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For Her

December 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Potpourri

As 2010 approaches, and Christmas is upon us, I place my love (and my crackers) in that closet you so painstakingly organize for me. You keep me pretty even when I’m not, clean when I’d rather be dirty, and honest when we both know that neither clean nor pretty is necessary at the moment.
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Part V: The Poetry

May 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Potpourri

I’ve never deleted stuff from a blog or online texty-thingee unless it was actually causing someone undue harm. I’ve been causing someone undue harm recently, but I’m also not the type to delete myself. I’m an editor. I fix things to the best of my ability, but once it’s published I don’t have the power [...]

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Shopping List

May 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Potpourri

Index Cards
A snazzy watch
An awesome camera
Coffee
Coffee Creamer
Zip Fizz
Canadian Bacon
Creativity
A brain
A heart
Courage
Two tickets to Kansas
Clarinet

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If I jumped every time a light came on around here I’d end up talking to myself

April 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Potpourri

I’ve refrained from writing much lately. I’m not even going to pretend I know exactly why. Laziness, fear, depression, ennui. Whatever. I’ve pussed out, and it doesn’t matter why. This thing is supposed to be a way to update people I don’t see as often as I’d like on how my life is going. And [...]

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A little complete emasculation never hurt nobody…

February 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Potpourri

I’ve been in a pretty bad place lately. Duh. Don’t really see the light at the end of the tunnel yet. But I’m buried in unrelenting 8-to-5-plus and it’s helping. At the very least it’s keeping me from having too much time to overthink things and get brought down by self-pity. Because I really am [...]

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