I don't do a whole lot before going to school tonight, but I still end up leaving late cause I wanted to take a shower before going. Before I take the shower I stick my head out the door of Nanny's part of the house and watch the leaves sweep furiously off the trees under a dark gray sky. Behind me, Nanny says to be careful. I tell her that if ( Read more... )

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I'm sitting across from the courthouse in my grandmother's giant SUV, waiting as she votes early. She feels that her hips will not allow her to stay in line for two hours or more on Election Day. I'm under the impression that I'll be waiting for at least an hour, so here I am, folded sections of the local newspaper under one elbow and a Mountain ( Read more... )

The ever-smiling older Chinese chick at the front who I usually find vacuuming around this time of night greets me, but because the grin is always plastered on her face I can't tell if she recognizes me or not. I think I see recognition in her eyes but obviously they're slanted and with the smile bunching up her high cheeks it's hard to see her ( Read more... )

The Benefactor steps into the house around seven after I'd returned from getting two more books about the Spanish Armada for my Western Civilization class from the library. I'm watching interview clips on MSN about Team America. Nanny is at the computer clicking furiously to delete each e-mail individually, which along with her extremely loud ( Read more... )

I've misplaced my Movie Magic Screenwriter CD. I say misplaced but of course I mean lost. There's a window of opportunity during the "misplaced" period for your brain to go *Eureka*and present an image to you of the place you last left the object, and you go, 'oh yeah, thanks'. You go and check out the space and sure enough, there it is. Just as ( Read more... )

I'm not dead. I'll update soon.

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I've been fighting insomnia and going to bed earlier this last week, with one notable exception Sunday night/Monday morning. Last night I went to bed at 12:30 and woke up at 5 this morning. It's impossible now for me to sleep more than five hours or less than ten. I don't know why ( Read more... )

I am an asshole