By the end of the first year the joke had worn thin, and the inability of others to see the humor of it had become depressing. “Oh, you mean your father worked there,” they would say when he tried to explain it, and their eyes, as often as not, would then begin to film over with the look that people reserve for earnest, obedient, unadventurous ( Read more... )

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My friend M is the opposite of me. She’s very private and slow to reveal herself. I, on the other hand, have an LJ called “I have nothing to hide.” She ponders, reflects, discusses. I act fast and go with my gut. She’s even and steady. I’m a thrill ride. I could go on and on. But we respect and admire each other for our differences. It’s really a ( Read more... )

Nina Simone in the background.

“Have you been to Paris?”

“I’ve never really been anywhere.”

“People are alive there. Not like here. I’m going back the first chance I get.”

“Frank Wheeler, I think you’re the most interesting person I’ve ever met.”

Love me love me love me say you do. Let me fly away with you.

“I want to feel things. Really feel them.”

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Brent and I have been getting hyperbaric chamber treatments at this place by us. They have two chambers in the room and we try to schedule ourselves when someone else is there so that the employees don’t have to be there just for us. The chamber kind of looks like a submarine; you go in, close the door, and it pressurizes. And they have a little ( Read more... )

This book was brutal, but here’s what I loved about it. 1) the way Adam handles his wife’s insanity, 2) Evelyn/Tashi’s honesty about herself and how most of us can relate in small ways, 3) Alice Walker’s exposure of the evils African woman face. Here are examples of each.

1) Adam:

“We are aware”, says the prosecutor, “that Mrs. Johnson though ( Read more... )

Here’s what I think: sometimes really good guys show off their money to get girls, and by doing so they’re selling themselves short. I mean, sure, boy uses girl for sex, girl uses boy for money, I get it. But if all she sees him as is a cash-dispensing penis then she’s missing out on all of the wonderful other things he has to offer. It’s such a ( Read more... )

I’ll start with a breakup song, cause, you know:

It’s the right decision but it breaks my heart and will torture me for a while and I know I’ll doubt myself and probably regret it immensely from time to time.

Tegan and Sara - Call It Off

I won't regret saying this, this thing that I'm saying.

Is it better than keeping my mouth shut? That goes ( Read more... )

I'm diggin this


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