I’ve never been great with follow-through, which is why it completely surprises and delights me to announce that my writing partner and I have produced our first podcast, “and scene”. Matt and I discuss “Brokeback Mountain”, templates for first dates, the evils of computer stores, and Sharpie poisoning.
From dating website spam I received today: What are you waiting for? Your last relationship starts right here.
Somehow, I don’t think that’s the best marketing gimmick. I know what they’re trying to say, but this phrasing sounds painful and final. This relationship … will be your LAST!
Perhaps I’m just sensitive to the dating [...]
The ending of season three of “BtVS” was very satisfying, but still made me cry. I’m glad I had a nice (impromptu) dinner with Hawk in between part one and part two so I didn’t just fall apart entirely.
Yes, I said “impromptu” — I actually went out with only about an hour lead time! [...]
Why is there a cotton candy flavor in Dum Dum Pops? What flavor is cotton candy? I am similarly stumped by the bubble gum flavor. An entire bag of Dum Dum Pops will run you about a buck fifty and contains mostly flavors that are not cream soda, which is my favorite [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...I am experiencing writer’s block right now, but more than that: I want to write, I make time to write, I sit down to write, and instead of nothing coming out, a whole bunch of crap comes out, pages and pages of it, and I don’t transcribe it from notebook to disk because it’s That [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...I am here, still here, here again, that sort of thing.
I got the stomach flu a couple of weeks ago, and that was not fun. My dad and stepmom visited for a weekend, and that was lots of fun.
Other than these two things, I do not have much to report. Most of my [...]
I opened my wallet today
(it’s not even the first iteration
of this wallet; I’ve had more than one)
and discovered a pocket
big enough for only
a coin
or a good fortune
where I thought there was merely a snap —
like you,
the you I thought of you, before
and you,
the you just yesterday, with
your hands on my hands, with
perfect dinner reservations for [...]
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