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I was supposed to get my car fixed the other week, but let it go because the problem fixed itself for a while. Then the air died again, and so I called up the mechanic. His wife answered, and the call went something like this ( Read more... )

FINALLY had some time to sit down and write today. I wrote a short story in my Michael series, yay. It's been about two weeks since I've written anything, and it was really starting to get to me ( Read more... )

Today I went rooting through the possessions of the dead. It's a ghoulish pursuit, but one that yielded a ton of interesting things. Two old people died, and their children came to their house, and just put everything out to the curb. Absolutely everything the house contained went out- all the furniture, all their clothes, all their books, all ( Read more... )

I wrote this eulogy for him, which I will read at his memorial service on Wednesday ( Read more... )

So.. my father is going to die ( Read more... )

So as you probably know if you've been reading this or know me and care at all, my father has some sort of cancer that's going to kill him fairly soon, in all likelhood ( Read more... )

Right now, I'm extremely depressed about not getting to talk to Aus at his lunch break. My father wasn't feeling up to driving and wanted me to drive him and my mother somewhere, and we didn't get back until after 3. That makes me very sad. I know I'll see Aus in just a little over two hours, but the day isn't the same without getting to talk to ( Read more... )

I'm cold tired and numb ( Read more... )

The fact that we have to die, I believe, is not nearly so bad as the fact that we must outlive those we care for ( Read more... )