I've been going through my writing files a lot lately, and I keep coming back to this piece of dialogue, which is from what ended up being my last visit with my grandmother before she died. I wrote this when she was still alive in 2006, and hadn't re-read it until a couple of weeks ago.

We got into a conversation about things our family is good ( Read more... )

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Walking into work today, my co-worker said to me, "My god, girl, I swear, you are losing even more weight ( Read more... )

First, I just finished downloading and watching a couple of shows:

( The Office )

1. ( Gilmore Girls )

The first line in my journal after I arrive in Houston: "I'M ON A 15-LANE HIGHWAY. HOLY SHIT." Everything really is bigger in Texas.

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Thursday, July 13

After phoning hnarbit earlier in the day to let her know that I would be late, the bus actually shows up almost on time. Thankfully she and ciaracat decided to show up early, so they were there waiting for me ( Read more... )

July 3rd. It's my two-year LJ-versary today.

I missed my anniversary last year. I think a friend posted about their own in the fall, prompting me to flip back and check my own start-up date. Oops. This year I wanted to make sure I remembered.

Two years ago today I was so upset to no longer have access to cleolinda's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of ( Read more... )

I haven't had much death in my life, thankfully. I knew a couple of casual friends who died in high school, my great-grandparents died when I was a teenager, and my uncle when I was in early University. The only death that felt really close to home and hit me hard was my grandfather's, the husband of my grandmother who just died yesterday. I keep ( Read more... )

My grandmother died tonight ( Read more... )