lyn | another damn life

why marriage

Posted by lyn | Feb 29, 2012 | favorites, jokes | 34

I get asked a lot about married life. People always want to know how it is. “Have you got him...

something stupid this way comes

Posted by lyn | Feb 23, 2012 | favorites, true story | 15

So we were at a friend’s wedding. Fine, it was technically the night before the wedding, and...

the worst

Posted by lyn | Feb 15, 2012 | true story | 15

I feel like I need to tell you about the worst roommate I ever had. So. I’m going to… just go ahead and do that. If that’s okay with you. *** Like almost everything else in my life, it started with a Craigslist...

lived in

Posted by lyn | Feb 9, 2012 | rant | 16

I hate foundation. I hate powder. I hate how every time I scratch my itchy face while wearing foundation and powder I end up with it caked under my nails. Little half-moons the color of my skin. I hate how I only ever put it on...

possibly maybe

Posted by lyn | Feb 7, 2012 | musings, true story | 22

It’s raining here. Hold on. Just typing that makes me want to put on some Seventeen...

you know what they say

Posted by lyn | Feb 2, 2012 | musings | 25

On two separate occasions in recent memory, I was called upon to act like a girl. The first time came when we were visiting a quaint little town in Oregon with the beau’s parents. The beau and his dad decided they wanted...

live to serve

Posted by lyn | Jan 30, 2012 | jokes | 33

I had this problem where I felt like writing a blog post but I couldn’t figure out what to...

the fears

Posted by lyn | Jan 25, 2012 | musings | 47

Here’s another thing that scares me about having babies: you never know what you’re going to get. I’m not necessarily talking about “will it be fussy?” versus “will it be content?”...

no fairsies

Posted by lyn | Jan 23, 2012 | musings | 26

So. Bad news. In exactly two months from today, I will be on a plane to Belize. I...

in business

Posted by lyn | Jan 22, 2012 | musings | 6

I saw the story about Neil Patrick Harris and David Burka in Out magazine via a link on Gawker last week, and was quickly enamored of this quote: “What defines a relationship is the work that’s involved to maintain it, and...

the gods of rawk

Posted by lyn | Jan 16, 2012 | rant | 9

I recently spent three days in a car with classic rock on the radio, and it gave me a lot of time...

general flailing; all caps usage

Posted by lyn | Jan 11, 2012 | rant | 35

This cycle marks the first time in over six years that I am not taking oral birth control. This is not in preparation for babies, although that deadline does appear to be approaching rather rapidly. No, this is simply a case of...

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