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December 2017

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1 So, How Did My Foot Get Hurt?	2 A Short Meet With Cory Booker (November 10, 2016) - Part 2
3	4	5 Hypothesis Of Why We're So Empathetic To People Accused Of Sexual Assault... - Part 1	6 Hypothesis Of Why We're So Empathetic To People Accused Of Sexual Assault... - Part 2	7 Solidarity On The Street	8	9 I Have Got To Talk About "I, Tonya" - Part 1
10 I Have Got To Talk About "I, Tonya" - Part 2	11 I Have Got To Talk About "I, Tonya" - Part 3	12 I Have Got To Talk About "I, Tonya"	13 I'm Feeling Kind Of Old...	14	15	16
17 December 7-Day Series	18 When Do The Consequences End? (And When Do I Really - Really, Really, Really, Really - Get My Life Back?) - Part 1	19 When Do The Consequences End? (And When Do I Really - Really, Really, Really, Really - Get My Life Back?) - Part 2	20	21 Like, Is BMI Just *Perhaps* Not Meant To Be? - Part 1	22 Like, Is BMI Just *Perhaps* Not Meant To Be? - Part 2	23 I'm Back To Crying In Chipotles* Again?
24	25	26	27	28 So, How Do You Like, Live-Live In Times Square?	29	30
31 2017 In Review (By Month) - Part 1

November 2017

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1 How Do You Know When Someone Is Suffering? - Part 1	2 How Do You Know When Someone Is Suffering? - Part 2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11 So, How Did I Learn To Sleep Again?
12 "Just Put Your Foot Down" Is Terrible Advice For People In An Abusive Relationship - Part 1	13 "Just Put Your Foot Down" Is Terrible Advice For People In An Abusive Relationship - Part 2 (Why We Don't Want To Say That To People)	14 How Do We Make All This Stuff Actually Accessible?	15 The Strains On My Friendships - Part 1 (Things That Were Hard)	16 The Strains On My Friendships - Part 2 (Some Great Friendship Examples - #1 Stand Firm)	17 The Strains On My Friendships - Part 3 (Some Great Friendship Examples - #2 Know When You Don't Know The Answers)	18 The Strains On My Friendships - Part 4 (Some Great Friendship Examples - #3 In This Case, You Don't Need To Hammer The Painful Facts, Cater To The Feelings)
19 How Much Do I Love "Episodes"? (I Love It)	20 Why Do We All Want The Reboots?	21 An Understanding Doesn't Equal An Excuse - Part 1	22 An Understanding Doesn't Equal An Excuse - Part 2	23 An Understanding Doesn't Equal An Excuse - Part 3	24 I'll Never "Officially Catch Up" - Part 1	25 I'll Never "Officially Catch Up" - Part 2
26	27	28	29	30

