December 2010
8 posts
“Many writers do little else but sit in small rooms recalling the real world. …...”
– “The Writing Life” by Annie Dillard.
Dear Internet,
You won’t hear me say this often, so listen up: Thanks. Yeah, you heard me: Thank you. This week you reminded me of people’s basic decency. Better than that, you reminded me that people can be much more than basically decent — they can be impressively warm, open and loving.
You see, I wrote a little essay about how my mom is dying, and about how my family is dealing with it. It...
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G-chatting with Elissa Bassist
Elissa: Tracy. I am really sorry to tell you this: I am now madly in love with The Gos. HE IS SO HOT AND SWEET AND FUNNY AND GREAT AND WONDERFUL AND SEXY OMGOMGOMGOMG I GET IT
me: STEPTHEFUCKOFF
Elissa: I WILL FIGHT YOU TO THE DEATH FOR HIM
me: i will fucking gut you alive.
Elissa: would you really kill me over Ryan Gosling? Because I understand that now.
me: yes I would, Elissa. yes I would. HAVE YOU NOT BEEN LISTENING TO ME ALL THIS TIME? HAVE YOU NOT SEEN THE SEX SCENE IN THE NOTEBOOK?
Elissa: Yes, I have, but I blocked it out because it made me yearn, which is a feeling I refuse to recognize
me: did i tell you about the time that i met him? and that we hugged?
Elissa: SLUT. did I tell you about the time he and I met in the future and fucked?
“I’m more likely to order a beer and a shot of whiskey than a cosmo. I like...”
– The rise of binge drinking women
“If ‘no’ really means ‘no,’ then why shouldn’t it...”
– From my post comparing rape laws in the U.S. and Sweden, pegged to the Julian Assange case.
Today in "How are you?"
Owner of my neighborhood coffee shop: “I’m good. I think.”
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Dear Men of OKCupid,
Here is a list of things that are sexy:
Knowing the difference between “you’re” and “your.”
Knowing the difference between “they’re,” “their” and “there.”
Giving a shit about said differences.
Capitalization.