Posts under ‘me’

About the ground rules, Annika… You know, “paying your dues,” “opportunity only knocking once” and “early birds getting the worms”… Well, they were all made up by loving parents, who wanted more for their kids than they ever had, yet who knew absolutely nothing of life’s magic, conspiring elements, and other sundry woo-woo. Yeah, let’s [...]

I am back to my 7th grade hair. It’s been 19 years. We’ve gone through a lot in these years, my hair and I. Uncountable colors, perms, a relaxer. Layers, thinning scissors, razors. Curling irons, straightening irons, crimping irons. More color. I’ve blow-dried it straight, blow-dried it curly. I’ve let it air-dry to a frizz [...]

It goes like this: a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search. b. Using only the first page, pick an image. c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker. 1. What is your first name? 2. What is your favorite food? 3. What high school [...]

I did it. I signed up for the beginner’s course in Italian. I came up with a multitude of excuses and reasons why I shouldn’t, then I more or less asked for my husband’s permission, then I came up with more excuses and then I signed up for the course. It is ridiculous. I have [...]

My word for 2011 is ‘dare’. I must learn the difference between ‘being bold’ and ‘being irresponsibly and naively spontaneous’, but I don’t want to let the fear of failure stop me from even trying anymore. I am afraid of taking on too much. I have a habit of doing just that, which has taken [...]