October 2017

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1 Re: Advice - None Of Us Even Know What We're Talking About - Part 1	2 Re: Advice - None Of Us Even Know What We're Talking About - Part 2	3 Do We Realize We're Asking *Ridiculous* Questions?	4 I. Saw. The. Dude. Who. Sexually. Assaulted. Me. On. The. Street. - Part 1 (A Lil' Freakout. What now?!)	5 I. Saw. The. Dude. Who. Sexually. Assaulted. Me. On. The. Street. - Part 2 (What's He Doing In An Area I've Arbitrarily Thought Of As A Him-Free Zone?)	6 Let's All Just Be Better...?	7
8 Rock 'n' Roll San Jose 5k and Half Marathon	9	10	11 Not Only Did I Not Wanna Ever Be With Another Him... I Don't Wanna Be Him Either - Part 1 (Does He Really Not Understand What He's Doing?)	12 Not Only Did I Not Wanna Ever Be With Another Him... I Don't Wanna Be Him Either - Part 2 (What If I'm Him?!)	13 Not Only Did I Not Wanna Ever Be With Another Him... I Don't Wanna Be Him Either - Part 3 (What If, What If, What If?!)	14 Rock 'n' Roll Brooklyn Half Marathon
15 BMI Is Precisely What I'd Hoped It Would Be The First Time	16 Oh My God, I Think It's Happening... The Redeeming Part Of The Redemption Story - Part 1	17 Oh My God, I Think It's Happening... The Redeeming Part Of The Redemption Story - Part 2	18 How Objective Is The Redemption Story? - Part 1	19 How Objective Is The Redemption Story? - Part 2	20 How Objective Is The Redemption Story? - Part 3	21
22	23 I Do Remember/Am Aware That I've *Always* Been Just Like A Regular Ol' Mortal Human Being, Right?	24 The Definition Of Everything Doesn't Have To Change (Re: Comedy and Stuff)... (Part 1A - Kind Of A Preamble)	25 The Definition Of Everything Doesn't Have To Change (Re: Comedy and Stuff)... (Part 1B - Kind Of A Preamble)	26 The Definition Of Everything Doesn't Have To Change... (Part 2A - Things Are Still Allowed To Be Funny)	27 The Definition Of Everything Doesn't Have To Change... (Part 2B - Things Are Still Allowed To Be Funny)	28 The Definition Of Everything Doesn't Have To Change... (Part 3A - I Don't Need To Argue With a Ghost)
29 The Definition Of Everything Doesn't Have To Change... (Part 3B - I Don't Need To Argue With a Ghost)	30 ...Neither Does The Way I Interact With The World [It Doesn't Have To Change] - Part 1	31 ...Neither Does The Way I Interact With The World [It Doesn't Have To Change] - Part 2

September 2017

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1 "We're Democrats. We Listen To Experts."	2 I Do Best When I'm Focusing On Love...
3 Rock 'n' Roll Virginia Beach 5k, Mile In The Sand, & Half Marathon	4	5 Getting Over Being Assaulted By An Intimate Partner Is Not Like Getting Over A Breakup - Part 1 (I Make This Mistake)	6 Getting Over Being Assaulted By An Intimate Partner Is Not Like Getting Over A Breakup - Part 2 (Other People Make This Mistake Too)	7	8	9
10 What Does "Being The Bigger Person" Really Mean?	11 Picking Up The Pieces Doesn't Necessarily Make The Same Picture... (Re: Mainly Friendships In This Post, But Probably True For Many Things)	12 The First Truly 100% Normal Experience Again	13 An Interesting TedMed talk	14 What Happened Was Not Okay, But I Think I Will Be Okay, Nonetheless	15 Oh My Goodness Gracious... HILLARY CLINTON Sent Me A Letter!!!!!!	16 A Quick Reflection Of BMI Before I Start
17 Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia 5k & Half Marathon	18 Here We Go Again (My Second Shot At BMI)	19	20 I Don't Leave My Bed In The Morning Until I've Called A Senator About The Graham-Cassidy Bill	21	22 I'm No Longer Going For The Plaque With The Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series - Part 1	23 I'm No Longer Going For The Plaque With The Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series - Part 2
24 I'm No Longer Going For The Plaque With The Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series - Part 3	25 I'm No Longer Going For The Plaque With The Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series - Part 4 (The Conclusion)	26 Eeesh! Look At All The Money I Spent	27 Good Article On Healing	28 Getting Help Doesn't Always Mean Getting "Justice"... - Part 1	29 Getting Help Doesn't Always Mean Getting "Justice"... - Part 2	30 What To Do If Your Friend Is Sexually Assaulted

