the imaz in-crowd

As I'm sure you've figured out -- since it's all I talk about all the time (besides cats and poo, of course) -- I got into Ironman...

how I celebrate

Dear friends and family: Unless you are my brother, his wife, their kid who has been born and their kid who is not yet born (because...

wheatless in seattle, part 2

Since my last two posts were all about death, let's focus now on food. Because cannibalism comfort eating. I've said it before and...

on grieving

Here is something I don't talk about: Cancer. And how too many people I know have it. And how my uncle succumbed to it last Thursday...

my creepy new hobby

I'm not exactly sure how it happened, but somehow I went from being a strict vegetarian (not even fish) to an all-of-the-meat-parts...

kicking my california ass

It is so incredibly cold here. If I'm barefoot in my apartment, my feet go numb. On the days I drive to work (a rare occasion, since...

one grateful bitch

I feel like the Internet has turned into one gigantic forum of lists: Thirteen Most Hipster Things to Have Happen Ever! The...

run-on sentence

I'm starting to think registering for an Ironman is an endurance event in itself. This is the conclusion I'm arriving at as I...

winter is coming

Or maybe it's already here? I'm back in Seattle, which is grey and windy and wet. And I totally ate shit this morning when I slipped...