character in a short story: the webmaster of a porn site. "I asked myself, 'If I build it, will they come?"

Today was a pretty shitty day ( Read more... )

I'm taking the GRE tomorrow. Visit my other blog: http://martincortez.blogspot.com

There's this guy that in one of of my classes that I have always thought of as a phony. There's something in his demeanor - in his affected manner of speaking and feigned facial reactions - that makes him seem to me like a counterfeit. He's tries really hard to make it all seem natural and he almost pulls it off- but I can still see through his ( Read more... )

Awkward IM situation # 58:
When you're too lazy to put up your away message and someone that you don't really want chat with IMs you and you feel bad cause their window is just sitting there blinking at you but you don't want to put up an away message because then they'll know that you're there and that you're ignoring them. Deep breath in.... Yeah

I went to Kinesiology 104 this morning expecting to take a relaxing glide above the frozen water at the Ice Arena. When I arrived to class I was greeted by a gregarious young man who explained to me that I probably didn't want to be there. "You wan't to take Ice Skating, right?" Wednesday 9:30, Ice Arena, KINES 104 Ice Skating. Check, check, and ( Read more... )

I'm beginning a new journey on the blogging scene at http://martincortez.blogspot.com.

It's so easy to read so many ass-licking reviews of the music and artistry of Bob Dylan. I know because I do it all the time. Rolling Stone recently named his "Like a Rolling Stone" as the greatest song of all time. He's written an autobiography, "Chronicles" that is now a top-ten bestseller. Yesterday at Best Buy his catalog of CDs occupied an ( Read more... )

I can't forget the looks of utter disappointment on my cousins' faces when they opened up their Christmas presents tonight. I see them on once a year, Christmas Eve, and each year they grow and change so much - I feel like I hardly know them - how am I supposed to know what to buy them? 9 and 4 years old, they are so flexible and energetic and fun ( Read more... )

ok it's official, i'm falling into crush with xeni jardin. she's a blogger for boingboing.net and i think she's based in LA. anyways judging from her posts i think she's so smart and funny and insightful and successful ... just so geek and so cool. i fancy her.


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