Category Archives: Broken Heart

In the (Personal) News

Posted on February 17, 2012 by arizela

Life has been a little crazy in my house for the last year or so. I lost a sister this time last year, and another moved in with my family and (happily on all accounts) stayed with us a bit … Continue reading →

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Long Lost and Unwelcome Holiday Guests

Posted on November 29, 2011 by arizela

So I had a little Thanksgiving shindig at my house. I spent the week before shopping for the fixings, hunting for the turkey (a locally produced farm bird), repainting the guest bathroom, cleaning the house, shampooing carpets, and of course … Continue reading →

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Life’s a bitch. So is the author.

Posted on November 17, 2011 by arizela

As a reader, I love, love, love a story where the protagonists have to earn whatever crumb of happiness they get. None of this deus ex machina bullshit. None of this coddling stuff. Luck? What the hell is luck? Certainly not … Continue reading →

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Wandering Wisdumb 4

Posted on November 7, 2011 by arizela

Here’s one I learned from my heart-thing, which occasionally causes me to have gaps in memory. I sort of just “lose” chunks of time, and find myself in odd circumstances, particularly when I over do the physical stuff. Suddenly realizing … Continue reading →

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The Good Life

Posted on July 19, 2011 by arizela

I followed a link from Twitter (thanks, @JustineMusk) tonight to a blog post called How to Cure Deep Procrastination. It poses what seems like a very simple solution to curing real, problem-inducing procrastination, like the kind that gets people bad … Continue reading →

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