thanks to the awesome response i got at the terrorfest-i mean my first reading-i’ve decided to see about doing more… talked it over a little bit with beau this morning, have an idea of how they need to go in order for me to feel comfortable and not like a totally insufferable and socially retarded…

i don’t believe in a sentient universe or an omniscient god; i’m not smug enough to say i know what’s out there, if anything, but i can say with some certainty that it’s not lining our lives up like bowling pins and changing the course thereof with a well-aimed flick of the wrist. i do,…

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you know that one perfect pair of jeans you had? when you bought them, they looked amazing on you, made your butt look awesome, made you feel like you actually looked good for once? and so you only wore them when you had someplace to go, somewhere you knew you were really going to be…

pretty sure every girl has been here. (and every poor, put-upon guy, too.) me: i hate what i’m wearing. i’m having a bad self-esteem day. beau: i’m sorry sweetie. you look fine. me: AAAARGH i don’t want to look fine, we’re going out. i’m not supposed to just look fine. beau: i think you look…

what we say when we get his voicemail: hey sweetie, it’s me, just thought i’d call and say hey cause things were a little funky when you left, so yeah, i’ll be up for a while if you want to call me back, but no biggie… i love you very much and i’ll see you…

thing one: do you want to play dungeons and dragons with me and mike, mom? me: um, no thank you. thing one: why, don’t you like it? did you play it when you were my age? me: no sweetie, when i was your age i went out with boys who beat up guys who played…

optimist (n):1. one who usually expects a favorable outcome.2. a believer in philosophical optimism. pessimist (n):1. a person who habitually sees or anticipates the worst or is disposed to be gloomy.2. an adherent of the doctrine of pessimism. realist (n):1. a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.2. an artist…

you know how they say your life flashes before your eyes when you’re about to die? i’m not about to die just yet (i don’t think, anyway) and it wasn’t my life up to here that i saw but my life from here on out-just for a second; i must have dozed off and dreamed…