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June 30, 2015
The Bachelorette Season 11 Ep 7: Whoa-oh Here She Comes, Watch Out Boys She’ll Chew You Up
Welcome to Episode 7 of The Bachelorette: Kaitlyn Is Funny! For added pleasure, I’ve taken inspiration from Hall & Oates song lyrics as the titles to each part of the show. Have fun getting these out of your head later! Shawn Will Do Anything That Kaitlyn Wants Him To / Well Almost Anything That She […]
June 29, 2015
Online Dating Diaries™: Backhanded Compliments, Ghosting, & The “Nice Guy” Fallacy
As most of us already know, navigating the waters of online dating sites is just half the battle…it’s the navigation of taking things from online to IRL that brings both the horrifying + hilarious to your particular dating town. So for this week’s Online Dating Diaries™ column, I thought I’d switch things up from talking […]
June 26, 2015
The 2015 Fuck It List: #12 Letting Peeps Track Their Ignorant Mess Into My House
Back in 2014, I posted my 2014 Fuck It List based on and inspired by this most excellent post: Welcome to my Fuck It list. Fourteen things I’m going to stop giving a fuck about in 2014. Because, as important as it is to push yourself to be a healthier, more compassionate person, that can be downright […]
June 25, 2015
The Bachelorette Season 11 Episode 6: Episode SEX, I mean!
Welcome to Episode 6 of The Bachelorette: Kaitlyn Is Funny! This week’s recap is a little later than usual, and I’d like to tell you this is because I wanted to take some extra time to really put together some thoughtful and deep commentary on the sexist rigamarole concerning Kaitlyn boning a guy on this […]
{Prehistoric Amber} Consecration
I hadn’t felt that way in a long time…broken apart, split open, like an egg. Because it’s either one or the other, I told myself, later. Either it’s simple physical procurement, or it’s feelings without the consecration. You could tell I didn’t want to, earlier. That I wasn’t ready. I wanted to, but I just…didn’t. I’ve only […]
June 23, 2015
Online Dating Diaries™: Dead Moms, LOLs, + The Mirror Selfie That Broke Twitter (probably)
Since you’re all probably still trying to finish the novella that was last week’s Online Dating Diaries (sorry, darlings…couldn’t be helped), I thought I’d make this week’s column short and sweet: Horror Stories *Backs away slowly, quietly slips out the door* I’m just going to humor everyone reading this who doesn’t know why this one […]
June 19, 2015
The 2015 Fuck It List: #11 Letting Ideal Visions Hold Sweet Reality In a Muthaf*ckin’ Headlock
Back in 2014, I posted my 2014 Fuck It List based on and inspired by this most excellent post: Welcome to my Fuck It list. Fourteen things I’m going to stop giving a fuck about in 2014. Because, as important as it is to push yourself to be a healthier, more compassionate person, that can be downright […]
June 18, 2015
{Prehistoric Amber} I Believe The World “Trainwreck” Would Be The Most Eloquent Way To Describe It
I’ve been on some bad dates. And when I say this, I mean to say: I’ve been on some bad dates that you would never want to have been on. You wouldn’t hear about them and say, “Well, gee, I wouldn’t mind going on that date! It’d be kinda funny and entertaining and then I […]
June 17, 2015
Making Good Choices With Amber L. Carter, Ep. 10: Eric Fairchild!
About nine years ago, back when I had moved to Minneapolis for the first time and when MySpace was still a thing, I ran across the MySpace profile of an alternative-looking dude named Eric who played in a band. I can’t remember what led me to his profile, but it was one of those […]
June 16, 2015
The Bachelorette Season 11 Episode 5: Relationships Are a Lot Like Everything, Because Surprise! You’re Watching The Bachelorette
Welcome to Episode 5 of The Bachelorette: Kaitlyn Is Funny! Our episode begins straight-away (I never thought I would miss those last-episode-recaps-and-this-episode-preview fillers, but I do. CAUSE I NEED TIME TO GET MY ALCOHOL OUT THE FRIDGE, ABC) with Nick entering the Man Suite. Relationships Are a Lot Like a Baseball Game In That There’s A […]
