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Random Memory 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The first time I was stung by a honey bee, I was so young; the handle of the push mower upon which it landed was over my head. I saw the bee, and I wanted to hold the li'l guy. I screamed in shock when IT BIT ME! Then I wailed because that really hurt my feelings… and it hurt my hand, too. Read more:Random
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Latchkey 1970-01-01 00:59:59 When I was little, I was convinced if I could find the pattern of the solar system somewhere on earth, then I would be able to figure out what exactly the universe was. I had it reasoned, and I cannot for the life of me remember the actual details…
I also believed that if I tried hard enough, I could defy gravity. It was a good thing I recognized the dangers involved, eh? Obviously, I didn't try
Dearly Beloved 1970-01-01 00:59:59 After years of searching, my husband found the one and had to have her. I didn't get a chance to snap some pictures of his new mistress before he whisked her off to a safe location. He's in the process of building her home in our backyard, and it is viciously cold outside, so she rests in the garage of close friends. He will bring her home in a couple of days, and we will both love her sweetly. Read more:Dearly
Heh. 1970-01-01 00:59:59 My oldest is less than two months away from her seventeenth birthday. When she was little and getting a shot (or going through any other medical procedure), the scenario was always the same.
Jay: "Is it going to hurt?"
Me: "Yup."
It was right then I would get the inevitable You Are All That Is and Ever Will Be Evil look from whatever nurse was coming toward Jay with a hypodermic needle.
NC-17, At Least: Me 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Catching D. home is like finding the pot at the end of the rainbow. She answered her cell, "Hello?"
I feigned shock, "Well gawd damn, she does answer her phone!"
"Um... this is [D's 13 year old stepdaughter]."
I apologized profusely as the little girl giggled like an eight year old who just found the word "fuck" in the dictionary. "It's okay," she laughed some more.
Yeah, right. I feel I
Dots Connected 1970-01-01 00:59:59 You might have a friend who sees right through your front, who hears right through your voice. I do.
I answered, "Hello?"
"Hi."
"Hey."
"Are you okay?"
"I'm not sure if I just helped my child or traumatized her."
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I am going to send this out into the virtual abyss knowing damn well it just might attract the very kind of asshole I despise. But then, if you are the very Read more:Connected
Where X = Some Jerk I Used to Know and Y= The Reason You Probably Never Get Laid 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Some thousands of years ago, I tested ridiculously high (for me) in math. Really, I thought somebody somewhere screwed up and mixed up my score with someone else's. That theory was junk because the math portion of the assessment test was attached to all the other portions with my name, my answers, and my scores. It was then explained to me that I am actually good at math; I just have a bad Read more:Reason
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What's Up 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Yesterday, I was running around in my "Have a nice day… but leave me out of it" T-shirt. I love it because it basically says I won't take my bad day out on you if you keep your good day the hell out of my face.
Ha.
I have had a Counterforce Week. Where there is a force, there is a counterforce – universal law and all. My car broke down, then my daughter's car broke down, and it just went on and
Disgusted. 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I read an MSN article about Angelina Jolie visiting a refugee camp in Chad, and then I read the comments in what I realize now was a very naïve hope to find outrage at the international response to the crisis in Darfur, which has been mind-blowing apathetic or disgracefully slow at best.
What I saw were comments about Angelina Jolie, both pretty and ugly, including the idea that the cameras were
Sick Leave 2007-03-18 23:05:00 (A week ago) Friday night, Bug had cold-like symptoms. Saturday night, her fever and throat pain were pushing straight through my efforts. I wasn't expecting her to be admitted when I took her to the ER, but within a couple of hours, she was being processed. She had a bad case of strep throat and a white count well above her doctor's level of comfort. Bird and I spent three nights camped out in Read more:Leave
Irrational 2007-03-26 05:57:00 I imagined my house was now teeming with germs, and when I finally had the energy, I began with door knobs, handles, and everything else often touched by likely contaminated fingers. I was already through half a bottle of hand lotion – an attempt to counter the drying, cracking effects of bleach (I despise gloves) – when I decided to wash curtains and windows and carpets and everything else. Read more:Irrational
Odd Woman Out 2007-03-26 18:39:00 A friend of mine sent me one of those forwarded questionnaires, "Get to Know Your Friends," or something. One question was "If you could choose any one, which celebrity would you sleep with?"
I don't know a single person, male or female, who would not immediately start counting on their fingers answering that question. My answer, "Uhh…"
I don't know.
I don't think I am made like most. I see
Free-for-All Love/Hate Meme 2007-03-27 17:59:00 … If you are so inclined, have at it. Leads are in blue; fill in the white.
I love to see toddlers eat. They are so into it, and I love to watch their little hands and faces.
I hate to see an elderly person cry.
I love to hear the sound of the forests, undisturbed by human activity. And my children giggling, together.
I hate to hear the sound of gunshots, firecrackers, and fireworks.
I love
The One Time I Actually Do It... (And Why I'm Fucking Paranoid) 2007-04-01 08:35:00 I was going to write that things have been awfully quiet around this blog spot lately. I was going to note that I had written only 4 posts in the month of March. I might have then gone on to explain that I am so exhausted, and I have been for so long that my body no longer screams for sleep. It simply runs, mostly sluggishly, because sleep eludes me rather cleverly. I know why, too. I had planned Read more:Actually
Okay, Okay, Okay 2007-04-03 08:10:00 You know your sleep deprivation has reached a critical point when…
In your international business class, your assignment includes choosing a foreign country in which to open up a new business – also of your choosing. Your first thought is a company which manufactures and sells low-flying, undetectable small aircraft that seats fifteen… IN MEXICO.
