I'm in a post-election funk. I feel really embarrassed and ashamed for having allowed myself to get pulled into the whole emotional aspect of this giant farce we call an election. On one hand the blatantly, transparently evil people have been vanquished, while the more seemingly benevolent forces have been given an extended lease; deeper down I ( Read more... )

Slate asked undecided voters to submit explanations as to why they remained undecided, so I wrote them the following ( Read more... )

oh yeah, i saw a dead body tonight. it was pretty badass

i moved into my apartment three months ago. the entire time, my roommate nick has had this horrible, horrible cough. it keeps him awake at night. i often hear him running (not walking, running) to the bathroom to gag, and hock, and expectorate with difficulty things from deep within him. his wife elizabeth often makes him sleep on the couch because ( Read more... )

next week my friend joy from NY is coming to stay with me for a week ( Read more... )

this morning i awoke to the most completely delightful, heartwarming and humbling messages, sent to my cell phone from twitter ( Read more... )

sometimes i check the stats on my flickr photo album and i see that someone has gone through and looked at only the photos of me. i wish i knew who this/these secret admirer(s) were.

two nights ago on tuesday, at 7:15 p.m., i was filling my car with gas on the corner of la brea and beverly blvd, three blocks from my childhood home ( Read more... )

i wish i had worn different shoes and socks, and i wish i had used a bit less coconut oil in my hair that morning.

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between the hours of 1 and 5 am, i ate three plates of bacon.
it's now 8 am. i feel really fucking gross.