August 2017

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1	2 Cory Booker & I Are Totally Still Besties	3 "What? You Like Pizza?"	4 I See Things Again	5 I'm... Afraid(?)... Of New York
6 Picking Up The Pieces In The Last Stage Of Recovery	7 Being Assaulted By A Charming, Well-Liked Man - Part 1 (It's Hard To Reconcile Who You Thought You Knew With Who You Grew To Know)	8 Being Assaulted By A Charming, Well-Liked Man - Part 2 (Some More Different Thoughts Swirling In My Head)	9 Being Assaulted By A Charming, Well-Liked Man - Part 3 (To Think, It Could Be Even Harder)	10 I Am A *Little* Terrified Of Going Back To School	11 People Can't Read My Mind If I Need Help	12 Rock 'n' Roll Dublin 5k
13 Chris Murphy Is A Dope Senator	14 A Silly Nachos Story In Belfast (That Kind Of Made Me Feel Like I Was In My Own Personal Episode Of Seinfeld!)	15 A Trip To Northern Ireland	16 San Francisco (2nd) Half Marathon (July 23, 2017)	17 It Is Reeeelly Like I Don't Live In New York	18 Relationship Collateral Damage - Part 1 (A Concept I'd Never Really Thought About...)	19 Relationship Collateral Damage - Part 2 (A Close Friendship Was Affected In A Way I Didn't Expect)
20 Still, Nothing Feels Better Than California	21 What?! The People In New York Are So... NICE?!	22 A Cute Eclipse Compliment I Totally Took!	23	24 How Did I Ever Used To Do This Every Single Day?	25 My Therapist Is Like My Color-Bomb Diffuser Teacher	26 Does Therapy Eventually Make You Worse? (Spoiler Alert: My Opinion Is No)
27 The Beginning Of Something Doesn't Necessarily Dictate The End...	28 Do You Think It's Good Or Bad To Have Callouses?	29 A Hilarious Twitter Thread On Michael Jackson's Birthday	30	31

July 2017

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1 Having Fun In Manchester's "Gay Village"! (And Answering An Interesting Question)
2 A Liiiittle Proud Of My Walk Back To The Hotel In Manchester	3 The Isle Of Man!!!	4 Luxembourg	5 Belgium	6 Layover In Moscow	7 Go See The Big Sick!!!!!!!	8 Have Movies Changed, Or Has Dating Changed?
9 Why The Big Sick Meant So Much To Me, Specifically	10 The Summer 7 & Blast The Coastline (June 28 - July 4 & July 8, 2017)	11 Larry Wilmore's Brilliant (And Helpful) Words re: Sexual Assault Survivors	12 A Twitter Thread About The Big Sick (By Kumail) You Gotta Read	13 But Why Did This Affect You Sooooo Much - Especially When You're So "Resilient"?	14 It's Okay To Be Okay...	15 Rock 'n' Roll Chicago 5k
16 Rock 'n' Roll Chicago Half Marathon	17 Huh....Soooo They All Just Like Think I Live Here For Real	18 ...Because I Am Told To Accept All This (Re: The Question Why Did You Stay With Him?)	19 Will Ferrell Is So Good On The Nerdist Podcast!	20 I Wish I Would've Gone To Therapy So Much Earlier	21 Equality Extends To Your Personal Life (Did You Know That?)	22 I'm Not Doing The SF Marathon... Oooooor Am I Doing The SF Marathon?
23 I Follow This Cool Doctor On Twitter	24 Advice Always Comes With A Giant Asterisk	25 Your "First" Doesn't Have To Set The Tone For Forever	26 Life Is Really Freaking Not Fair - For Real.	27 Hillary Clinton Is Not The President	28 A Lil' Change To The Running Schedule	29 Cory Booker Answers "How Do You Want To Be Remembered?"
30 Cory Booker on Another Round	31 A Tiny Example Of Why I Think Cory Booker Is Such A Great Person

