Help.  I want to write.  It makes me feel better when I write.  I'm happier.  Calmer.  In control.  I love writing.

But I'm blocked.  Writer's block.  A giant block.  A giant block the size of...a really...big...thing.

It doesn't help that I submitted a story to a "Washington Post" contest and I didn't even make the short list.  It's a little ( Read more... )

...my father is being deported.  He leaves tomorrow.

Again, I wish I had the energy to explain everything, but no.

My question: do I call him at the hotel?  It'll be the last time I'll probably ever have to speak to him.  And, yes, there's some things I'd like to say to him.  Not nice things, but things.

There's a few friends-locked entries about ( Read more... )

Well, it was bound to happen eventually.  I knew it would.  Brendan and I have been living in our apartment building for three years, relatively happily, but we knew this day would eventually come ( Read more... )

They let my father out of jail.  THEY LET HIM OUT OF JAIL.  DEAR GOD, WHY WOULD THEY LET HIM OUT OF JAIL ( Read more... )

R.I.P. Linda "Mommy" Whaley

I hope that things are easier for you now.

And I hope they have "Drunken Mommy and 'Law & Order' Night" in heaven.

We'll miss you.

Service at home is finally working! We have our cable internet and T.V. back ( Read more... )

A little addendum to the story I posted yesterday about my lack of internet/cable television in my apartment, thanks to Comcast ( Read more... )

...this one is quite large ( Read more... )

Last Friday I was getting ready for work. I was almost done so I grabbed my jewelry off my nightstand and went into the bathroom to put on my necklace. This was strange--I NEVER put my jewelry on in the bathroom because I'm usually afraid of what happened...um...happening? I thought I'd gotten the necklace clasped, but when I let go the chain slid ( Read more... )

Prior to yesterday's events, I was a casual "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" (ATHF) viewer. I'd watch it if it was on, for instance, before or after "Family Guy" or "Robot Chicken" and I didn't feel like changing the channel. I'd laugh at the jokes or the puns or the visual comedy...it's a funny show, but it wasn't something I sought out, not like "Scrubs ( Read more... )