I think I’ve said before that I consider myself perceptive. I like to think I have people’s number at first sight, and after I internally sum someone up I confidently tell The Rock what “I know” about the person. “Oh, they’re bluffing,” I often say about buffons, for instance. “All bark and no bite. Very…Continue Reading
Archives for April 2009
PROMPTuesday #53: Hark! Who Went There?
These lovely and haunting photos came from my friend, Da Goddess, whose pictoral mastery inspired today’s PROMPT. I don’t want to lead you so much this week, as I want these photos to elicit a reaction that you explore with a story or a poem. So for PROMPTuesday #53 (Holy almost 100 sorta!),…Continue Reading
Shades of Gray
Despite resistance from my non-linear brain, I like to be organized. I despise clutter and for mental sanity, need everything in its place. However, nothing has a place in my home, because I am unable to classify stuff. In addition, I am genetically engineering to be unorganized. Actually, I believe that my brain is not…Continue Reading
Taking a Chance
(Top): Aaryn, Me. (Bottom): Jenn, Cheri, Jamie, Kate. So last year around this time, I didn’t know many people online. And because I tend to shun attention, I didn’t put myself out there. Too shy. Insecure. Nervous about my sensible shoes. But then, Cheri invited me to attend Kate’s house for the Bossy…Continue Reading
Kurt
He was the first I knew of romantic love. Those beginning hours and days, for that’s all it turned out to be in truth, imposed a gentle panic on my life. When would I see him again? Does he really love me? Is he coming back? I drank up every single saccharin word he blabbered,…Continue Reading
Wordlessness Doesn’t Run in the Family
Toots says “Happy Earth Day, everybody!” …And she also says: Happy Beak Heart Day! And… Happy Graffiti Spider Femme Day! Also… Happy Picasso Day! In addition and finally… Happy LoveBob BoobHead Day!
Rite of Passage
I don’t know that this qualifies as a travel adventure per se, but I was in another country when it happened, so I’m going with it. It was the eve of my 19th birthday and my crazy, crimped-haired friend, Shana, decided we must celebrate in Mexico. Tijuana to be exact. Now, we’d been to…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #52: Craziest Travel Adventure
Have I done this one before? I’m way too tied up with my soy taquitos to check. Also, The Rock has raging infections in both eyes and I’m trying to nurse him back to health by sitting way over here at the kitchen table while berating him to wash his hands and not fling bacteria…Continue Reading
National Mom’s Nite Out in San Diego (UPDATED!)
So Mel and I are coordinating a national Mom’s Nite Out here in San Diego on Thursday, May 7 and it’s going to be so cool, you won’t believe it. There will be coolness and hawtness and more coolness and super awesomeness and all that and now we just need to find out who is…Continue Reading
Harbinger
Does anyone know what Elijah did when he left Babylon? Because again I randomly smiled at some moonbar in Starbucks this morning, and got an Elijah reference in return. What happened was I’m just sitting there, being my friendly and tolerant self, which I must stop immediately, and after spotting a wild Buffalo Bill…Continue Reading
Dust Clouds
We loved dive bars, the old geezers, dollar drafts, gummy pool tables. Most weekends, we’d visit somewhere else, the earlier, the better, and make new best friends with the characters who peppered the naugahyde. There should’ve been plaques above each seat with the names, bronzed and indelible. Because nothing much changed from bar to bar.…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #51: Gonna be Startin’ Something
This week, I wanted to return to the first line prompt, because I’m feeling all fictiony and sublime and I have no idea what that means, so ignore me. Still here? Oh good! I love you people. Here’s PROMPTuesday #51: Please finish the story begun with these sentences: She lifted the…Continue Reading
