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When I was younger, vampires were scary as fuck. From pre-Biblical Lilith to Nosferatu to Dracula (the big bad daddy of all vampires)... vampires were romantic, perhaps, but chill-inducing. I went through my "Vampires are Awesome" stage just like everyone else I know, right around the end of High School. I wore black lipstick and a lot of ( Read more... )

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I don't want to talk. I just want a glass of wine.

Woke up this morning with The Book of Love (as sung by Peter Gabriel) stuck in my head. It's one of those songs that always makes me cry, no matter what the circumstances.

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When I got to work I found out that one of my coworkers, who has had cancer for a while now, took a bad turn over the weekend and probably isn't coming back out of it ( Read more... )