Topic: drunk

Let’s All Celebrate Our Poor Life Decisions! (And How Far We’ve Come)

Letâs All Celebrate Our Poor Life Decisions! (And How Far Weâve Come)

The other night, I posted a Facebook status saying “Let’s all celebrate our poor life decisions! Here’s mine: “In college (circa 2006) I would come home really drunk and stay up until 5 am reading Wikipedia entries of famous Nazis and chain smoking indoors while using a mug as an ashtray. Now you go.” And the responses came pouring in, hilariousness ranging from the substance-induced to the just-plain-dumb-because-you’re young kind of stuff. More »

I Remember Prom: It Made Me Feel Like A Woman

I Remember Prom: It Made Me Feel Like A Woman

The seamstress who made my prom dress lived on the dilapidated side of town, and really, that sentence just says everything about my prom experience. In place of a discernable set of samples or a resume, she had a thank you card from Shania Twain on her wall. She worked on Twain’s first wedding in a part of Ontario even more northern than where I lived. In 1993. More »