To the one who teased my bangs and fixed my hair into a side ponytail more times than I can remember when I was little; To the one who practiced WWF moves on me, but never broke any bones; who let me be the Robin to his Batman with Battleship laptops and bathroom cabinet Bat Caves; and who married someone who I would eventually come to consider blood; »» Read the rest
July 9, 2010
Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion, it is not the desire to mate every »» Read the rest
July 8, 2010
I left work early yesterday and stayed home from work today – sick. Not “sick” as in “awesome,” but “sick” as in I’M SICK and I’m sick of being sick. Totally. I won’t go into detail because, well, trust me… you don’t want that. But this evening I started to feel a little better. Well enough, in fact, that I was able to be vertical for longer than it takes me to walk from our »» Read the rest
July 8, 2010
To the two people who have done more for me than all the rest of the people in the world: You are amazing. I know we don’t have the traditional mother-daughter relationship, Mom, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. There are so many girls out there who are terrified their mom will find out they drink, or sleep in the same bed with their boyfriend, or cuss, or hundreds of »» Read the rest
July 6, 2010
I mean, yeah, so I kind of knew when I started the 30-Day Letter Project that I *might* not finish it in 30 days. I just didn’t think I’d fail by Day 3. But rest assured I WILL finish it. It’s just, you know, life getting in the way of blogging again. Damn it anyway! Also, the photo (wherever the hell it shows up because I’m definitely posting this from my Droid »» Read the rest
July 12, 2010
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