I finally got around to watching 10 Things I Hate About You the other night. The movie apparently came out when I was a junior in high school – prime target audience age for that teen cult classic. But despite being repeatedly being told over the years that I channel the female protagonist – I h...

“I remember you. But you’ve changed. You used to be so angry,� said the long-since lost childhood acquaintance. A thousand slow afternoons ago, we had shared a shady-lane grammar school, peanut butter and jelly crackers, sticker books and squeaky-voiced conversations. But even if we hadn’t, ...

Last week, to help me bust loose from my funk, I requested my platonic and same-gendered Sugar Daddy (the roommate) to “Rescue me!� This is what is known as Progress. We damsels in distress not only are being saved by fellow distressed damsels, but we also take initiative on our own saving. Hem ...

On my messenger, the day before I flew out to Europe for the second time in two weeks: “Have a safe trip Owl. Try not to get any new scars.� Funny way to say goodbye. But I suppose apt. If there’s anything this anti-materialistic Spartan collects, it’s scars. I kind of have a lot of them. Th...

I am generally a super chill kinda girl. I’m the world’s cheapest date. A low maintenance female. I don’t yell, fuss or do big drama. I’m never in a rage, and when I do get angry it’s never for long. I’m tolerant to the point of problematic. I find something beautiful and lovable in prac...

Blogs are best written when one shouldn’t be writing them, and about topics that one shouldn’t be talking about. No? I’ve got so much work to do my to-do list has it’s own spreadsheet, but that can’t be helped. I had about four hours of hardcore productivity and now my brain has left the b...

I have exactly 59 minutes and 23 seconds to write a blog update before I go *DING* like a mighty piece of toast and shoot out of my office straight into a solid traffic jam. Toast AND jam, my favourite! Incidentally, my computer here at work thinks I’m British. It wouldn’t be the first time this...

Everyone wants to know what I’ve been up to. With the past year spent travelling and studying, now that I'm back ‘home’ I’m sure to be up to something good. That fellowship must have taught me something and I must be bursting at the seams with plans for global domination and madcap productiv...

Ah, the adult world. So exciting and adventurous. Full of freedom and experience. Heartbreak and intrigue. Risk and danger. Eat your heart out kiddies – THIS is what we grew up for... The other night my fellow Single Woman On The Loose Hem and I went out to paint the town red. It was only the begi...

I’m done being broken. Life is not what you expect it to be, but that's no one's fault but your own. The only guarantee in life is death. Everything else is extra and you weren’t owed. Instead of whining, take what you got and make the most of it. That’s what I’m trying to do now. This is my...