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FREE Books FREE Books FREE books
I'm giving these books away to anyone who wants them. Yes, even to you folks I've never met, or went to high school with. I'll mail them to you on my dime. The last time I did this I posted pics with the books, but that takes too long. So if you want more info or to see the cover click on the link. Drop me an email with your mailing address at ( Read more... ) -
"Suspension" by Audre Lorde
Suspension
We entered silence
Before the clock struck
Red wine is caught between the crystal
And your fingers
The air solidifys around your mouth.
Once-wind has sucked the curtains in
Like fright, against the evening wall
Prepared for the storm Before the room
Exhales Your lips unfold.
Within their sudden opening
I hear the clock
Begin to speak again.
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Supreme Court Ruling: Keeping the "Sexually Dangerous" Locked Up
This is a complicated issue for me. On the one hand I believe with every fiber of my being that those who commit violence against another person (usually women) should face stiff penalties (locked up and let the government figure out what to do with them). However, using the term "sexually dangerous" is way too ambiguous ( Read more... ) -
2 weeks of back pain, 2 doctors visits, and 6 medications later...
My back pain was caused by a kidney infection. A fucking kidney infection. Good goddess almighty ( Read more... ) -
End of the Semester (Spring 2010)
Where to start? I've been in terrible back pain since Monday (it's Saturday). I shat a final paper between then and now, turned it in last night. I was hoping the back tension would just magically disappear. It hasn't. Which has brought me here to complain about it and reflect on how fucking hard this semester has been.
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Hopeless
My walk is more like a shuffle.
You can describe me as slow and deliberate.
Mistake maker. Day shaper.
Enemy of tomorrow, foe of yesterday,
friend of right now.
But, really, simply hopeless.
Dream reader. Map folder.
april 21, 2010 -
Life Update
meaning_making and flavoredcat have been posting recently, which has inspired me to do the same. I miss this big open text box. I've gotten so used to Facebook status updates and Twitter's 140 characters. What if I have more to say than that ( Read more... ) -
Ding. Chomp. Caprese Salad on Toast
layers, from the bottom: bread, butter, balsamic vinegar, tomato, chopped basil, mozzarella.
toasted in the toaster oven till the cheese browned a bit, just a bit.
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FREE Books
So I've got some books I'd like to give away before I donate them in mass. See something you want email me your address and I'll mail it to you.
Crank by Ellen Hopkins (young adult poetry story about meth)
What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn (novel about dead end jobs and a missing girl)
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