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Category Archives: Series: My Cinematic Year
My Cinematic Year, Part 7: In which the protagonist gets her groove back with a little freakonomics.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
If you like, see also: Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6.
In dating, you’re considering candidates and choosing the best one you can. In job interviews, the exact same thing is happening. But only in the business world are the economics of this endeavor routinely considered.
There’s an anecdote about a [...]
My Cinematic Year, Part 6: The romantic epiphany.
Friday, July 22, 2011
If you like, see also: Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5.
Let’s recap: online dating made me miserable. If I logged on to slog through my messages, that only made things worse—the “Now Online!” flag on my profile would send another deluge of messages from every godforsaken corner of humanity, including some [...]
My Cinematic Year, Part 5: Confessions of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Sunday, July 17, 2011
If you like, see also: Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4.
Just a few weeks after announcing my availability to the world on OKCupid, I declared the endeavor a complete disaster and deactivated my account.
What went wrong? Let’s review!
My Cinematic Year, Part 4: In which the single, cynical protagonist takes a chance … at romance.
Monday, July 11, 2011
If you like, see also: Part 1. Part 2. Part 3.
When I decided to return to my hometown for a year to build a roller-derby league, I only really had one social rule: Absolutely No Dating. I had good reason to avoid the dating scene; I had big plans to move to the West Coast [...]
My cinematic year, part 3: The obligatory montage.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
If you’re catching up, see Part 1 and Part 2.
If I knew how we got from there to here, I think I really would write a book about it. But as time has passed, the nights at the rink, the hours of board meetings, the legal paperwork, the radio interviews, and the photo shoots have [...]
My cinematic year, part 2: The setting.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Part 1 is here.
A few days after my new roller-derby league’s first practice at the rink, I moved into my new apartment, a decrepit studio roosted atop the tiny row of shops on Main Street. My mother had been right: it was exactly the sort of outdated decor I’d find endearing, complete with hideous linoleum. [...]
My cinematic year, part 1: The exposition.
Monday, June 6, 2011
So, this one time, in March of 2010, I decided to return to my hometown, after residing for years in a much bigger city, to start a roller-derby league.