January 2011
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Jan 21st
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Running a song
I am not afraid to do nothing, to sit on my bed with my eyes closed, without the TV on, without my computer in front of me.  I am not afraid to put on shoes and go for a walk to a part of my neighborhood I haven’t explored, alone, without my iPhone and earbuds, without a destination or goal, just with a cup of hot tea and a scarf.  I like this time I spend alone.  It is important to me, it...
Jan 11th
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How to find a missing dog
This weekend didn’t turn out the way I planned.  I mean, I didn’t really plan anything, and maybe that’s my problem.  Or maybe I did plan things, and I just didn’t think about how to do them.  Or maybe what I should have done was actually do the things I wanted to do instead of what I did, which was spend most of the weekend being upset because some lady—or rather, I assume it was some lady—lost...
Jan 10th
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How to win an imaginary subway argument
You guys, I don’t get like this very often.  I mean, it happens so rarely and lasts for such a short amount of time that I’m not even like this anymore.  But earlier, when I first started typing?  I was feeling belligerent.  That’s right, belligerent.  Argumentative. Plucky.  Punchface. I don’t know when it started, but I will tell you when I noticed it.  And in order to tell you that, I have to...
Jan 7th
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How To Cure Writer's Block
Well, I didn’t not overeat today, so I decided I am going to write to burn off some calories.  Hello there.  You may remember me from such blog-type-things as this one, which I often abandon for long periods of time without explanation or apology.  Let me explain: I had writer’s block.  I still have it.  I do not know why, but I have not seriously, honest-to-goodnessly written something in...
Jan 6th
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