Tonight my dad taught me this word. Real casual ( Read more... )

Main Entry: 2ti
Function: noun
Etymology: alteration of si
: the seventh tone of the diatonic scale in solmization

(Turns out planners are seasonal ( Read more... )

(I have this game card propped up against my monitor screen)

Q: What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

I want to say that these past couple weeks have been a trial of torture--on my head, my body, my heart, my work and play... You know how it goes, with a lot of questions, too few answers, and tons of answers you might not want to hear ( Read more... )

Today I had agreed to go to the station and air Democracy Now for Ian since he's out of town. I had to catch the rapid at 5:57am, so I was walking the 11 or so blocks like I do everyday. I felt something weird. First, a car with two dudes pulled over to the side and asked if I needed a ride. Of course I said no and kept walking. Then I got ( Read more... )

Robbed at gunpoint.

I really want to pay you more attention. Thing is, I don't have this kind of time to linger very much. I work pretty hard, play a tiny bit, and then sleep real hard. But once this boy told me that I cared so much about humanity, or society, or women (or whatever) that I failed to care about those closest to me. Maybe he was a little right.

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"Are You There God? It's Me, Monica"
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Caitlin Flanagan, Atlantic Monthly"We've made a world for our girls in which the pornography industry has become increasingly mainstream, in which Planned Parenthood's response to the oral-sex craze has been to set up a help line, in which the forces of ( Read more... )