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On Breaking Up...

Wednesday, September 04, 2019 / BY Carmen
Things had been going well.  I was happy. I was in an (undefined) relationship. My first in over five years.  I’d made some major adult decisions, and was okay with them (cancelling my “once in a lifetime” trip because I just didn’t feel like I’d be in a good enough financial place to make it happen).  Getting my line of credit debt down.  You know... adulting... And then... The relationship ended. I got the “I...

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Nicholas Sparks Movies are my Kryptonite

Tuesday, July 10, 2018 / BY Carmen
It's true... my name is Carmen, and I am somewhat addicted to Nicholas Sparks movies. They're my go-to on a plane... partially because I've seen them all, so don't mind falling asleep while watching, and partially because I love a good love story. I also wish on a fairly regular basis that my life mirrored a Nicholas Sparks movie... but sadly, that has yet to come true (although if having that one lobster for you...

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Soul Mates? Lobsters?

Monday, July 09, 2018 / BY Carmen
I sit here... aged 41... single... and wondering... Is there such thing as a soul mate?  Is there that one lobster out there for everyone? And what if that lobster got away?  Or you didn't realize that lobster was for you at the time? I've been dreaming lately of a guy from my past.  One that I haven't seen in a solid 18 years.  Yet, when I dream about a guy, it's about him, and...

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Becoming Irish... a Tragic Story...

Wednesday, February 07, 2018 / BY Carmen
So it seems that becoming Irish isn't really as easy as it seems.  Becoming British was no problem whatsoever - this whole Irish thing?  It's shite. Step 1 - find out that to claim Irish citizenship, and therefor then be entitled to a passport, one needs to pay 300 EUROS to register as a foreign birth. €300 is like a billion dollars Canadian (okay, about $500 Canadian)! Step 2 - begin ordering about a billion birth/death/marriage/divorce...

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Back In My Day...

Monday, January 29, 2018 / BY Carmen
When we were done our business in the bathroom, we had to flush the toilet on our own. Now kids have self flushing toilets, but yet they still leave toilets full of piss and toilet paper for the next person to enjoy. Five bathroom stalls at work, and two had toilets full of piss and toilet paper. How fucking gross. For the love of all that is holy, when you’re done your business, and after...

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Terminology I Just Don't Get

Monday, January 22, 2018 / BY Carmen
Accidental drug overdose. Is the accident that they took the drug, or is the accident the death that occurred from it? I'm pretty sure most drug users don't plan on accidentally dying, but they also don't accidentally take the drugs either. If you take drugs, there should be nothing accidental about your death, if and when it happens. ... Drug use (not by me... I've never even smoked pot!) and the ramifications of its use...

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