nirbhao

1. I am a very slow processor.
2. everyone say bye Bryan!
g'bye! I won't miss you!
3. the carnival is setting up in the parking lot. therefore: rain.
4. I shouldn't have gotten rid of all of my Provigil.

The run down:

Over the past week, some stuff happened in my life that very much reminded me of how I am not where I want to be. It seems that when I have these moments, I get very sad and then very angry and then I actually do something about it.

The last time this happened, I got a big promotion. This time, I'm...
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1. ya'll are party poopers for not playing the story game
2. goddamn legislators need to stop this temper tantrum
3. this week should be very interesting

assignment

write me a story. I'm offering a for-realz prize* and everything.

rules:
1. the story must be true
2. the story must be in the third person
3. the story must be between 3,000 and 18,000 words (about)
4. the story must be accompanied with at least one illustration, which may be any form of image, but it must be created by the author...
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here's the deal:
I don't want to have to ask you to be a little bit more patient with me, a little bit more emotionally gentle, when I've got stuff on my plate. I know you are all very smart and can make all kinds of clever comments, but I'm actually very tired of sarcasm and smart-assery.

Missy, I'm sorry I forgot your birthday
Sara,...
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I can see the future through my sunglasses
the leaves have already changed

If anything
it should have been
a better thing
From underneath you
staring at the ceiling
There's another world
of chocolate bars and baseball cards
That hides inside of all
this tension that I'm feeling
But It's all inside of you
Yeah, it's all inside of you
Surprise surprise
I miss your hair, you miss my eyes
And all this solitude
is my confidence eroding...
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I broke my scanner

i could really get used to this self-indulgence thing

he came rolling my direction, skateboarding in the middle of the lane on the wrong side of the road. as he came closer, I tried to calculate his age. definitely a teenager.

I suddenly felt very old.

there was a time when I didn't get tired. there was a time when, balancing on the rails, I didn't notice sweat dripping off my lip.

when did...
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