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monthly archives: June 2010

The Best Way to Spend a Thursday Night (or the month of July)

POSTED ON June 29, 2010 BY vanessa

This is what has been swallowing me whole of late.  Check it: *** PS:  Maybe more Scandinavia stories at some point.  It is the virtues, not the faults…which constitute one’s true legacy. — Gandhi

POSTED IN OK Hotel | Leave a comment

Scandinavia Days: Day 3

POSTED ON June 20, 2010 BY vanessa

Today I ate meat for the first time in a decade.  More on how that basically makes me a man, later.  Now, for my regularly scheduled Norwegian update:Finally!  A full night’s sleep.  I’m sure the Ativan helped.  (Thanks, Aunty!)  I … Continue reading →

POSTED IN Bergen, Eating Meat, Scandinavia | Leave a comment

Scandinavia Days: Day 2

POSTED ON June 18, 2010 BY vanessa

It’s a strange thing to feel as though you don’t belong to any time zone.  I woke at five this morning after going to bed at one, after sleeping through much of yesterday.  At that hour the only thing to … Continue reading →

POSTED IN Bergen, Norway, Oslo, Scandinavia | Leave a comment

Scandinavia Days: Day 1

POSTED ON June 17, 2010 BY vanessa

14 hours, two planes, three ill-advised scotches, and 10 pieces of gum later, we are finally in Norway.  From the airport we took the Airport Express Train to downtown Oslo.  The whole of my knowledge of Scandinavia prior to this … Continue reading →

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Things to do when you want to avoid real work…

POSTED ON June 11, 2010 BY vanessa

You know what I did tonight?  I mean, aside from watching Tuesday night’s episodes of The Hills and The City, and watching the Celtics beat the Lakers?   I made a tank top.  Or really, I fashioned a tank top.   I … Continue reading →

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Begin Again

POSTED ON June 10, 2010 BY vanessa

I’m a short fiction reader, mostly.  When I read fiction, it’s mostly short.  There are the long ones — like say, DFW’s “Infinite Jest” that I’m still dicing my way through — and still, I mostly read short fiction. So … Continue reading →

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Guess What?!

POSTED ON June 3, 2010 BY vanessa

Good news!  I got *another* rejection letter tonight!  And, another book!  This time both came in clear plastic wrapping so it wasn’t like I thought I was getting accepted to a college I didn’t know I applied to.   Anyway, … Continue reading →

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Rejection Sandwich

POSTED ON June 2, 2010 BY vanessa

I got another rejection letter the other day.  Had it arrived in the standard sort of envelope I’m accustomed to,  I wouldn’t have bothered to open it.   Blahblahthankyouforyoursubmissionblahblah, etc.  But they tricked me.  This time the letter came sandwiched … Continue reading →

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