When I was younger, I had this fantasy that I could reach into my pockets and pull out whatever dollar amount in cash I imagined. Even though it was a fantasy, I never dreamed about living in a giant mansion or yacht. I didn't have dollar-bill stuffing drooping from the openings in my shirt like a money scarecrow, or woman in bikinis serving me on ( Read more... )

It's not usual for me to make resolutions. I think they're ridiculously forgettable and unnecessary to pinpoint an exact day that they'll begin... Like saying, "I'm going on a diet next Monday" instead of just putting down the fork. I like that Mr. Keyz calls them set goals, because that's just what these are.

DIET I don't mean in short term, but ( Read more... )

Yet again, another Christmas season came and went by too fast. Or it went by at a medium pace and I was too busy to enjoy it.

I had to get Skippy's Christmas merchandise done early, then I had 4 Christmas strips on the way. Christmas strips are a pain in the ASS. Christmas - I believe with all my heart - is a wonderful holiday. It's a tender, warm ( Read more... )

It's occurred to me lately that I really haven't reflected on my living situation enough. When I first moved out of my grandparents' house, I was completely obsessed with getting away from my family, then I had my housewarming, Halloween next, and Christmas (which tauntingly reminds me that it's still up and needs to be put away every time I come ( Read more... )

Not used to feeling so politically charged about anything, it's foreign to me. Like the first time I ever expressed interest to my mom about working out when I was 16. As if because I hadn't done so before, I didn't have the right to now ( Read more... )

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It's October 31st, could it get any worse?

And with that, I begin my first journal entry of my late 20's. 26... The age Monica claimed in a later episode of the first season of FRIENDS. She became unemployed in the 2nd season, I guess that's what I have to look forward to next year. Oh dear lord, my life is going to become one giant FRIENDS ( Read more... )

Dinosaurs, Ninja Turtles, roller coasters, Watubee, Aliens, and comics… Christmas, Halloween… Ardith, LSF, Pilgrim, Ginger, and my family… There’s so much history to my life - to anyone’s life in 26 years - it’s hard to believe you can fit it all into an assortment of boxes. Even harder to skim through your whole life like a Cliff’s Notes in just a ( Read more... )

Somewhere between excited and frightened is a small line-like blur. This blur guides us through most of our adult lives (mostly in our 20's, I hear) like a drunken tranny guides her dignity ( Read more... )

Thinking nothing's gonna stop him now, should I want to I'm not sure I would know how... I'm UNDER ATTACK!!To start from the beginning, let's rewind to yesterday afternoon. I'm almost out the door to work, when I spot a ginormous cockroach (let's name him "Deter") roaming the kitchen floor. I went to the cabinet where we always kept our bug spray, ( Read more... )