Category: Blog
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kids and violence
it’s not just after school anymore My high school years were easy. I’m just saying this now, so that if I have kids someday and they are in high school and they start talking about their day I never say to them, “Oh, it’s just high school. Everyone goes through it. It’s nothing. You think…
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babies and drugs
i’m all weepy again I’m home today. I crawled over to the computer to do this. You see, I have learned that as wonderful as my new allergy medicine is (and check out their website— it’s pretty scary), it causes terrible pain once a month. Not that I wasn’t already in pain, but now it’s…
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jock talk
the truth about sports (time: yesterday afternoon. place: bedroom) [scripty] PAMIE Well, when do we have to get back from lunch? ERIC What do you mean? PAMIE So you can watch the game. ERIC What game? PAMIE You said you wanted to watch basketball today, I was just wondering when we had to be back.…
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a small tour
and a welcome I don’t usually post on the weekends, but for those of you who are new to the site: welcome. Just a few things: Eric is my boyfriend. Taylor is my cat. (It’s easy to get them confused in the stories if you don’t know that going in.) If you know me and…
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class notes
on being a new parent and a bad student I’m in a class today. Not much time to talk.
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pamieamory
why i have to stick to just one man I was interviewed for the local paper yesterday afternoon about Squishy. So, this Saturday there should be an article about… me and why I write this journal. And of course now that hours have gone by since the interview I’m thinking to myself, “Did I say…
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comedy advice
because everyone is both a comic and a critic The festival is over. I’m exhausted. I had a terrible night’s sleep last night. I kept dreaming that someone was trying to kill me with a knife. Plus I’m mad at Chuy because in my dream last night we were playing chess at someone’s wedding and…
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the rules
the way it should be I’m very excited about Birthday Week. Eric has extended my birthday into a week long event. It started with a surprise party the night before my birthday, and has continued on into this morning, when I found that he had cleaned my car and gotten my oil changed, and I…
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do you understand?
the basics of comedy: conflict and commitment We had a troupe from Tokyo, Japan perform last night called Galacta Excite. They knew English, but had never performed in English before. I have never seen a performance captivate an audience like that before. They had everyone in the palm of their hand. Every time they’d stumble…