Working in the service industry is often frustrating and sometimes rewarding. I often find that I have a certain small amount of pride in being able to provide a solution for a seemingly insurmountable issue. I even feel a bit of personal responsibility when I can't get to that solution ( Read more... )

I know that the internet is buzzing with commentary on the recent (narrow) success of Prop 8 (I'm on the internet, aren't I?), but in the words of Jerry Blank, "I've got somethin' to say ( Read more... )

The first birthday I remember was my fifth, and that was the first time that I had a birthday party. I was so excited, but the only people that showed up were family members (I didn't have any friends then). My grandmother gave me a gift that I'm sure she got at the dollar store (a set of beach toys...i should mention we lived in the middle of ( Read more... )

I have this memory of a line in Allen Ginsberg's "America" that reads "America is empty as my back pocket," but when I looked up the poem online, I can't find that line. Trouble is, in every online version that I read, I notice inconsistencies (during high school, I memorized both the published version, and the original unedited version that he ( Read more... )

Dear Diary,

Yesterday I dapped. It was not bad, but I think that I don't want to start doing this kind of thing all the time. It was because the guy at the grocery store had the same birthday as me.

Kaythnxbai,

Jeremy

I was unsure how I was going to make it there...

A friend of mine sent me this email:

Did you catch em all ( Read more... )

I need Windows. Any version will do really. I don't want to go out and purchase it, because I only need it for this one thing, and I'm irritated that the world can't just find a way to make their shit compatible, but whatever ( Read more... )

So much coincidence confusion. While idling on the couch, I found myself compelled to pull something off the nearby bookshelf, as I am wont to do on days such as this. Not being able to decide whether I was in the mood to follow a lengthy story or even if I shouldn’t go to my room and pick up something that I have already started, I grabbed a ( Read more... )

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