January 2011
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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...
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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...
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...
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...