From a life in translation
April 23, 2010 at 1:59 am
Let’s talk about how I have an obsessive personality. Let’s also talk about how I completely had no idea that I had this, despite my acute self-awareness ... (
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From a life in translation
April 16, 2010 at 3:35 pm
This is about a new thing I’ve experienced. This is about that time when I found a way to put my sexual and emotional energy into something productive, ... (
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From a life in translation
April 14, 2010 at 1:53 pm
You know those things you do that you kind of don’t want people to know about, but you also secretly think that if people did know about them they might ... (
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From a life in translation
April 7, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Men have been doing this funny little ditty for a few months now and I’m very confused by it. Because, all of a sudden, I’ll be talking with a guy ... (
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From a life in translation
April 1, 2010 at 3:18 pm
So, I’m the middle sister of two pretty amazing brothers and while this gets me street cred in the video game scene, it’s a lot of hard work being ... (
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From a life in translation
March 29, 2010 at 12:53 pm
See, the thing about being honest is that it’s messy. And, I’m not talking about being honest with the people around you, although that’s part of it, too. More ... (
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From a life in translation
March 26, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Don’t watch this. Okay, watch it. But, seriously, don’t blame me if the trailer of this movie makes you want to jump off a cliff while simultaneously feeling so uplifted ... (
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March 22, 2010 at 3:14 am
Did someone send out a memo to the general public that told various people in and around my life to misuse the phrase, “what a small world”? Because, I’m noticing
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From A Life in Translation
March 15, 2010 at 2:48 pm
There are just some days. Some days where the weight of the world seems to rest solely upon my shoulders and the only way to relieve it is to talk myself in a circle until there’s ... (
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From A Life in Translation
March 8, 2010 at 2:11 pm
In a desperate attempt to not feel like a complete loser by drinking alone at a bar in Rome, I decided to employ a fantastically awesome story about how I was Vanessa Simone, ... (
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From A Life in Translation
March 1, 2010 at 9:58 pm
So, there’s this guy I made out with a bunch the second week I moved to San Francisco. And, I have no idea if he reads this blog or if he knows my last name or if he’s ... (
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February 25, 2010 at 3:09 pm
So, the power of the Universe sometimes gives me hives. I’ll be skipping along, feeling quite smug with myself about how I just harness my inner Law of Attraction, think
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From A Life in Translation
February 22, 2010 at 3:32 pm
The other night, I went to this networking event that was open bar and apparently, I had forgotten all business etiquette. Or that there is something called “business casual” ... (
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From A Life in Translation
February 18, 2010 at 4:10 pm
So, my mom has this thing. This thing where she doesn’t ever want me to swear on this blog and sometimes she’ll send me emails telling me to maybe, you know, tone ... (
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From A Life in Translation
February 15, 2010 at 9:27 pm
If you’re anything like me, you know that life can be extremely funny. And, if you’re even more like me, you know that the only way one can even FUNCTION in this world ... (
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From A Life in Translation
February 5, 2010 at 6:06 pm
When it comes to love and dating and all that “fun” stuff, there are two people actually calling the shots: the person I want to be and the person I, at the end of ... (
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February 1, 2010 at 12:26 am
Ok, so, here’s the deal. If you’re reading this in an RSS reader, come over to the site. There are a few changes to the blog, including a new color scheme, some crazy
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From A Life in Translation
January 27, 2010 at 3:02 pm
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So, there are very few things in life that make me want to strangle puppies in the way that incompetent customer service does. First was Comcast. They suck at customer ... (
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From A Life in Translation
January 25, 2010 at 4:30 pm
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So, yeah. Yeahhh. I watched the first episode of Jersey Shore today. And before you get all, OH MY GOD WHY DID YOU DO THAT?! on me, it was mainly because I’d ... (
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From A Life in Translation
January 19, 2010 at 12:29 am
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Now, I’ve never seen the Curious Case of Benjamin Button, but I’m quite sure that I would relate well to the whole GROWING UP BACKWARDS thing. Because, ... (
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From A Life in Translation
January 12, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Emotions are the weirdest things. Since moving back to the Bay Area, I’ve started the mental checklist of boys that were once priorities. The guys that could make me smile ... (
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From A Life in Translation
January 7, 2010 at 1:33 am
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The other day I went to IKEA and when I went to grab my cutest lamp ever, I saw that, above the lamp, was an arrow pointing up to the exact light bulbs I would need ... (
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From A Life in Translation
December 31, 2009 at 5:06 pm
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So, hi, my name is Jamie Varon and I’m the most impulsive person I know in the Universe. Before Monday, December 28th, I had been riddled with a two-month-long ... (
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From A Life in Translation
December 21, 2009 at 2:59 pm
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In a particularly flirtatious mood one night in London, my friend, after a day full of beer/wine and girl talk, pushed me to go into a pub on my own. I became butterfly-in-stomach ... (
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December 17, 2009 at 6:43 pm
My mom thinks I look 17 now. AWESOME.
My third day into being carless in the suburbs of the Bay Area, I was overjoyed when my younger brother finally handed me the keys to
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