so i did a long-overdue cleaning-out of my closets/drawers. and at the bottom of one of my dainties bins, below a bunch of outdated underwears and such, i had kept the (probably) last of my ex's stuff. he'd had this leather cuff that he always wore, and when he, uh, took a sudden leave of absence, he left this cuff (and his favorite shirt) ( Read more... )

i'm in DC? yes? i never know if i'm actually in the city, though, because phrases like "in the city" don't really matter. huh ( Read more... )

update [for one/two people, max... you FB ninnies]:

dude who insisted we go out? further messages:

he: so when can i see you again?
me: right after you explain the girlfriend, unless you just wanted to be pals.

his response to this? she's overseas and they're in an "open relationship." such was made even more clear to me when he sent me a ( Read more... )

i love it when you meet a guy at a party, he insists on you taking his phone number, you text him, he finds you and adds you on Facebook, and then you see that he's got a girlfriend ( Read more... )

new year's resolutions? more like new year's DISILLUSIONS har de har i'm witty ( Read more... )

that journal that accepted my story back on my birthday? i just got a check from them. FOR MONEY!

me making money off of writing? dude it is the End Times.

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thank you for submitting your story to a really well-known journal. while we won't be publishing this story, our editors and staff readers rated it highly, and it was among our top 10 stories out of more than 500 submissions (which, i hope, explains our delay in responding to you). this type of metafiction is difficult to pull off, and you made of ( Read more... )

well, i've tried twice now (unsuccessfully, obvi) to post emo shit about my perpetual alone-ness and whine about it, and twice this tablet, combined with the Magical Powers of The Fussiest Internet Ever Srsly Wtf, has wiped it away. i suppose that's, like, a metaphor. whatevs ( Read more... )

i hate that wal-mart makes my favorite cracker. damn you, jalepeno cheddar cornbread squares ( Read more... )

thankful for the only sound in the house (on the block, seemingly) to be the hiss of the oven as it bakes my frozen pizza. and that i woke up at noon and breakfast is frozen pizza ( Read more... )