Last night when I got the news about Ashley, I was numb. When I finally fell asleep, I had progressed to stunned ( Read more... )

A) That was a weird interface. Is LJ trying to be G ( Read more... )

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Yesterday, during my office hours, my office mate Roman was also holding his. Roman is first generation American (his parents both emigrating from Mexico before he was born), raised Mormon, and grew up in southern California. We were sitting there, he checking his email, me grading papers, doing that before I turned on the computer, since I know ( Read more... )

My first high school boyfriend, Jim, and I have stayed friends through the years. It was one of those relationships where I became friends with his entire family, and it stayed that way even after we broke up. Holidays, weddings (I was a bridesmaid for both of his older sisters), funerals. Photos on Facebook for the last two summers were taken by ( Read more... )

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Tonight is one of those clear, cold nights, and as I looked up at the sky, standing in the silver light so bright I could read by it, I heard in my head "Then look for me by moonlight,/Watch for me by moonlight,/I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way ( Read more... )