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November 2009
It's All In The Specific Word
I'm not feeling particularly generous spirited today, nor patient, nor warm (literally). It's obvious that social suicide is my specialty and I've been vetting... Read more »My Fictional Life As Celia Cruz's Bitch
A post in which I brandish synonyms for street girls as though they were candy to say. Apparently having a cold and staying up late... Read more »Stitch and Boots on Etsy
My sister may be all adorable and shit (and she is!) but there's no way she can ever out-Zoolander me! However, her waist is... Read more »Mycelium Season
You probably shouldn't eat me.Someone told me that even here in the Willamette Valley people have been killed over mushroom territory disputes. While I... Read more »Cotyledons: Breathless Beauty and Impossible Hope
I used to say every thanksgiving that I am thankful for the usual things: family, friends, life, food, a job, and health. Maybe it's... Read more »Help Kiana Win A Mac!
My very oldest friend, Carrie Souza, is trying to win a new computer for her daughter Kiana. I have just voted for her to... Read more »The Sister of the Boyfriend Who's Actually a Cousin
This post is brought to you courtesy of Celia Cruz's "Rie Y Llora" and my gorgeous sister Tara who let me make her wear... Read more »In Between The Not Dying And Never Relaxing
Sometimes being a parent is like being held at knife point for twenty years. At any moment, if you make the wrong move you're... Read more »Birds In Flight
Each time I go further inward I toss up these self portraits and I can't tell if it's for courage (because everyone can be... Read more »Finding Kung Fu In The Contrast
Anyone who knows me at all knows that I am made up of a lot of contradictory qualities; I am opinionated but open minded,... Read more »It all comes down to something elemental.
It felt like a cigarette, lines clean and straight at first- but then curling relentlessly into the dark beyond the porch lamp. Huddled against... Read more »The Burn Test
Cliffnotes version of this post: I set my kitchen on fire. It stank.What's left of my very favorite old spatula.I have been too busy worrying... Read more »Report Cards Are Not Bullets
A few weeks ago Max announced that he didn't finish a test that his teacher said he had to finish in order to pass... Read more »A Salute To Conscientious Objectors
As a pacifist any day that celebrates people who fought in wars and killed other people is a bittersweet one. Some wars have had... Read more »Jude the Cheating Dude
Jude Law is much too handsome for his own good. I recently watched the movie "The Holiday" in which he falls for a character... Read more »Intersexuality, parties, my continuing disease, small town life, and other curiosities.
I am going to a party tonight. I don't like parties. I went to a party a couple of weeks ago that had the... Read more »The Unslappable Doris Day
I used to worry a little bit that Doris Day was supposedly a big slut in real life. I also remember being worried about similar... Read more »I Am The Hippopotamus In Fantasia
The last scrap of hope that I will ever stop gaining weight has turned to acrid ash. I was very hopeful at the beginning... Read more »Life In A Small American Town
When I moved to McMinnville, a "city" with a population of only 30,000 people, I was so excited to be moving away from all... Read more »« October 2009 | Main | December 2009 »