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untitled
i can’t tell if it’s healthy or not that all of the clocks in my one-bedroom apartment are set to a different time zone. i know this makes it harder to be in the present. But the non-linearity of it … Continue reading
Support staff
she scares me. i’m utterly petrified by this woman at work who i am supposed to be supervising. which means i am her supervisor and i am completely terrified of her. it’s not funny at all. i may have written … Continue reading
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Tagged accommodate, April Fool's Day, ergonomic chair, footsteps, nice, nicer, office, Old Maid, supervisee, supervisor, terror, thermostat, workday, worship
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my prediction
i’m frozen. now that i’ve taken the perilous risk in telling 10 or 12 friends about my blog, i’ve run out of things to write about. i think i’ve covered just about everything i can think of, within my very … Continue reading
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Tagged banana, dark, dog, elliptical cross trainer, expression, frozen, monster, nightmare, oatmeal, park, protein powder, reaction, reverse narcissism, thicket, thought, wolf
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Titanium and MSG
another migraine-ish night, the 2nd one this week. i think these are more like titanium headaches than classic migraines. this may not make sense to those people out there whose cervical vertebrae are not fused together by titanium. i hope … Continue reading
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Tagged cervical spine fusion, Chines take-out, headache, leftovers, migraine, msg, nieces, sciatica, siblings, suicide, titanium
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shrimp role
i spent most of today trying to figure out where to put things, only to realize i had no idea where anything went. a mountain of paperwork. i tried to arrange it into little categorical piles, but soon there were … Continue reading
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Tagged astro-cartography, categorization, clutter, disorganization, mountains, organization, paperwork, shrimp roll, thai restaurant, tilapia
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on (un)boldness
it’s clearly time to make a bold move, but there are so many of them to make–and how does one choose one from the other? not choosing is the unboldest move one can make. there’s nothing more unbold than that … Continue reading
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Tagged afraid of the dark, alone, bed, bold, boldness, bus, choice, gaze, intimidating, sigh, window
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This magic moment
I pretended to be a nice person today and almost convinced myself. Now if I could only find a way to make that real, who knows what that might lead to? Maybe somewhere beyond this Starbucks where I sit clumsily … Continue reading
thank you
i’d like to take this opportunity to personally thank the woman and her child who smiled at me at the airport, when there were so many who, for whatever reasons, could not. I’d like to honor their contributions to my … Continue reading
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Tagged blogger, child, Columbus Day, commuter, gratitude words, thank you, woman, worker
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a peculiar habit
i am prone to flights of delirium that quickly collapse into waves of panic. it’s a nasty habit i must learn how to break. for well over a week, my job has utterly oppressed and depleted me. in a moment … Continue reading
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Tagged chaos, delirium, depletion, email, oppression, panic, possession, self-doubt, soul, waves
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Originally posted on I'd Rather Be Painting.:
sniped and pasted bits
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apologia
forgive me for not saying very much today. i’ve been very migraine-y, brought by another day of ignominy in the workplace. if i write about it, it becomes more tangible. and tangibility is the last thing i want to happen.
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an abrupt stop
i notice this particular pattern amongst people who tend to ride on subways. they all seem mildly irritated with me when the train comes to abrupt stops, and I lose my balance, and I topple over, upon them. some of … Continue reading
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Tagged apologies, balance, child-like, commuters, enunciation, pattern, people, sir, sorry, subway, train
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my name
a peculiar moment. at work. somebody asked me my name. it was so shocking to be asked that I found myself at a complete loss for words, and I did not know quite how to answer. i said, do you … Continue reading
a transitional moment
it’s hard to tell what any of this means. talking into some wires molded into a plastic case to a virtual stranger in another continent. night after night we talk. it’s especially hard to figure out any meaning since I … Continue reading
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Tagged blockage, conversation, feeling, frozen, long-distance non-relationships, Marshall McLuhan, phone, talking, tundra
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The Lost Pedestrian 