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I’m certainly not the only one who danced with her siblings on the coffee table day after day, inspired by the Jackson Five, practicing my singing and my dance moves wearing just my stocking feet. I’m not, right? My brother dropped out of our band after the first rehearsal, my eldest sister was soon to [...]
' June 27th, 2009 at 02:41am 2 comments
The last time that I was at my doctor’s office we spent a little bit of time talking about my chronic back pain. She asked me if I had ever tried wearing a back brace. I told her that I had tried the black ones, with the straps that go over your shoulders, but it [...]
' January 25th, 2008 at 01:24pm 9 comments
Before I decide to watch the news, I have to decide whether or not I am emotionally ready. Years ago while watching news coverage of the Tiananmen Square Massacre I began to cry. Alex was seated on the couch next to me, and he asked me why I was crying. “You don’t know any of [...]
' October 11th, 2007 at 12:04pm 1 comment
Recently, I have found myself gripped by a story The Oregonian has been covering about a woman named Lovelle Svart; a woman who was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer five years ago. I am usually not a big reader of the local newspaper, but for some reason we have been getting one delivered to our [...]
' October 4th, 2007 at 01:24pm Add comment
I just wanted to say Fuck You. And thanks, by the way, for giving me even more ways to answer the inevitable question I get, “Why did you leave the Catholic church?”
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' July 14th, 2007 at 09:41pm Add comment