A: We watch reruns of Project Runway while cuddling on the couch and exchanging snide remarks.

(Q: How are things going?)

I think I bruised my idealism.

Mr. S, the oldest in the group of ten or so, was 71. The youngest, D., was my age, give or take a year. I was observing from an olive-colored plastic chair that squeaked whenever I crossed or uncrossed my legs. In the middle row, a heavy black woman squinted into a compact mirror as she painstakingly applied mascara and red lipstick. A William & ( Read more... )

Whisk together a package of sugar-free vanilla pudding mix with two cups of cold vanilla soy milk ( Read more... )

Three exams one 15-20 page research paper one 10-minute presentation one quiz one homework one exam review five days.

Okay.

Bye, kids.

Hey, I'm going to fitness test obese firefighters again this summer.

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I went to the bookstore today to buy some colored pencils for my genealogy project. The cashier was a cotton-haired, cotton-voiced old lady with a slightly condescending smile.

"Awww, are you going to draw a picture?" she asked me ( Read more... )

I just got a completely unprovoked sex talk from my mother.

Oh Jesus, it burns. It burns.

As I was leaving Safeway today, I stopped short and was almost run over by a grumpy looking old woman on a scooter.

There was a handwritten sign on the back of it, in cardboard and magic marker.

"My other car is a Rolls Royce."