And then that thought causes you to spit sugar
Really. 2007-04-05 11:03:00 Sometimes, I think the United States is stuck in the past, and exactly how far back depends on what I am watching, reading, or listening to at the moment. I think two classes ought to be taught in school, and well before college – before they are options: Critical Thinking and Personal Finance.
The sad thing is I'm not sure we could find enough teachers to fill all the positions, and that's not
Society's Ills 2007-04-09 17:22:00 Rave reviews and awards or not, Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon or not, I had no interest in seeing Walk the Line. I knew enough to know at least Johnny Cash was a country music singer. I hate country music. It hurts me.
Well, it all started with free HBO and a scene in which some old shrew was being mean to Reese Witherspoon. Ms. Witherspoon reminds me of my Paco – tiny and cute as a Read more:Society
My Girl, Forever and Ever 2007-04-16 20:53:00 I prepared myself for the moment my daughter would walk into the room, professionally groomed from head to toe, even wearing a dress literally made for her; this was junior prom. I had watched her graduate from preschool and then Kindergarten. I had watched her first play and then her first ballet recital. She had already gone off to Junior High and then High school and she had already driven out Read more:Forever
Misfire 2007-04-18 08:14:00 The month of April, for as long as I can remember, has stood out in my mind as the month of tragedy which grabs the attention of the entire nation. I have always had a knack for remembering birthdays, and my oldest friend (of more than twenty years) has a birthday in April. Perhaps that is what started my habit of noting April, and I have in everything from the assassination of Abraham Lincoln to
Words Travel Fast 2007-04-19 20:57:00 There are the people who genuinely want to help, but then there are the religious nut jobs, the reporters, the politicians, the so-called "experts" and their wild speculations… I could only sit wide-eyed, incredulous, as I listened to one talk about damage to the frontal lobe; it can interfere with impulse control and turn an otherwise docile person into a killer. And I knew what was coming. Dr. Read more:Words
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Jay 2007-04-21 06:07:00 I couldn't resist sharing something other than the words, which just didn't quite capture it, and really, neither did these cut pics. But they are something.
Blind Man's Bluff 2007-04-30 03:31:00 In six days, we have been from one extreme to another to another. B's youngest son, my stepson, has finally come around. I was so happy, so relieved… and so overwhelmed. But, at least I felt something through this sudden thick and heavy depression.
This depression is really pissing me off, too. I brought my child home from the hospital; I should be fine. But I am not fine. I am supposed to be Read more:Blind
Just The Way It Is 2007-04-29 17:49:00 I have more family in my friends than I do in my biological relations. I had more support from strangers – strangers who I may never be able to name, but whose stories I will never forget – in the trauma care unit waiting room than I had from members of my family tree. Although one offered (through my mom) to help if she could, neither of my sisters have bothered to call me or Jay.
If those
720 Seconds Away 2007-04-28 17:29:00 Jay was heading out the door to go to work, and I suppose it was something about the way she turned her head and said "Bye," I thought, "Something bad is coming." But I am a little neurotic, a little paranoid, a lot protective over my offspring, and I am not confused about that, so I dismissed the thought. Later, she returned home safely, and then made it to school and work safely the following Read more:Seconds
Untitled 2007-05-04 05:07:00 I thought about checking my blog for a pulse, or perhaps holding a mirror beneath the monitor, but I think I will just wait to see if it starts emanating that very distinct odor.
I'm not sure I care; maybe I will some other time.
Jay is experiencing progress in some areas, set-backs in others. Regarding related matters, we get good news, bad news, scary news, comforting news, and we get it all Read more:Untitled
Atheists and Foxholes 2007-05-07 07:49:00 I have heard it said in different words that there are no Atheists
in foxholes; a person who claims disbelief or a lack of belief in a supreme being will pray when placed in a life-threatening situation.
I am not a Theist. I am not an Atheist. If the two are different sides to the same coin, then that coin would have to be turned on its edge before I could be located – sitting somewhere on the
Better Than Nothing 2007-05-06 08:05:00 The best thing I could do for Jay was let her be with her friends. Bug was invited to spend the night with a new friend. Bird and I were just hanging out before I almost broke a promise to a good friend, and I almost lied about why. Suddenly, the kids being out of the house isn't relaxing but worrisome, and I just didn't want to be anywhere. I made myself keep the promise, and I never mentioned Read more:Nothing
My Thoughts Today 2007-05-09 19:31:00 I think one day I will hire the Dog Whisperer for my bitch neighbor – that would be the Pit Bill that drags my neighbor around her yard, the Pit Bull that doesn't play so nice with other animals. First, the Dog Whisperer could teach her (the neighbor, that is) to control that massive bag of jaws, slobber, and teeth (Uh, the dog, that is). Second, I could show you just how shockingly stupid she Read more:Today
We've Got the Biggest Balls of Them All! 2007-05-13 09:45:00 I am currently chasing all the balls I have dropped in the last few weeks. Three weeks, come Monday. I forgot to pay a bill. I forgot my stepson's 21st birthday. I fell behind in two classes.
I received an email from my student advisor who dropped his own ball and, while attempting to retrieve it, showed his ass. Hah! His correspondence included an attitude and words I could only be grateful did Read more:Balls
The Return 2007-05-12 06:59:00 We made the second journey to Hospital Far, Far Away since Jay's release. One trip was to see the plastic surgeon, have stitches removed… it was good. Today was to follow-up on the injury itself. The news was good, all things considered, but devastating to Jay. I think she expected a prescription for the word, "GO!!" and she just didn't get one.
No driving, no work, only ½ days of school… and Read more:Return
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