June 2017

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1 Sightseeing In Manchester! (Part 1 - Libraries)	2 Sightseeing In Manchester! (Part 2 - Museums, Sports, & Food)	3 Rock 'n' Roll San Diego 5k
4 Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon - Part 1	5 Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon - Part 2 (The End & Post-Race) So, I'm Working At "The Daily Show" For A Bit!!!!	6 Day 2 At The Daily Show (And My New BFF From Lunch)	7 Day 3 At The Daily Show! (I Just Feel So In Control)	8 Day 4 At The Daily Show! (It's COMEY DAY)	9 ...New York Is... Maybe... Welcoming Me In? (And If It Doesn't Feel Great This Time, I Don't Know How It Ever Will...)	10 I'm Mean To New York (And I Hate That)
11 Diva's Half Marathon Toronto!	12 I'm Officially In The Daily Show Family!!!	13 "Oh My Goodness. Is Somebody Watching The Daily Show?"	14 Looks Like We Maaaaaaaaade It!!! (To The Daily Show!)	15 Odds & Ends From My First Week At The Daily Show	16 Crazy How Right Time/Right Place All This Daily Show Stuff Was... And It Can All Work Out Anyway	17 The Best Cosby/Sexual Assault Article I've Seen
18 Rock 'n' Roll Seattle 5k (June 17, 2017)	19 My First Moment Of Zen!	20 Pitch Is One Of The Greatest Shows To Have Graced This Earth	21 Nobody Told Me About The Amazing-ness Of Pitch	22 What Is My "Writing Aesthetic"?	23 I Have So Many Tabs Open Online - All Starting From Pitch	24 The 3 Birthday Questions (2017)
25	26 Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Half Marathon (June 18, 2017)	27 My First Game At Fenway! (June 26, 2017)	28 I Need To Start Seeing The Future, & Not Just The Past...	29	30 You Build So Much, 'Cause Of What You Get To Keep

May 2017

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1 I'm Tired Of My Whole World Being So Red	2 Two Kids Have Been Saved From Abuse!	3	4	5	6 My Sister's First Half Marathon [It's A Guest Post!] (Indy 500 Festival Mini-Marathon & 5k 2017)
7 Diva's 5k Myrtle Beach	8	9 I'm Hiding Right In Plain Sight	10	11 Your Heart Problem Goes Away; Your Rapist Doesn't	12 Do We Actually Blame All Sorts Of People For More Than I Think...?	13 I Feel Like I'm In My Own Personal Season Of Serial...
14 I Am So Very, Very Tired Of Being Angry All The Time	15 "I Thought You Were Only Saying No Because..." (I Got An Interesting Window Into What A Man Thought About Consent...) (Part 1 - The Story)	16 "I Thought You Were Only Saying No Because..." (I Got An Interesting Window Into What A Man Thought About Consent...) (Part 2 - His Response)	17 I Feel So Lonely, Baby - Part 1 (My Closest Friend)	18 I Feel So Lonely, Baby - Part 2 (Acquaintances)	19 I Feel So Lonely, Baby - Part 3 (Romantic Relationships)	20
21 "3 Days At The Fair, 144 Hour Option"	22	23	24 Rapists Make Breakfast Too, You Know...	25 Did The Goals Change Since We Were Younger (Re: Families And Such)?	26 I've Landed In Manchester	27 1st Night In Manchester
28 Rock 'n' Roll Liverpool 5k & Half Marathon - Part 1 (Expo, Getting There, & Small Overview)	29 Rock 'n' Roll Liverpool 5k & Half Marathon - Part 2 (Traffic On The 'Opposite' Side Of The Street Applies To Walking As Well)	30 Rock 'n' Roll Liverpool 5k & Half Marathon - Part 3 (Took A Full On Meal Break)	31 Sightseeing in Liverpool!

April 2017

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
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2 Rock 'n' Roll Raleigh 5k & Half Marathon	3 I'm So Worried Sometimes That If People See *Any* Good, They Won't Believe The Bad...	4 I Also Really Miss New York (And Kinda Just My Life...) Basically, My "Fairy Tale" Was Ruined (Ish)	5 I'm Drowning Because I Won't Let Go	6 I Thought It Could Never Happen To Me... *I* Could Never Be Assaulted... Right?	7 The Intense Apathy	8 Garden Valley Half Marathon
9 Rutger's 8k	10 I Liked My Train.... (Feels Like My Life Came To A Screeching Halt)	11	12 Abuse Begets Abuse	13 Karma Is Not Always Gonna Be Some Magical Justice-Equalizer I Have Lost All "Chill" - Part 3 (A Story For Context - The Incident Incites Indeed)	14 Maybe The Apathy Is A Liiiiiiiiiiittle Bit A Good Thing	15 Sometimes I Feel Like A Big Jerk
16 Chrissy Teigen & John Legend Are Amazing Parents	17 You Would Think I'd Never Flown Before (Part 1) - (It Seems He Wants To *Appear* As A Good Man, Instead Of Be One)	18 You Would Think I'd Never Flown Before (Part 2 - He's Always In Charge)	19 You Would Think I'd Never Flown Before - Part 3 (...Flying)	20 You Would Think I'd Never _______ Before	21	22 My First Inter-Continental Flight!!!
23 My 4-Hour Layover in Portugal!	24 Day In Madrid	25 Europe's A Lil' Exciting Blip-py Star	26 I Feel The Best When I'm So, So Far Away From The Man Who Assaulted Me... But I Don't Wanna Leave My Life	27 I Always Said, "I Will Never Be Disgusted By Somebody I Was Involved With"	28 Kinda Like a Break-Up... But Not!	29 Rock 'n' Roll Nashville 1-miler & Half Marathon (April 27th & 29th, 2017)
30 Rock 'n' Roll Diva's Chicagoland

