listening to the noise until it makes sense

Did you know I hate cilantro? Well, I do. And I joined a support group. http://www.ihatecilantro.com/member.php?user=robotmad

My first modem was 300 baud and given to me by my friend Scott so I could call the local BBS from my Commodore 64. I’m too embarassed to say the names we went by there, but if you ever thought my email address was stupid, that’s why. I was 14! The BBS had a… Read More »

This morning the front right tire looked low, so we decided we should go to the gas station rather than our walk. So we got gas so the air would be free. Life felt so real and right. The wind was whipping my skirt around me, the cloudy sky looked so full of promise, and… Read More »

I was scared to go to high school because my eigth grade science teacher Mr Brickey strongly cautioned me with ideas of being a big fish in a small pond and going to high school I would be a small fish in a big pond. Why was he intentionally scaring me? He thought he should… Read More »

Erik saw cala lilies but didn’t know their name. Trying to describe them to me, he said they’re white and showed me with his hand the cup-funnel shape, and I knew right away. They grew thick and wild by the side of our house in Tanglewood. When I was little. I would play in them… Read More »

1. When you rush the toaster, no one wins. 2. All’s well that is well.

I only like to listen to new music by myself because I can’t handle feeling my feelings while also thinking about someone else’s. I listened to a new Mountain Goats song today while Erik deposited my last unemployment check. I am going to make it / through this year / if it kills me. Erik… Read More »

I found three quarters on the bed and gave them to Erik. If you’re trying to pay me for sex, it’s going to cost a lot more than this. But all his money is mine, so he couldn’t pay me in money. Yesterday on our walk down Professional, I found a card of trivia from… Read More »