November 2010
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Yawn.
Ugh, I’m tired.
But I am trying not to drink Red Bull, because I don’t want to die and provoke a headline that says GIRL DRANK HERSELF TO DEATH, NO ALCOHOL INVOLVED. I prefer there be alcohol involved.
So, to stay alert, I’m just going to keep typing and typing. First, here’s a story:
I was lurking on someone’s Facebook wall one day, when I came across something about dogs and high blood...
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On Living Situations, Prior
When you’re poor, you’re at the mercy of others and God*. Don’t ever let anyone tell you otherwise.
It’s hard to remember what it was like when I was younger, but my parents marvel now at how poor they used to be. Once, my mother tells me, we slept on the floor of someone’s garage. You see, we had been living in an apartment with two other families, packed and uncomfortable, but then, one day,...
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This is a conversation I like to have with myself:
R: I need to write.
R: I would like, instead, to wash all of my silk dresses by hand.
R: You’re going to really regret it. The book is almost finished. What if you wrote a short story?
R: What is this?? I’m trying to do something already; I’m trying to do something not very hard and not very depres— A short story?...
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Strong Coffee Playlist
Alan Hovhaness - Mysterious Mountain: Double Fugue
Grand National - Drink To Moving On
Gorillaz - Empire Ants
Midlake - Young Bride
Marina & The Diamonds - I Am Not A Robot (Penguin Prison Remix)
Mos Def - Casa Bey
Return of Simple - Say It’s Alright
Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work
The Spinto Band - Oh, Mandy
The Lee Family Curse -...
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On Aging
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I have wrinkles, I’m convinced.
They’re not set on the surface, but when I frown, they hesitate to bow out of my sight immediately, like before, like back in the day. Times were better back in the day, my skin snapped back into place like a rubber band, soft as a rose petal. Now I’m starting to feel like it’s the surface of balled pizza dough with too much flour on its surface. I go to the...