i spend a great deal of time feeling insufficient these days. it’s a blue that’s hard to shake.

i make less money than i used to. i can’t start school again for a year, at the least, while all of my high school friends have graduated college. everything i need is so far off. everything i have is not what i thought it would be. i become withdrawn. i ( Read more... )

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i’ve been stewing over this for a while, and while i’m not infuriated by any means, i don’t understand how one can possibly reconcile this with obama’s promise of “new politics.”

i understand the political process. i’m a pragmatist. i like that hillary owns, to some degree, the strong arming. so it doesn’t bug me that obama is cutthroat, it just ( Read more... )

scorching days. sticky nights. sweat beads on my forehead. comatose boyfriend. jet lag to blame. julie doiron serenading me. nintendo. lazy basset. six pack of high life. eating contests and photo booth sessions at work. mom giggling on the phone. brass engagement ring by the padaung karen tribe. karaoke to jenny’s mom. vegetarian lasagna for lunch ( Read more... )

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ok, i think margaret cho’s standup acts have gotten progressively worse. each one has been less funny than the last as she adopts ridiculous mannerisms and voices that overtake her amazing sense of humor.

that said, i think she will translate REALLY well to reality tv. this preview has already made me laugh and cry. i have always related to her ( Read more... )

has anyone ever moved in with someone?

it’s a strange and slightly alienating thing to both come into the midst of, and be constantly surrounded by, someone’s memories. photos of ex-boyfriends, furniture and appliances picked without you, mementos representing things that were wholly formed before you were a part of the equation.

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in advance of her november concert at wonder ballroom, which i will hopefully be able to afford by then, i just want to share a cover of melissa ferrick doing david gray’s ‘babylon,’ a song which i used to despise. give it a listen; she tears it open.

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youtube: melissa ferrick, ‘babylon’

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from the “i, anonymous” section of portland mercury. is it me, or is someone going to the strip club a little too often? all parties are guilty here:

Book Plug

Hi. You’re the male stripper that feels like it’s cool or funny (or both) to stick your semi-turgid wiener through a dye-cut children’s book. Sure, it is kind of funny. If you do it once. ( Read more... )

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