Archive | May, 2006

double negatives

May 31, 2006

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I took one yesterday, in the afternoon, because The Suitor insisted, "come on, don’t you have to pee now?"  It was the five-day early pregnancy test.  My breasts have been hurting, and I’ve felt slightly naush.  Negative.  Then I got…

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sources

May 30, 2006

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I don’t always rely on books for writing exercises.  Sometimes I google them.  It depends where I am.  If I’m in a cafe, or when I was bored at work, I’d find web sites that listed some.  Since I prefer…

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faute de mieux

May 27, 2006

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I’m with you, but I prefer him, especially now.  Now that you’ve revealed you, now that we’re past polite and I see and live with what lives behind door number two.  You weren’t my first choice; you were my downfall.…

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a friend indeed? no, a friend in creed

May 25, 2006

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If Linus were a real friend, would he tell me I look fat in these jeans?  What kind of friend would he be?  I mean, I met him at Roosevelt Field mall, while shopping.  How ironic.  But I wonder now,…

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happy hour

May 25, 2006

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I’m going to Z Tejas, downtown, tonight for happy hour.  I was invited by a new friend, who phoned earlier to say, "I need a drink, bad because my friend is the one who found Clifford Antone’s body.  Poor girl." …

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drivel

May 23, 2006

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There are some really sorry lame-ass people out there.  This kind of behavior is usually seen as rudimentary, childish, really.  But I can’t help it.  It shocks me, still, that there are people out there who devote their time and…

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austin photos

May 23, 2006

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austin photos

Most of these photos were taken recently.  There are photos at the Capitol, yes, but the ones of tables and a lake with hills were mostly shot at Mozart’s, a coffee shop where I write more often than not.  And…

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i can’t make you love me, if you don’t?

May 22, 2006

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I just get so crazy when he isn’t giving me what he used to.  His emails used to be about how he thought of me constantly and looked forward to being with me at the end of his day… how…

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