February 2012
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Green Bubble Tea a scene.
“I can’t eat this,” she said.
“Why not?” I had already eaten enough sushi for three people. It was shameful, but it was all so delicious, I couldn’t help myself. It wasn’t as though my companion was going to help me finish it, either. She watched me eat another piece, and I thought she was going to be sick.
“It’s...
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The Failings of Youth
The phone was ringing again, but I didn’t bother to answer it. I figured it was probably my mother, calling to ask how I was doing, and I’d have to lie and tell her my rent was on time, I was eating very well, my girlfriend hadn’t left me, I wasn’t behind on my car payments, and I didn’t drop out of college. I hated...
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Chocolate Pistachio a scene.
She was just passing through to the kitchen. “I’m getting myself an ice cream,” she said. “Do you want one?”
“Nah,” I said. I glanced at the phone, thoroughly uninterested in the magazine I had been reading. I put my hand on the receiver.
“Don’t,” she said.
“I wasn’t...
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Jesus Rollerblades
Cristina: Jesus Rollerblading Christ...
Cheryl: Jesus rollerblades. Cool.
Jesus is a pro at sports.
Does he have to wear shin pads?
No, he's Jesus! He only wears protective gear to set a good example for the kids.
You have an awesome imagination.
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45 Mercy Street
In my dream,
drilling into the marrow
of my entire bone,
my real dream,
I’m walking up and down Beacon Hill
searching for a street sign -
namely MERCY STREET.
Not there.
I try the Back Bay.
Not there.
Not there.
And yet I know the number.
45 Mercy Street.
I know the stained-glass window
of the foyer,
the three flights of the house
with its parquet floors.
I know the...
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Sunshine Under Water
a scene.
“I wish you didn’t hate me,” she said.
“Who hates you?” I said.
“You don’t look me in the eyes anymore,” she said. “You don’t return my calls. You always have some excuse not to spend time with me.”
“Surely, there has to be some rationale that’s a little less extreme than my hating you.”
“Of...
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January 2012
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Whoops.
Today is Tuesday, and, for the first time since I started up this blog, I completely forgot about Music Video Monday yesterday. I’ll have to post a double-whammy next week.
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One April Morning
a scene.
I rasped on the door. No response. Gingerly, I turned the handle and, finding that the door was unlocked, I let myself in. She was sitting at the kitchen table in front of me, leafing through a magazine. Her gaze never diverted from its pages, though she clearly wasn’t reading it.
“So, is that it?” I said. “Are you never going to speak to me again?”
She...
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Haymarket Square
a scene.
“Where have you taken me?” I said.
“Hey, you’re the one who asked to tag along,” she said.
“That’s because you made it seem like you were going to be doing something exciting in the North End today,” I said.
“This isn’t exciting?”
“As exciting as waking up at the ass crack of dawn and hopping on the orange line...
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“We must strike at the lies that have spread like disease through our minds.”
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December 2011
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“If you don’t stand up, you don’t stand a chance.”
– Genesis, “Squonk”
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I was singing along to "With the Dark".
What are you listening to?
They Might Be Giants. They’re all I ever listen to.
They’re takin’ ova!
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Why don't you come on over, Valerie?
Since I’ve come on home, well my body’s been a mess
And I’ve missed your ginger hair and the way you like to dress
Won’t you come on over? Stop making a fool out of me
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“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized...”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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“The ‘good ol’ days’ weren’t always good, and tomorrow...”
– Billy Joel, “Keeping the Faith”