"Where are you from?"

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( Cut for sexual content and borderline stalking. )

Fact #1: I am a practicing attorney.

This summer, it occurred to me that I updated my journal so infrequently that many of my LJ friends had no idea how I lived my life. To remedy that situation, I started the 365 Facts series. Every day, I would update my journal with one random fact about myself. The series served a dual purpose: it gave me a ( Read more... )

( Let's rediscover how to write nonfiction )

When I woke, the need overwhelmed me. It curled in my chest and brought tears to my eyes. I indulged it, closing my eyes again and clinging to my stuffed bunny rabbit as if it could give me the affection that I yearned for. It couldn’t. No one but my love could drive the tears from my eyes. Perhaps I could conjure him next to me if I only ( Read more... )

If the stars and the planets tell the truth, then I am a fire person. Bring me into the light of the sun to awaken my passions. Watch me thrive in the crowd, feeding upon their energy to make the fire burn stronger. Put me in water to quench the flames of my passions and anxieties when they threaten to consume me ( Read more... )

Three demonic children under the age of five careen around the living room of a household devoid of all discipline. A harried parent halfheartedly instructs them, “Don’t do that!” In response, one of the children starts hitting her sister for grabbing her toy. The parent turns a well-practiced look of total suffering on the camera ( Read more... )

“I’m scared of growing up. When I have to grow up, you’re going to drop me off in a big city and give me a purse with a little money. I’m not going to know anyone or have a job or a place to live, so I’ll have to get a job and a house by the end of the day ( Read more... )

I knew what the link contained. I knew that its contents had just terrified my friend. But curiosity took hold when she posted the link to our chat room and told us not to click on it. She had only seen two frames of the animation. What if there were more? I needed to know ( Read more... )

(Warning: discussion of sexual harassment)

( Therefore, LJ cut )