July 2009
5 posts
Extracurricular
In class, Dan keeps talking to us about the importance of having these outside passions and projects. As he talks, you can see a shadow descend over every student’s face as they think in unison, “Shit shit. What are my passions? No. Not that one. That’s a boring passion. And I’m not even that into it, so I don’t think it counts as a passion.”
I might be...
STFU
You know how cops tell you “Anything you say can and will be used against you”? It’s taken me 23 years to figure out that the statement applies to every single social situation you’ll find yourself in, and cops are just the only ones up front about it. Because they’re legally obligated to be.
Now cops, they could use what you say in your favor. “Officer,...
Have you ever set out to do or find
something
only to wind up staring blankly
into the cooled, molded abyss of your refrigerator?
standing lost and thoughtless
in its small, dead light
looking at the grapes, the hot sauce
the grapes
the hot sauce
the grapes…
An obscene amount of time passes
The anonymous task abandoned,
you frown
eat four grapes and close the door.
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I stayed...
The things we said last night
“When you say your name that many times, it doesn’t sound like a name anymore. Kellykellykellykellykellykelly. See? “Kelly” doesn’t sound like a name. It sounds like something you do when you’re drunk.”
“Kelly IS something you do when you’re drunk!”
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Patricia J. CrankyPants
So, it’s time to dig up, drag out, and Febreze the hell out of the maggot-infested corpse of my personal web log, or “blog”. Class assignment. I used to barf up my feelings on LJ, and yes, it felt good at the time, but I’m just sick of sticking that finger down my throat. I’m sick of making myself rehash emotions or opinions for others to see and be a little disgusted...
