he has a girlfriend. while i suspected this for quite some time, i chose to ignore it. i like to think that he chose to ignore it too, the having of a girlfriend. i mean…
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everything i need to know about life i learned in creative writing
The other night while on the phone with a friend I threw out the idea that everything I need to know about life I learned in creative writing class. Or something like that. Of course,…
The ugly 8th grader
I spent a lot of time last night reading Lucy Grealy’s Autobiography of a Face. This is Grealy’s memoir of her life living with her face which was disfigured by a cancer that caused doctors…
Where Not to Be When the Lights Go Out
Having gorged myself on so much alone-time I was starting to go a little crazy, I decided to call my very favorite TTHM, and he wasn’t home. This of course, made me incredibly bratty and…
A Turn Off
Next week is TV Turn Off Week. I?ve been semi-doing this for nearly a year. I say semi, because while I don’t watch TV (broadcast/cable TV) per se, I am a movie junkie and still…
Scenes from a Notebook
I carry one notebook with me at a time. I use this notebook for most everything. Work, class, writing whatever comes to mind, phone numbers, random doodling, you name it, it goes into the notebook….