February 2012
My final SexIs column, "How To Turn Me On" →
Final columns are always bittersweet. If you are looking for a sex columnist or any freelance writing on that arena, I’m available! rachelkb at gmail.com
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“Compassionate action starts with seeing yourself when you start to make yourself...”
– Pema Chödrön, quoted by Jessica Valenti in her excellent post about dealing with her post-giving birth PTSD
“I hate the franchise. I think it is bad for America and little girls. You...”
– Baratunde Thurston hate-tweets Twilight. Here’s why. (via nprfreshair)
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“First impression: This should be required reading for every 40-something who...”
– Commenter on this week’s Daily Intel Sex Diary: “The Bitter, Sadistic Unemployed Journalist” (there’s full release massage going on in there too)
Wow
I might have encountered a cuter kid than yesterday. She’s pointing out things like a barefoot guy getting on the bus and saying “Whoa” when we teeter a bit. I’m so taking my kids to Hawaii. And yes, total magical thinking to keep talking about “my kids” like they will ever exist but I’m gonna keep doing it cause it makes me happy, and hopeful, and like...
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Daily gratitude: This
Just this feeling of total serenity I’ve had here. Not every second but for the most part I tapped in to enjoying this island and my time, whether I was soaking my feet in a hot tub, watching the sunset, eating cupcakes or an amazing acai bowl, or delicious food cart snacks, having my photo taken with a topless male model, seeing a bacon cupcake underarm tattoo, in a car going zero to sixty,...
Daily gratitude: cute kids on vacation
WANT. I’m so taking my kids here. There is an adorable little boy screeching and two sisters saying hi to Barbie. Dying of cuteness. Like my ovaries are trying to take over the rest of me, more so than usual. Had to actually think about my timing goals and 2013 is not that far away.
Daily gratitude
So grateful for this amazing trip and weather, new writing assignments, dates and awesome people in my life. My only bad times on this trip were when I let myself get stressed or worry about people I should not think about at all. When I focus and am patient and believe in myself, good things happen.
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“After way too many late nights and a few crying jags, Scott actually asked me if...”
– Some Girls author and all-around awesome woman, writer, and performer Jillian Lauren, whose solo show Mother Tongue hits Brooklyn (Williamsburg!) at The Brick Theater February 6 & 7 - on my phone so sorry for typos. http://www.jillianlauren.com/2012/01/badonkadonka-bonkers/ .
