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Column: Making It In Missoula
The Impossible One-Night StandI’ve had enough one-night stands (you can interpret that to be anyway you want, because I'm not giving any numbers) to know how they should play out.
A one-night stand generally involves alcohol, because anything can turn into a good idea when you’ve had a few gin and tonics. Maybe you lock eyes with someone across the room in some hazy version of romance, or maybe you have an extended conversation with that guy you always see at the same bar. The point is that last names aren’t a factor. Unless he’s someone famous and you want to brag to your friends in the morning (this sounds ridiculous, until I tell you that Mark Wahlberg hung out regularly at my college dive bar hitting on tipsy sorority girls).
The most important element of the one-night stand is that you probably will never see each other again, which works out well for everyone involved, under the circumstances. Unless you live in Missoula.
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Column | Making it in Missoula
The Bike Shop IncidentThank you for you interest in our column debut! We’re working on a way to make it a little more interactive. I’m taking the reins this week, so hit me with your best psychoanalysis.
Rather than tossing you without a lifevest into the sea of connections that makes up my single life in Missoula, I’ll immerse you slowly so you can get used to the water at your own pace. Some people just have to jump in, and you may be one of those people. But then, where’s the suspense?
So here’s a short episode to get us all comfortable. Maybe we’ll just get in with floaties today.
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New Column
Making It In MissoulaMy sister and I expose our lives in Missoula: the ironies and adventures of dating, the coincidences that seem too planned, and the social interactions that inevitably evolve into micro soap operas when living in a small town. This is just the introduction; the stage is set. In the next few months, "characters" (our friends whose names we've creatively changed so we can still be invited to barbecues) will emerge and the plots will thicken. We hope readers will help thicken them by sharing advice and thoughts with us. Welcome to Making It In Missoula. [more]
