surveying the rear-end damage to my precious car, and aside from the $3000 estimate in repairs, all i can think of is an analogy the crumpled horror of a car has instilled in me. have you ever seen a person, from all first guesses completely normal as you behold their face... but as the eye scrolls the length of their body, a grotesque club food ( Read more... )

tokyo bowl is a restaurant whose motto, 'japanese fast food', is issued as a warning. today, as i look back on the disastrous lunch i had, i wish i had only heeded it ( Read more... )

so, i got in a car accident. the back end of my car is smashed in, and my neck hurts. traffic was backed up for miles on I-195 as a result of the 4-car pile up. i was the first car, so essentially i was rear ended by 3 SUVs... this sucks

i was afraid to look at my bank statement.. knowing that i would have about $5 or less after charging new brakes unexpectedly on my debit card. but i finally looked.. and strangely, there were hundreds of dollars in my account..

i <3 tax season ( Read more... )

the deli line at publix is no place to be on a bustling tuesday night. no place to be unless this guy is in front of you: a very dirty man, his t-shirt grey and grimey from wear, his skin reddened by the florida rays. dirty and smiling, and impeccably polite, he passes by my cart and extends a cordial, "excuse me miss." he makes his way to the ( Read more... )

the sun and ocean air can bake every bad feeling away.

only a lunatic would live somewhere without a coast.

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so i was just hanging out with (hanging out with? conversing with) some parents of my brother's friend. they are total rockabilly rebels and i have always admired them. they have been married for years, are totally in love, love their jobs (she's a librarian, he's a musician and computer guy), have their own little east hollywood house adorned ( Read more... )

i live by the rule that no matter how long ago you woke up, and regardless of whether real food has first been consumed, it's never too early or the wrong time for eating flan.

i walk on the wild side. i have blisters to prove it.

i <3 all my friends. i had such a good time with you guys last night; it must happen again!!