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a woman under the influence
bittersweet fictions. references without citations. fundamental attribution errors.

Grotto of the Apocalypse?

25 September 2008












Growing up, there was a Disney cartoon featuring Goofy hunting down, killing, and cooking a decoy duck. A drumstick has never looked, and subsequently will never taste, as good as it did in that cartoon.

As much as she thought getting married would change things, he continued to introduce her as his "friend."

The third time he changed careers it only took a couple months before he thought, "I'm unhappy here."

Highlander 2.

His little town never had big names come through, so he saved all summer for tickets to hear Michael Crawford. Too bad this Michael Crawford did motivational speaking for agricultural communities to apply for federal monies.

The next morning, the still of the bedroom after a night of fighting and tears, realizing you will make all the mistakes your parents made.

Fifth grade selling Christmas wrap for weeples. Conceptually cute, but what do you do with them?

Years of promises and reassurances that hard work would prevail over an easier courseload only resulted in a pile of single page rejections.

They had decided to move together, but when her job didn't pan out, it became her fault.

The tray of cookies gets passed around the boardroom table. The tension that mounts. Will there be enough? Turns out they're just crumbly, crap cookies.

It took a failed suicide attempt to discover near death experiences feel the same as general anesthesia.
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2 Comments:
  • Looking backward and realizing senior prom was the happiest night of your life. You've never encountered another man with the same spontaneously gentlemanly qualities. Meeting him years later and realizing he's gone gay. Way gay.

    By Blogger Chris/Stewy, at 25/9/08 22:47  
  • They were broke, but happy. One evening in a drunken stupor, she wrote "Too much is never enough" in permanent marker over their door.

    Years latter and long broken up, she now makes 5 times the amount she once did. But from time to time, she still bounces checks.

    By Blogger Morgan, at 29/9/08 17:43  
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