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 Hi, I'm going to gloat for a bit now. I bought my ticket to France! In fact, I bought a round-trip ticket between NYC and Paris (with one stop in London each way) and some handy-dandy flight/ticket insurance for a grand total of $608.21, which I am most supremely satisfied with. Now I just have to make the stupid Consulate General give me my ( Read more... )

The Birthday Gift

Thin smoke slides dryly through the cool air, wafting into the small sitting room. A young boy sits on the wood floor at his parents’ feet, gingerly picking at the tape of a rectangular package. The silvery paper unfolds in the boy’s lap, as he pulls off the tape, careful not to tear an edge or corner. He lets it ( Read more... )

"I don't understand anyone's mentality, but that's 'cause I'm fuckin' crazy!"  --Random Hustler in Hartford, CT ( Read more... )

Ash hung in the air, the damp humidity pulling it slowly towards the brown, sticky earth. We all sat on blankets, those brightly colored Disney-themed comforters that come rolled-up in plastic at dingy shopping malls. They always begin to prickle when they're taken out. Mom makes me wash blankets before I put them on the beds.

I didn't wash ( Read more... )

Hey people, I'm wildly unskilled regarding computers. I'm wondering how you create the little link-thing in a journal entry that takes people to the longer bit that's too extensive to put in a straight-up entry. You know, the word or phrase that's in bold and underlined that you can click on once the entry is posted that then takes the reader to ( Read more... )

I just got back from "Butch Camp" which is actually called the Outdoor Women program. I went with my mom and one of her friends, and we were definitely the only Montpelierite yuppies for miles around. It was pretty entertaining; most of the women were in their mid-40s and really redneck, from the Harwick, Wollcott area... They all brought coolers ( Read more... )

Well, I suppose while everyone is talking about college, next year, etc. I'll join in the fray. France...I'm kind of wondering what the hell I'm doing--yeah, wander off to a foreign country, bum around and try to get work of some folks' farms. I'm sure it'll be fine, but MAN, the thought of that much isolation is kind of sobering. And the money ( Read more... )

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So I watched North By Northwest last night, an awesome Hitchcock movie. It was excellent, and if you're feeling bored and apathetic with the boring apathetic weather, I certainly recommend it--perfect spy movie; it's got espionage, international antagonists, criminal networks, dangerous cliff-face escapes and expensive cars coupled with alcohol and ( Read more... )