Category: Blog
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The Bath
She turned on the water. It was a bathtub she hadn’t used before, in a bathroom she was still getting accustomed to. It’s bigger than her old one. It’s bigger, in fact, than any bathroom she’d had since she was sharing a dorm bathroom with ten other girls. It was colder than she was used…
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It's Not So Big
life in mini-texas You know how sometimes you just have the strangest day that you wouldn’t believe if you saw it on a movie? Yesterday Tyson showed up and told us that he had just run into a guy he knew from New York. He was on Sunset. He offered Tyson a job. It’s the…
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Babe in Boyland
more on my new living arrangement I had training for this. This isn’t something that is new to me. I’m not shocked. I’m not scared. I’m not uncomfortable. But I’m suddenly living in a house with two boy humans and two boy cats. I am the only shred of femininity in this entire apartment. I…
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Quit While You're Ahead
no more whining So what happens when you complain too much about having to use a dial-up? You lose phone service. For two days. The phones were knocked out all down the street and we got to listen to drilling and digging outside our door all weekend. We finally got phone service again long enough…
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A Still Day
despite the puppies There are dalmatians outside my backyard. All along Sunset they’ve placed inflated puppies on top of the buildings. They loom over the street and threaten to snap off and hit a car at any time. Sad, floaty puppies staring at us, begging to be cut free, wishing they weren’t stuck on enormous…
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Still Waiting
and i’m just trying to not smash my computer This morning I got up early and walked two miles. Yes, I walked with the sun and the breeze and was generally just a happy girl. But that only sounds healthy until I tell you that I walked two miles because I got lost on my…
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It's Been Busy
welcome to the hotel california Perhaps I should explain life with Ray and that will explain why I haven’t written since Thursday. Actually, once I explain, then perhaps you’ll understand why the last entry was filled with typos. Wednesday we arrived with Chris. Chris stayed until Saturday morning. We all slept on the hardwood floor,…
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California
welcome to my new life We’re all here. We’re safe. The cars made it. So much has happened over the past three days that I’m not really sure how to sort it all out into readable bits and pieces. It’s still hitting me in waves of emotion. Moments and emotions and memories all flooding in…
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The Old Apartment
this is where we used to live Okay. It’s empty. And I don’t really know what to say. I’m here in my empty apartment. We had lunch at one of our favorite restaurants. We took pictures. We’ve had several parties. We had a nice packing party last night where everyone came over and helped finish…
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The Pouty Princess
roasted and toasted Oh, people. I’ve got good friends. I know I have good friends because they said nice things about me last night and made sure I had things to drink and brought gifts and the meanest thing someone could come up with about is is that we’re bad tippers. To be honest, Eric…