Category Archives: Dogs

I’m not ready…

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

I’m not ready to be friends with you yet, my dear ex-boyfriend. I really want to be friends with you again, just for a moment, so that we can talk about the corgis in The King’s Speech. Did you freak out when you … Continue reading →

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Allow me to introduce my new roommate!

Posted on January 22, 2011 by

  This is Shorty. He lives with me now! He’s basically my mom’s dog, but she’s letting me have him. My mom is selling her house: the house that I grew up in and lived in until recently. She and … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrations, Dogs, Family | 5 Comments

On living alone.

Posted on December 25, 2010 by

I just talked–out loud!–to my poinsettia. I almost killed it this week, so it’s the least I could do… I’m ready to get a dog though. It’d be nice to have something more responsive around my apartment.

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Belated thankfulness.

Posted on November 26, 2010 by

I’m thankful for my job and the people I’ve met through it, oh Becky and Angelina! and everyone else, and the opportunities my job and income have provided to me–I’ve been able to get my own apartment and travel to … Continue reading →

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On how I prefer dogs, and Walter Berglund must, too.

Posted on October 21, 2010 by

“Walter had never liked cats. They’d seemed to him the sociopaths of the pet world, a species domesticated as an evil necessary for the control of rodents and subsequently fetishized the way unhappy countries fetishize their militaries, saluting the uniforms … Continue reading →

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Moving on and moving out.

Posted on October 8, 2010 by

I have to contradict myself already. Remember when I got a new boyfriend? Well, I realized I wasn’t ready to be in a relationship and I just wasn’t excited enough about him. He’s a great guy, wonderful, really, but I … Continue reading →

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I want to be Neko Case when I grow up.

Posted on June 25, 2010 by

On “Hold On, Hold On”: “This song is–I don’t really write songs about myself very much, because, why would I do that? But it’s about always looking around and realizing how old you are and how not married you are … Continue reading →

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On brotherhood.

Posted on May 20, 2010 by

“Stephen spent his inheritance on music school, where he studied composition. What I heard of his music was gloomy, the sound track you might crave in an idling car with with a hose running from the tailpipe, but nothing you … Continue reading →

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Reasons I am going to Iowa this weekend:

Posted on May 18, 2010 by

-Heather -Heather’s dogs, Tango and Genevieve -Heather’s children and husband -Our plans for wine & cheese -Chelsea and her unmatched hair cutting-skills -The Downtown Farmers’ Market -English muffins from Hy-Vee

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Yes, I am that girl spending her Saturday night on Petfinder.com.

Posted on April 4, 2010 by

I want a dog. I am overwhelmed by the 4,500+ black Labs alone (I didn’t even look at yellow and chocolate Labs!) that need homes in the Twin Cities metro on Petfinder.com. I have to trust that the right dog … Continue reading →

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