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Why I Loved Magazines I always loved magazines. This might be because I spent the first 20 years of my life without the internet. In the 80's and 90's if you wanted to know which movies were coming out; if you wanted to see the latest fashion trends; if you wanted to learn about politics, current events and news; you could watch TV, read a newspaper or read a magazine. TV shows ran on a set schedule and newspapers had short articles and gray pages, so I favored magazines. They were a small luxury. You could read them in the bathtub without worrying too much about getting the pages wet, or you could cut out a glossy picture and tape it to your wall. My mom always seemed to be subscribed to at least 7 magazines. Off the top of my head, I can remember her subscribing to: Glamour, Vogue, Self, Working Woman, Metropolitan Living, Country Living*, Vanity Fair, and Utne Reader. I think we also had Time and/or Newsweek for a while. As I entered adolescence, my subscriptions sta...

I've been on a bit of a hiatus on my project* since roughly my last entry. This time rather than a quick out-of-control binge, it was a slow slide. First, a little cheating (Facebook for 5 minutes, what's the harm?), then a lot of cheating (Tumblr for 1 hour in the morning; I'm too tired for anything else), then excuses (it's Christmas Eve and I really want to watch "The Muppet Christmas Carole"), finally a full surrender to temporary defeat (I'll start again on New Year's Day). I didn't want to admit my failure here. I have read a lot of blogs and books about projects and programs that people engage in: Project 333 , the Konmari method , not buying anything projects, 365 art projects, the Mins game from The Minimalists , Whole 30 , Couch to 5K .** I've even done a few of these projects, some more successfully than others. I rarely see the people who started these projects blogging about totally losing their grip on the project within the fir...