So, an acquaintance of mine killed herself. I found out last week... we all did... but she did it in early August. She had totally isolated. My friend Tracy wrote a beautiful piece about it at http://houseofclams.com/?p=457Read more... )

i took a picture of myself and what i saw was
green eyes with dark shadows underneath them
a nose too wide, a face too full altogether
a mess of circles within circles
with arched brows that seem insincere
and hair too blonde to be mine
white, red, green, grey, nothing

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Yet another friend of mine is moving away. We dated for a minute in the fall (not the lame ex), decided better, and are friends. And I am stunned by how sad I became when he actually sold his house. I don't know if it's that his very real current and imminent actions made all of the leaving by all of my imminently leaving friends hit home, or if ( Read more... )

OMG are the trash and recycling EVER going to be picked up?

The air outside is warmer than you would expect. The wind is blowing from the south.

Multiple days of solitude will really mess with your head. I was considering many ways by which I might need to change my life, but I guess I'm just lonely.

I was going to have this wonderful holiday with many close friends, and do some of the cooking, which I love, but instead, I am enjoying a fever at home. Sob. Poor me ( Read more... )

Had a good day at work, and fabulous fancy dinner out, but then arrived home to yet another fucking dramatic email from the ex. Fucking hell. So tired of balancing kind with clear. Wish I could just CLEAR.

At home. Coulda met friends. Didn't really want to. Big night tomorrow. Hope it's fun. Hade a date night before last. It was ok. Not great ( Read more... )

What will I do with all the free time when there is no longer election news to check compulsively?