The Trolls

Y’all know what trolls are – that means people who go around posting ugly things in online forums or in people’s blog comments.

What bothers me about the trolls is not what they actually say. Because they always say the same things, and it’s nothing that hurts my feelings. […] Continue Reading…

Twenty Questions

Got this meme from Nyarly.

1. Tell me something obvious about you.

I speak my mind and have no qualms about using bad words to do it.

2. Tell me something about you that many don’t know.

I have a gold molar.

3. What is your biggest fear?

I’m so afraid of […] Continue Reading…

Vending machines were sexy.

The other day I was telling my friend Tad that, as a child, I’d loved hospitals because of the games and magazines in the waiting rooms and because of the vending machines. Tad pointed out how funny it was that vending machines fascinate children in general. […] Continue Reading…

I just lived through my nightmare of the week. And survived!

Last week I was invited to speak on a local radio show. The host of the show asked my publisher for a copy of my book so that she could read it ahead of time and know what to […] Continue Reading…

My hair finally looks good.

Actually, it’s been looking good for a couple of months now. I just didn’t want to brag about it so soon.

Only some of you will know what I mean when I say that growing your hair out from very short to long is hell. Absolute, […] Continue Reading…

So many of the Seven Deadly Sins overlap.

I wanted to write an entry about each of the sins, but then I realized that too many of them overlap. How about I write a few sentences for each, instead?

Greed

Lately I’ve been thinking about how much of my life is structured […] Continue Reading…

EBay shut down my jacket auction.

So I posted a jacket for auction on eBay. In the description of the jacket, I wrote a little explanatory essay about why the jacket was for sale. Within 24 hours of my posting it, eBay cancelled my auction, citing that I “violated eBay’s […] Continue Reading…

The Obligatory Periodic Menstrual Entry

Get it? “Periodic”? Get it? Huh?

This is my monthly routine ever since I got off the Pill in May:

Morning of Day 1:
Everything is normal, except for the fact that I keep dropping things and Houston drivers are stupider than usual.

Evening of Day 1:
Suddenly, I realize […] Continue Reading…

Recent Dreams and Their Translations

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I dreamed I stole two old ladies’ purses from a bar bathroom. One was sequined, the other beaded. I hopped into a cab to make my getaway, planning to inspect the insides of the purses later. I’d forgotten to tell the cab driver where to […] Continue Reading…