http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Nourishing Ourselves Through Our Relationships With Others en Vox Wed, 21 May 2008 09:12:59 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00fa9676ee5a0002.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(RPM) http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00fa9676ee5a0002.html?_c=feed-rss http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00fa9676ee5a0002.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 21 May 2008 09:12:59 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00fad689ffcc0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00fad689ffcc0004-50si" alt="John Mayer: Say (music video from &quot;The Bucket List&quot;)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> So last night I had a dream. I was moving around, feeling pulled in different directions, being asked to participate in events and things that held no meaning for me. I was in this state of perpetual turmoil as I tried to find ways to twist myse... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00fa9676ee5a0002.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00fa9676ee5a0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> your truths find your voice say what you need to say http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c536cf21900e398dca72e0004.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Eloise) http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c536cf21900e398dca72e0004.html?_c=feed-rss http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c536cf21900e398dca72e0004.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:58:40 -0800 I've never really been into the whole hearts and flowers thing of Valentine's day. I'm not sure why, but receiving fluffy gifts like that makes me feel awkward and uneasy (maybe because I never feel the urge to get things like that for anyone else... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c536cf21900e398dca72e0004.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c536cf21900e398dca72e0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> valentines day love valentines loveisvox2008 anti-valentines http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00f30f5b54550001.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(RPM) http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00f30f5b54550001.html?_c=feed-rss http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00f30f5b54550001.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:28:05 -0800 As you know, I do try to be a beacon of wholesome goodness in the land of nonsense. But occasionally, I must snark, to get all the impurities out of my engine. And then there are times when I may combine the two. Never has a topic lured me into t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00f30f5b54550001.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00f30f5b54550001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> love relationships matters of the heart http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00e398d784650002.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(RPM) http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00e398d784650002.html?_c=feed-rss http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00e398d784650002.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:46:01 -0800 The other night, well past the hour respectable adults should be whispering about things like favorite childhood candies or first kisses, he asked me if I dance. I thought it was a weird jump but I played along as I try to make an effort to answe... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00e398d784650002.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00e398d784650002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00e398d0d9e00001.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(RPM) http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00e398d0d9e00001.html?_c=feed-rss http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00e398d0d9e00001.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:31:27 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00e398d0ddfe0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00e398d0ddfe0002-50si" alt="So many flavors, so little time." /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Remember Forest Gump and his..."life is like a box of chocolates?" Nothing like blending theory with confection. Lawyer (the artist formerly known as my Crush) likes ice cream. No, actually...he adores ice cream. To the extent that if I was dang... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00e398d0d9e00001.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00e398d0d9e00001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> ice cream 31 flavors picking your experience http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00e398ce40b70003.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(RPM) http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00e398ce40b70003.html?_c=feed-rss http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00e398ce40b70003.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:46:25 -0800 Once upon a time, I used to write every little thing I felt...or at least what I thought I was supposed to be feeling. I wrote it in journals, I posted it in blogs and blabbed it up and down the street to whomever would listen. In the moment, it ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00e398ce40b70003.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252298fe8e1d00e398ce40b70003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> love tiny plants public romance http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c65d48fdb00e398ad10970002.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Flying Solo) http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c65d48fdb00e398ad10970002.html?_c=feed-rss http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c65d48fdb00e398ad10970002.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:41:47 -0700 Amidst the excitement and bliss I'm feeling as I wait for tomorrow afternoon to arrive so that I can sign the lease with my boyfriend and get the keys to our apartment, I can't help but feel a little bit of anxiety over cohabitation. So - I went ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c65d48fdb00e398ad10970002.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c65d48fdb00e398ad10970002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> marriage relationships dating divorce cohabitation http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c65d48fdb00e398a75c230002.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Flying Solo) http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c65d48fdb00e398a75c230002.html?_c=feed-rss http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c65d48fdb00e398a75c230002.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:41:45 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251c65d48fdb00e398a771250005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2251c65d48fdb00e398a771250005-50si" alt="Can YOU say it?" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I've only said it in a romantic way to two people in my life before. But I can count at least four others off the top of my head that I've fallen in love with and never told them so. The first person I said it to was my ex-husband. We had been d... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c65d48fdb00e398a75c230002.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c65d48fdb00e398a75c230002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> love relationships my boyfriend i love you serious relationships single dad http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c65d48fdb00e398a60c5e0004.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Flying Solo) http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c65d48fdb00e398a60c5e0004.html?_c=feed-rss http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c65d48fdb00e398a60c5e0004.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:45:27 -0700 I've spent the greater part of my Friday afternoon NOT working, but instead deeply engaged in reading the discussion on feministing.com about Open Marriage (and open relationships in general). It got me thinking about my recently-ended open relati... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c65d48fdb00e398a60c5e0004.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c65d48fdb00e398a60c5e0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> sex marriage love relationships open marriage open relationships http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523c6df604a00e398a1c9ce0001.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(electric firefly) http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523c6df604a00e398a1c9ce0001.html?_c=feed-rss http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523c6df604a00e398a1c9ce0001.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:08:34 -0700 Recently I was hiking with a friend and she asked me who of my friends I was closest to during law school. After a seemingly unending pause, I told her no one. I have friends from law school, most of whom I have become close (to a degree) to aft... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://connected.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523c6df604a00e398a1c9ce0001.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523c6df604a00e398a1c9ce0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> friendship modern communication