I just found out that my dad absconded to Michigan in the middle of the night some eleven days ago and no one in my family has spoken to him since. This is by far the longest time my mom and he haven't talked... Their anniversary is in two days and I've never seen her this bereft.

I can't stop crying...

The sickening sadness of strange mouse shapes timidly hide in Sunday afternoon closets and blue grey hallways ( Read more... )

A Fling into the SunAn unruly lock of albino hair fell into eyes that were staring at a muted screen. Stained hands brushed it away languidly, eager to be distracted once more from their task of rolling cigars for the two nearby companions sitting on the filthy bed. The small, one-room apartment screamed out to be cleansed of its pests, which did ( Read more... )

Novemberthe reluctant sun peers over quiet souls ( Read more... )

I did it. With the aid of kanji dictionaries and regular dictionaries, granted, but I still did it: I have now read the first sentence of Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, in Japanese, with no furigana next to the kanji, and understood it. The sentence is ( Read more... )

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MatchCigarette smoke and auburn hair ( Read more... )

RED SOX WIN 4-0 SWEEP

You heard it folks! A historic moment, the first time the Boston Red Sox won since 1918! 86 years of curse is lifted! Woo ( Read more... )

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BeachesFormless things are true ( Read more... )