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mara

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

i still don't own a cellphone. i DO have a new wee boy named max. he's better than anything i ever imagined. i'm not asking for a refund or return on this one. yes folks, i have achieved 100% satisfaction.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

the last thirty minutes of a cross-country marathon.

My Blog

Giving birth

March 25th  It’s fitting that on Max’s estimated due date that I write this.  I’m just starting to understand what it is to be a mother, what it is to be caught with yo...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:46:00 GMT

welcome to america: the human zoo

so i've been noticing this term popping up alot in conversation amongst americans that i know or at least know of via the internet.gated community.and you know how it's used?  like it's a good th...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:14:00 GMT

abortion -- i think i've worked it out

i'm curious how many people have ever changed their mind on the topic of abortion. i did. i believed abortion was always wrong except for in the cases where a mother would die. i thought that ...
Posted by on Tue, 22 May 2007 10:34:00 GMT

i drink therefore i can (stop)

i am completely and thoroughly tired of alcohol and it's poisonous effects on my body. everygoddamnedweekend.two or three bottles of prosecco and i don't even get drunk.  i just get warm and tire...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:59:00 GMT

six weird things about me

1.  the undoubtedly weirdest thing i do:  i eat ice.  amazing amounts every day.  shittons of ice.  i am chewing some as i type this. i crave it after a night of drinking and ...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 03:20:00 GMT

a spot in myspace for the non-screaming whores?

the value of myspace as a real place to connect with new people is verry dubious... the value of myspace as a real place to hook up with people who can present themselves as cool/hot/vaguel...
Posted by on Sun, 14 May 2006 04:25:00 GMT

gender splendor and my bleeding anus

Guys are like this: Girls are like that. Evolution made it so therefore we should bend over and let fate have at us till we bleed from the anus and die. This is where I start to feel the soap box: s...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Apr 2006 04:24:00 GMT

another goddamned myth-busting session

Reading on the state of society these days, the state of women in the world of men& how somehow, weve managed to make our liberation so much less than free.  All things being equal, more women a...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Nov 2005 10:10:00 GMT

ruminating on the president of harvard

today the new york times featured an interesting little article on its front pages about some upheaval in the great ivy clad wings of harvard-- namely, the alleged sexist remarks coming forth from non...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:51:00 GMT

crap! the world really IS insane...

welcome to my blog-- i've decided to do it in earnest, b/c somewhere and somehow some one must give a damn and i've decided it's me b/c i'm young and egocentric and terrified of the future-- esp. b/c ...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:56:00 GMT