About WLBD

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Before there were blogs, there were zines.
In 1998, I went through a bad break-up. So I wrote, and copied, and stapled and distributed. It was both therapy and way to find my place again in the outside world.
I haven’t looked at the zines in years. And some of it is embarrassing now. Really embarrassing. But, I will be true to my 27-year-old self and let them go, with minor blackouts to protect the identities of those who may not have minded appearing in 50 Xerox copies but would be offended by an appearance on the world wide internets.

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Blank Slate

This is an extra piece from the collection of the first five issues. I read it and it still seems true and measured and reasonable. Again, Elizabeth Edwards, call me.

The end of the beginning

I remember rushing home with my pile of copies, and trying to figure out how to staple them together. I was flying – from nerves, from sadness, from not having a thing to eat for 10 days. (Although I did lose 15 pounds and looked totally hott.) I called the bravest, loudest person I knew, [...]

Forecasting fumbled friendships

These are the ramblings of an emotionally-starved woman. My god, how sad and lonely I had been for such a long time. That relationship was just a pile of empty calories – but not the good kind, like cotton candy. The bad kind, like the girls with eating disorders who scarf down Q-tips and cardboard [...]

The Dating Game

The tangled web

He ain’t heavy – that’s my job

People break up all the time

People break up all the time. Well, good for “people.”

Love means never having to say cervical biopsy

It’s a cautionary tale.