mystery girl

From conversation last night … Halsted: I wish I could be a mysterious girl. I’m not a mysterious girl. Brina: No, honey, you’re not. You’re a BOOK. Halsted: [slightly dejected] I’m a book. Brina: And after a few drinks, you’re like – [jumping up and down to demonstrate] I’M A BOOK! READ ME! READ ME! My whole life, I’ve wanted to be one of those women who kept people guessing. In the good way, you know: the “what could she be thinking, what could she want” way. Once when I was younger, I ordered a spy kit by mail. I thought by merely owning this spy kit, I would be more mysterious. I would be someone with something to hide, and I would be able to hide it. And hide it well. So I saved up my...

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Ten Commandments Judge Removed From Bench

God, I’m glad I no longer live there. “MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was removed from office Thursday for refusing to obey a federal court order to move his Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of the state courthouse. “The state Court of the Judiciary unanimously imposed the harshest penalty possible after a one-day trial in which Moore said his refusal was a moral and lawful acknowledgment of God. Prosecutors said Moore’s defiance, left unchecked, would harm the judicial system. “Moore, a champion of religious conservatives, had been suspended since August but was allowed to collect his $170,000 annual salary. He was halfway through his six-year term.” [read...

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remembering the moon

I’m sure at some point I will stop being such a neurotic freak. This point can happen any day now. I’d like it to happen tonight, actually. But I might be asking for too much. Tonight Brina invited me over to do my laundry and have dinner. She made amazing brownies with caramel candies inside. We watched more “Invader Zim” episodes and talked. The consensus is that I am being ridiculous and paranoid about the MSG, and I need to just chill out and not worry about it. Then I got home and had a short chat with him on IM and, indeed, there is nothing to worry about. I’m projecting and being a big dork. And now, a poetry break, for Ityllux: “It seems I’m always getting wet around you,” I laughed, and you pretended...

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Posted on 13 Nov 2003 | Comments Off