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Ampersands&
ampersandampersand.tumblr.com is the only Tumblr site I still visit regularly. Ampersands are my favorite linguistic symbol, writing tool. They carry the only objectively true thing in this world--there's always something more--but its (symbolic) truth invalidates itself. Each ampersand is self-referent (trans. "and per se"), and for reasons I ( Read more... ) -
Porn talk in front of girly girl
What I'm about to say is going to be a little bit weird. The fact that I'm saying it at a little before 4am makes it even weirder. Okay, here goes:
I am a girly girl.
I'll tell you why in a second. First, a photo:
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Oldest friends, and the parents I used to have
A memory, fuzzy in detail, vividly real wrt feelings:
RSPC circa early 2000s. Dateline: Balanga, Bataan. Amidst a sea of voices stilled by the scraggly sound of pen-on-paper, my oldest friend, M, and I decided to leave the orientation session. No maps in hand, only our two feet and our tongues. Can you point us in the direction of the market? We ( Read more... ) -
Sorry that I do and don't
I have no words but--I'm sorry.
(But if you weren't so angry--if you didn't scream at me so angrily while we were within earshot of your newly-hired assistant--if we started off as I envisioned us to start--quietly speaking, shoulders almost touching--or maybe walking around Ateneo, our feet going around in circles but the conversation following a ( Read more... )
