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A girl walks into the hardware store and buys a hatchet...

This is not the first line to a joke or a thriller (I hope!). Initially when I went to Ace and asked for a hatchet I was reminded that Halloween was over. Fortunately, Ace sales guys are wonderful and helpful. I learned that I can cut up wood without swinging an ax over my head and minimal risk to my digits.

Prof. Doom requested to hear about my best date ever. I immediately thought back to October my freshman year of college. Jeremiah King was a new friend and the most sophisticated and intelligent male I had ever met in my age bracket. After months of being walked back to my dorm and staying up all hours of the night talking, he asked me out. It wasn't a big event. We went to the market to pick out pumpkins and brought them back to the dorm. We listened to classical music, carved pumpkins and drank tea. There was a full moon and he was looking at me with all this love in his eyes. I would pick reliving that night any time over steaks, wine, and pearls. I didn't know that night that he would later start drinking heavily, I would start dating someone bad and have my first of major heartbreaks, and we would be closest of friends again over the next 7 years.