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Ash
I gave everything that I was, everything that made me "me" over to our relationship. So that the love I had for him was a living, breathing thing. So that it was a relationship full of love, and laughter and life and joy and support and encouragement ( Read more... ) -
"You will feel a mild tingling sensation, followed by death."
Well, there wasn't actual death. Would that murder was just a teensy bit more legal, there might have been ( Read more... ) -
Streaming
Tracey and her roommate watched the closest screen as Officer Terry called in his response to the possible robbery in progress and turned on his lights and siren. He then started singing, badly off key, "Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when I come for you ( Read more... ) -
Love and loss. And herpes.
I spent quite a few years working for Borders. Yup, that Borders, the bookstore that started off as awesomesauce and slowly fell apart until complete and total bankruptcy. In it's 'golden years' Borders was a fantastic company to work for and one of the best jobs you could have in the company was to be a trainer. They were opening stores at an ( Read more... ) -
Whiteout.
For a very long time, I didn't understand why, at my predominantly black school, my award winning high school band got boo'd at halftime. By our own school. We could hardly make videos of our halftime show to watch after games (to watch them and improve, like the football players did, shit was serious y'all) because we couldn't hear ourselves over ( Read more... ) -
They said it couldn't be done.
"They ( Read more... ) -
Florence.
"I thought I'd see you sooner. Before you went so far off for your schooling ( Read more... ) -
Organic.
"Are these eggs organic?" my customer asked.
"Well, they're not USDA certified, but these eggs are from Chef Sigi, he has a small flock of pastured hens..."
"Right, but are they organic, what do the chickens eat?"
"Ah, these are given a non-soy, non-GMO feed supplement when needed, but that's mostly in winter. Of course this time of year, they ( Read more... ) -
We all have that one movie.
I will never, as long as I live, pay money to watch a French film ever again. I might, maybe, by someone I loved and trusted, be persuaded to watch one for free. It'd be a hard sell, though.
"À ma soeur" is a French film from 2001. In the US it was called "Fat Girl". Quite a few people I knew were raving about having to see this movie. That it ( Read more... ) -
Lessons from the ladies.
"Usichokeoze nyuki". After a bit of research, I learned this is a Swahili proverb, "Don't provoke the bees ( Read more... )