March 2017

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1	2	3 To *Think* I Was Doing Everything Right, And Learn I Was Doing It All Wrong...	4 I Had A Really Messed Up View Of Consent (*This Actually Isn't Even a Post About Sex!)
5	6 Sexual Assault Feels Like A Giant Umbrella Over My Life	7 Chrissy Teigen Is Amazing And Brave And Practically Perfect	8 I Live In That Soundproof Box Now...	9	10 Better, Better, Worse... Better, Better, Worse... (How I'm Healing From Sexual Assault)	11 Rock 'n' Roll DC Half Marathon
12 Oh My Gosh; I Had A Huge Bite Of Meat!	13 "Men Are Innocent Until Proven Guilty!" I'm Staying At Work During The Blizzard	14 "You Wanted It"	15 A Cracked Article Worth Reading	16 I. Have. Traveled. So. Much. This. Week. (November 14, 2016)	17 What Are The 10 Things I Am?	18
19 #Tex2Mex Challenge - (Part 1 Rock 'n' Roll Dallas 5k & Half Marathon)	20 #Tex2Mex Challenge (Part 2 - Let's Go To Mexico!!! (My First International Flight!)... And Once We Got There... Oh Goodness)	21 #Tex2Mex Challenge (Part 3 - Rock 'n' Roll Mexico City)	22 Being Sexually Assaulted Has Made Me Question Core Things That I Really Believe(d?)...	23 I'm Just So Distracted (Feels Like I've Lost The Ability To Learn)	24 If I Never Hear "Well, Boys Don't Listen" Again For The Rest Of My Life, It Will Still Be Way Too Soon - Part 1	25 If I Never Hear "Well, Boys Don't Listen" Again For The Rest Of My Life, It Will Still Be Way Too Soon - Part 2
26 If I Never Hear "Well, Boys Don't Listen" Again For The Rest Of My Life, It Will Still Be Way Too Soon - Part 3	27 Rock 'n' Roll San Francisco Half Marathon (March 26, 2017)	28 I'm Not Really Finding The Joy In Running Anymore...	29 What I Wouldn't Give To Feel	30	31 I'm Just Not Here

