this was my submission to mcsweeny's 20 minute story contest:

Alicia Straus was beginning to wring her hands under the table, and though I had only known her a matter of weeks, it was long enough for me to understand exactly what that meant.

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annoyed that i spent the entire weekend working on something that will never come to fruition. i feel like a deflated balloon.

still, i am in the mood for december. all the pine and coats and pink in the cheeks. that funny wrapping paper smell. baked goods and mittens.

on december 9th it will be one year. things are going by so fast.

hi. i'm tired. everybody go to bazaar bizarre west because it's awesomeness is not to be denied. also, summer will be selling her handicrafts, and i'm sort of half debating about trying to get a table myself ( Read more... )

does anyone have a copy of nylon magazine: the LA issue that they're done with? or know where i can order past issues?

i have a new website.

rosehips.us

california smells like a campfire. even this close to the coast, the sky is red and raining tiny bits of grey ash.

for those who can't afford a high-end celebration (or those who don't like crowds, or those who just like hanging out with me and/or other friends), i am having a halloween party at my apartment (third annual, i think, qualifies as tradition!). it will be potluck style with all sorts of music-listenin', nintendo-playin', movie-watchin' and over- ( Read more... )

two liter designs has been selected as one of bust.com's "sizzling links" on the girl wide web. check out their home page to see my name in lights! (or rather, very small text on a high traffic website ( Read more... )

lately ( Read more... )

so the week took a dramatic up-swing yesterday ( Read more... )