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i love grocery shopping with beau. him: i don’t know anything about picking out a squash. me: i dunno, just get one. him: well, this one looks the most phallic…

beau wants to get a bugzapper. i’m less than thrilled with the idea of electrocuting thousands of poor innocent insects just because they get on our nerves. i just took a drink of my hot cocoa, and when i set the mug down, there were two flies floating in it. we’re going to lowe’s.

the past few days have been more stressful than i’ve seen in a while. i like my quiet little life, and when things come in and invade my space, disrupt my thoughts and remind me of how things used to be, it throws everything off. i’m excited for new opportunities for the people i love,…

…where baby girl is on the phone with her friend: my mom just ordered justin beiber party stuff for my birthday… no, no, he cut his hair… i KNOW. he can’t do the flip anymore… have you seen him? he can’t do the FLIP… no, she didn’t get the pinata… she said she would have…

a few weeks ago, beau and i were at a show at a local bar, and a stranger came up to us and declared us the “weirdest, quietest, hottest couple ever.” last night we were at a show at a different, much larger venue, and the same woman approached us and said we won the…

don’t be a manipulative, obsessive fucktard. if you insist on being a manipulative, obsessive fucktard, don’t act all hurt and offended when i call you on it. it takes a lot to get me really pissed off and i hate confrontation. if i’m calling you a manipulative, obsessive fucktard, i promise you it’s because you’ve…

i’m making eyeball cookies with the kids in a few minutes. my mother gave the kids this kit to make them a long time ago, and we never got around to it. hopefully it’s still good. and then i’m going to take my little girl and her friend and try on clothes and see what…

Ah, the joys of domestic life. I live in a dilapidated little farmhouse, almost a hundred years old. It’s summertime and there are no screens on the windows, just panes of glass wrapped in crooked old slabs of wood. There’s no air conditioning, so the windows are open from the time we get up until…

so life has changed considerably since the last time i posted here. other than this morning, i mean, but that doesn’t count. i moved to a different house. i dyed my hair purple. i went full-time with the writing. i started work on my second book. the last time i really posted anything here, i…