February 2017

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1 Welp, The First Marathon Of My New Project Was Cancelled... - Part 6	2 Welp, The First Marathon Of My New Project Was Cancelled... - Part 7	3 Welp, The First Marathon Of My New Project Was Cancelled... - Part 8	4 Welp, The First Marathon Of My New Project Was Cancelled... - Part 9
5 Rock 'n' Roll New Orleans 5k (& Marathon Sort Of) (General Race Report/Thoughts) - Part 1	6 Rock 'n' Roll New Orleans 5k (& Marathon Sort Of) (General Race Report/Thoughts) - Part 2	7 Rock 'n' Roll New Orleans Marathon (I Was Literally Last Place) - Part 1	8 Rock 'n' Roll New Orleans Marathon (I Was Literally Last Place) - Part 2	9 Rock 'n' Roll New Orleans Marathon (I Was Literally Last Place) - Part 3	10 Rock 'n' Roll New Orleans Marathon (I Was Literally Last Place) - Part 4	11 It Feels Like I've Been Reminded About BMI At Every Turn
12 "Why Did You Even Get Involved With Someone At BMI?" - Part 1	13 "Why Did You Even Get Involved With Someone At BMI?" - Part 2	14 "Why Did You Even Get Involved With Someone At BMI?" - Part 3	15 I Should Be Able To Go Out With An A**hole, & Still Be Safe - Part 1	16 I Should Be Able To Go Out With An A**hole, & Still Be Safe - Part 2	17 I Should Be Able To Go Out With An A**hole, & Still Be Safe - Part 3	18 Diva's Temecula! - Part 1
19 Diva's Temecula! - Part 2	20 Ft. Lauderdale A1 Half Marathon - Part 1	21 Ft. Lauderdale A1 Half Marathon - Part 2	22 Is It Normal - Or Is It a Problem?	23 Assault Is Not A Normal Relationship Problem	24 A Stranger On The Subway Cared That I Was Crying	25 A "Problematic" Episode Of This Is Us - Part 1
26 A "Problematic" Episode Of This Is Us - Part 2	27 A "Problematic" Episode Of This Is Us - Part 3	28 "Work Aurora" vs. "Personal Aurora" (Re: What I Think I Deserve)

January 2017

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1 New Years Eve *Just* To The Side Of Times Square - Part 2	2 New Years Eve *Just* To The Side Of Times Square - Part 3	3 The New Year's Cleanup!	4 What Are The (Far Too Many) Ways Sexual Assault Affected Me? - Part 1 (Athleticism)	5 What Are The (Far Too Many) Ways Sexual Assault Affected Me? - Part 2 (Independence (And Image))	6 What Are The (Far Too Many) Ways Sexual Assault Affected Me? - Part 3 (Being Present and Goal Oriented)	7 What Are The (Far Too Many) Ways Sexual Assault Affected Me? - Part 4 (Being a Responsible, Caring Friend/Person)
8 What Are The (Far Too Many) Ways Sexual Assault Affected Me? - Part 5 (...And More)	9 Making Friends With Tourists!	10 Weirdly, I Wasn't Even Supposed To Be In New York This Weekend - And It was SO Fun To Be Here - Part 1	11 Weirdly, I Wasn't Even Supposed To Be In New York This Weekend - And It was SO Fun To Be Here - Part 2	12 I Was Afraid No One Would Find Me Sexy Again... (But I Learned Sex Can Still Be Dope & Exist After Sexual Assault)	13 Aurora, Should You Really Be Hanging Out With Strange Men... You Know... After... What Happened To You?	14 It Feels Like My Self Confidence Has Eroded - Part 1 (I Was Always Too Much, Or Never Enough)
15 Rock 'n' Roll Arizona 5k and Half Marathon	16 It Feels Like My Self Confidence Has Eroded - Part 2	17 It Feels Like My Self Confidence Has Eroded - Part 3	18 I'm Running 882 Miles In A Year To Represent 882 Sexual Assault Victims EVERY DAY	19 I Have No Idea If I'm The "Right" Person For This "Job"	20 "Should I Stay Or Should I Go Now?" - Part 1	21 "Should I Stay Or Should I Go Now?" - Part 2
22 The Washington DC Women's March! - Part 1	23 The Washington DC Women's March! - Part 2	24 Welp, The First Marathon Of My New Project Was Cancelled... - Part 1	25 Welp, The First Marathon Of My New Project Was Cancelled... - Part 2	26 The 1-Year Anniversary Of The (1st) Sexual Assault With The Dude (Who Did It Twice)	27 So, What Did I Do On The 1-Year Assault Anniversary?	28 And How Did The 1-Year Assault Anniversary Go?
29 Welp, The First Marathon Of My New Project Was Cancelled... - Part 3 (Trying To Get Out Of DC)	30 Welp, The First Marathon Of My New Project Was Cancelled... - Part 4	31 Welp, The First Marathon Of My New Project Was Cancelled... - Part 5