Archive for August, 2012

How Much Money Are We Supposed to Spend on Friends?

Posted by Aloysa on August 13th, 2012

Friends. My biggest monetary pet peeve lately. Nowadays it is not easy to be a good friend. Nor it is cheap anymore.

I have a complicated relationship with most of my friends. We all have different hobbies, views and goals. Somehow we all manage to stay friends.

Let’s see. I like staying home. I hate exercise. I love reading and writing. Most of my friends like to go out clubbing. They are fitness obsessed and big camping lovers. Me? Not so much. I love hotels, fluffy pillows and hot showers. We are quite different indeed.

Then we have birthday party disagreements. All the(…)

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My Not Quite Traditional Marriage

Posted by Aloysa on August 6th, 2012

Today is our seventh year anniversary. Seven years of marriage. Seven years of shared experiences, dreams and plans. Seven years of getting to know each other.  Seven years of a life together.

When we met over seven years ago, both of us were poor. I was a full-time student, working full-time, my spending problems were in full gear, debt piling up. Beaker was living with his friend, driving a beat up car, and bouncing checks after our third or fourth date. The first time he told me that he bounced a check after one of our dates, I said that we(…)

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French Toast in Alaska

Posted by Aloysa on August 3rd, 2012

Vacation. Alaska. Cruise. Right.

That odd feeling I got in the beginning of our cruise is not fading away. From day one I felt that we are in some odd dimension where we are forced into a small, inadequate space with mean spirits instead of people. That’s what confinement on a ship does to you: your world shrinks, your obnoxious side comes out, and nothing else matters.

What People Repeatedly Like to Do On a Cruise

Cut in front of you in the main dining room line to be seated. A family of five walked in front of the line, pushed us to(…)

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Short But Emotionally Charged Post

Posted by Aloysa on August 1st, 2012

Folks, this post is going to be short.

I am back from vacation. The vacation was good and … eh … not so good. We went on a cruise to Alaska, and came back loving Alaska’s nature and absolutely not liking people. In fact, when we landed in Salt Lake, I was thinking to write a post named “Fuck You, Fellow Cruisers.” Since landing, however, I moved on to a gentler title such as “People I Want to Smother.”

Let’s hope that by the time I write a recap of our vacation, the title of the post will be something like “Vacation(…)

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