LJ cut...for once, thinking of the people who a) do not wish to venture into TMI territory, or b) happen to be reading where NSFW warnings are observed.

( [cue lyrics] I love myself... )

My brother took me to our cousin's birthday party.  It was at a home I hadn't set foot in in over six years, probably closer to ten.  The people I haven't spoken to in just as long, at the most, seen in passing at a mutual family friend's function, were there as well ( Read more... )

My sister announced (several days late) that a letter came and "we" (whoever that is) think it is probably Dad's handwriting ( Read more... )

It's not exactly family-birthday-dinner talk.  Unless you live at the Winters household.  No subject is taboo ( Read more... )

A year older and I made no plans. Very unlike the previous two years of big, (semi) organized parties. Went to work, came home to a house full of children, went to dinner with family.

Today I realized my birthday signaled the turning of an oversized hourglass.

In middle school, we made a long-term goal and filled out a sheet and the teacher had them ( Read more... )

Um, so I disappeared off the face of the planet again ( Read more... )

I didn't think the book would turn my world upside down. Her first book already did that. I feel like I've just been slapped in the face.

Ruth Ozeki's second novel...All Over Creation tells the story of Yumi Fuller, runaway daughter returning home to care for her dying father, three children--all with different fathers--in tow. It weaves its ( Read more... )

I was walking home from work one day and I saw a guy run across the street.

I smiled and almost called out to him.

And then I remembered that he was dead.

I think I only just now realized the type of abuse I've subjected my body to all week ( Read more... )

WTF. Every single book I pick up, there's a Jake! Jake Jake Jake--Jakes everywhere! Can't I just escape into a goddamn book without having you haunt me there, too ( Read more... )