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When I was Twenty-One...
I realized during a conversation with a coworker today that since I'm tuning 31 on Friday, it has been TEN YEARS since my 21st birthday. The same coworker wanted to know if I was doing anything on my birthday, and I said yes, the usual family stuff...and then he said, "Wait, so you never go OUT for your birthday ON your birthday ( Read more... ) -
New Year
I won't bore the 0.5 people who read this with crap about how I have neglected this corner of the internet for so long, etc. That much is obvious ( Read more... ) -
Patience
Boy, if there's anything I have just about NONE of? Patience. And what do I need right now, more than anything? Oh, you guessed it ( Read more... ) -
Late-Night Bear Attack: A Very Short Play
Place: My bedroom
Time: 4AM, Saturday
Me: zzzzzzzzzzzz
(door opens)
Me: (internal monologue) Wait...someone's coming into my room. That's...weird. Is that JD? Why is he in here?
(man walks toward bed)
Me: Is he going to come over here and try to wake me up? What's going on?
(man starts climbing into bed next to me)
Me: Whoa, WHOA! WHAT are you doing?
Man: ( Read more... ) -
Yawn.
Oh, poor neglected LJ. Between Work #1, Work #2 (also known as "my foray back into part-time retail to make some extra cash"), and various and sundry other things, I have not written, and I feel like there's not much to write about. Lame ( Read more... ) -
Anatomy of a Good Concert
I spent a LOT of my summer/early fall attending concerts. Some were big, a lot more were small, all were great (well, maybe this one was only "OK" at best). I realized as I compared all of them that there was a certain formula followed by the successful performers. It goes something like this ( Read more... ) -
Old Lady
Hello, September. I can't believe it's actually here. It's been "far away" for a long time ( Read more... ) -
Two Unrelated Yet Awesome Conversations
Friday, after my brother called me:
Me: Hey, I'm at a concert, can I call you tomorrow?
Joe: Cool, what concert?
Me: Lilith Fair
Joe: Wow
Me: Haha, what do you mean "wow"?
Joe: Man haters in a large group
Me: Oh, totally. Later we're all gonna burn our bras
Joe: And braid each others' pit hair
Me: Ewwwwwww
Today:
Carrie: Molly specifically requested and ( Read more... ) -
Part of City Life
Today I was walking to the T as usual, starting my commute to work. As I approached the T station a man jumped out from behind one of the pillars near the entrance. He was dressed all in black, including a black hooded sweatshirt, and was wearing a mask like the killer in the movie Scream. He lunged at me and yelled, and naturally I was really ( Read more... )
