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Motherhood: The One Sure Way to Cure Self-Absorption

5/10/12 11:00am by The Flying Chalupa
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I was always one to indulge in the malaise of youth. I can't get out of bed. I hate Sundays. Then I had children. Suddenly I became a cipher. The person that I had to buy wrinkle cream and go to the gym and avoid dessert for (what an idiot) was absent. Which isn't to say that I lost myself but that I lost time for self-reflection. And it felt liberating. I didn't hate Sundays anymore BECAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS SUNDAY.  Read more >

Dear Hillary: I Need a Mail-Order Village

3/10/11 3:00pm by The Flying Chalupa
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I know what I want this year. And I'm appealing directly to the First Star on the Right and the laws of Scratch 'N Play Lotto. With a strong appeal to Hillary Clinton. For my village. Because I'm village-less.  Read more >

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Full Name
Tarja Parssinen
Member Since
November 2010
About Me: 

Tarja Parssinen is a humorist, writer and stay-at-home-mom to two little boys.  Once, long ago, she was a member of Cornell University's sketch comedy group, The Skits-O-Phrenics.  She is frighteningly comfortable in karaoke lounges and believes in the healing power of full-fat cheese.  Stop on by to see her Carmen Miranda impression (not really) and have a good chuckle (yes, really): www.theflyingchalupa.com.

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Freelance Writer / Stay-At-Home Mom
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West, like the Wicked Witch
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Cornell University

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