you’ve never seen your dead father staring out at you from a stranger’s face, I assure you, it’s an experience. Because I’m basically spending my life splatting face first into the space-time...
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My ex kept forty thousand dollars in his safe, along with a collection of firearms. (Because zombie apocalypse? Roaming Vikings? I never asked, and I really should have.) Gun questions aside, I always...
View ArticleDios Te Ama
Dios te ama. No te importa. Go home, look at the sky, and know god loves you. Most of my high school Spanish has long since fallen to ash, but I understood everything she said to me.
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Last year was a hurricane. This year was a gentle landslide. I’m learning – slowly, slowly – how I want to be in relationships, in work, in myself. I’m learning to give my emotions space to breathe and...
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“Bad” emotions – jealousy, fear Stop judging emotions – just let them be Turning what you have into a gift Using it — Sobering to realize that when I graduated from college, the Internet was still...
View ArticleMy First Ten Adventures
1. Get my first tattoo 2. Crowd fund this sucker (way scarier than the tattoo or the marathon) 3. Run my first marathon 4. Road trip through the south 5. Write a book about the transformative power of...
View ArticleThe Day I Realized My Dad Committed Suicide
It took a year and a date for me to fully comprehend that my dad committed suicide. Because there’s no other label you can give it when someone stops eating in order to escape their body. I went out...
View ArticleNew site! New site! Endless joy and happiness!
Hi, everyone! This is just a quick note to let you know that I’ve transferred everything over to my new site, amberadrian.com. If you want to get updates in your inbox, your best bet is probably to...
View ArticleWhat To Say When
Writing something on What To Say When…. Like a resource for people who haven’t had a specific life experience and really don’t want to be an accidental dick to the friend who just did. If you want to...
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Writing is a solitary experience. You write something and you send it out into the world and then other people have their own solitary experience with your words. It rarely feels like a shared...
View ArticleDating Like a Dog When I Should Be Dating Like a Cat
I am open and ready to receive. I ask to download the perfect blog post for today. Please send me the idea and the words. Thank you. Cats have zero compunction about walking to the center of a room...
View ArticleRedefining Crazy
I joke that I’m now 97% less crazy than I used to be. The thing is, I’m not joking. Redefining any place you hold judgment – like “whoa, bitch be crazy” – is a good practice. I’ve been playing with it...
View ArticleTrust is my Mount Everest
I don’t trust myself to stick to a schedule, I don’t trust myself to be on time, I don’t trust myself to remember what I’m supposed to do next, I don’t trust myself to finish projects, I don’t trust...
View Article25 Bits of Channeled Guidance for Writers
HI, WRITERS! GOT MORE STUFF FOR YA! 25 Bits of Channeled Guidance for Writers is meant to spark the flow, ease the pain, and help you do the work you’re here to do. It’s FREE! At least until next...
View ArticleNobody Likes Big Rats
Viola learned one harsh, inviolable, life-defining truth the hard way: Baby possums are adorable. Adolescent possums…not so much. She had been adored as a child. Revered, even. People stopped to coo at...
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