Claire Conger

As an eleven year old, I witnessed the carnage caused by a mother’s interference with her son’s placement. (See AP Article “Parental role in selecting child’s teacher up for debate” by Diana Marszalek that appeared 17 July 2009 in the San Francisco Chronicle.)

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Here are my New Year’s Resolutions for 2009.

1. Lose 10 pounds. Suddenly I’m quite porky. This wasn’t on my 07 list.
2. Write without letting worries about what people think curtail the story or limit revelations.
3. Join a writer’s group.

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I decided I could use some New Year’s Resolutions—might get me out of my winter funk.

To start, a review of last year’s would be smart. Turns out I didn’t make resolutions last year, but I did the year before. Let’s take a look and see how I did.

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Sitting in the movie theater, waiting for Woody Allen’s Vicky Christina Barcelona
to start, I talked to my date about the meaning of marriage. I asked what was the point unless you let your minds meld, unless you allow your mate to influence not only what you think, but how you think. That’s a very exciting and dangerous thing to do. It requires that you trust your mate’s mind. It’s a romantic notion.

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It started off well, my last date with Pseudo Boyfriend #2. I was in a good and receptive mood. It started with the potential for him getting lucky, lucky in bed with me.

But in the course of two hours, he went from potentially lucky to never going to see me again!

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