Mark has a fever and his mom is in the hospital with pneumonia. Some people just have far too much sympathy for their own good. But his mom looks like she is doing much better. When I called her today she said she was walking around and feeling a lot better ( Read more... )

When I was about 10 years old, I went through a brief dragon stage. Read big thick books about dragons, and dreamed each night about sliding down a neck full of satin-smooth scales ( Read more... )

I played soccer today. I think it was good for me even though I don't know how to play. But then I got lost on the way to after party and went home. Forgot the cell phone and didn't know anybody's numbers anyway.

Why is it that every time I try to create boundaries in my life the world makes me feel like a complete piece of shit?

I like to wear my blanket like a cape. Especially this time of year when we haven't quite gotten around to switching on the heat in the hope that we can save those extra few dollars for a warm summer day in the future. It's fall today. I can smell it ( Read more... )

I got a new beat at the paper today: the cops beat. So, I come home to tell Taziarm that now I'll be working 9 to 5 and get to see him ALL THE TIME instead of just sometimes and say,"I'll make you dinner and stuff and be like a real wife." And he says, "Now you're just being creepy."

So, I'm watching TV and there's a commercial for a new dandruff shampoo with "sea salt essence." I nearly fell off my chair laughing. That was almost as good as a commercial yesterday that combined medicine with a "special liquid" to remove athlete's foot. I assume they mean water ( Read more... )

My sister gets married in less than 48 hours ( Read more... )

went to a wake today for a boy from my high school class. somebody said he hanged himself. it doesn't matter ( Read more... )

that's a quarter of a century. i'm old now. i celebrated with flowers, cake and plucking a grey hair.