Somewhere inside her parents are sleeping ( Read more... )

I know that the odds of anyone with the power to truly influence this situation reading this are extremely small, but of the rest of you, I ask only this. Pay attention. Pay very close attention. We are witnessing a spectacular attempt to vindicate the philosophy that hate can be defeated with hate, violence with violence, and it can only fail ( Read more... )

So for those who aren’t local, the DC Metro has just instituted a system of random bag checks at Metro stations. They won’t be announced in advance, and while you have the right to refuse, if you do you will be denied access to the system. Checks will be conducted randomly at one station at a time ( Read more... )

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I slipped, Monday. Slipped not a small way. In point of fact I smoked one puff off a friend's cigarette Sunday night. I walked to the nearest gas station Monday morning. I bummed a cigarette en route to give me time to "think about it". I bought a pack of American Spirits, the cigarette with the fewest chemical additives, actually not owned by ( Read more... )

It's frustrating when it isn't easier (really) on day 4 than on day 1, but this too shall pass. I woke up this morning REALLY wanting a cigarette. But I haven't had one. I've been writing instead. My sleep schedule might not be perfect at present, but I really have no desire to go through this again. However many times is enough. Dayeinu. I ( Read more... )

Some years ago, I listened to Garrison Keilor give a short Keilor-style dissertation on men, on men and flowing water. Mr. Keilor suggested that there comes a time of year when men want to control the way that water flows. It could be a hose in the yard. It could be peeing in the parking lot. It could be a pond in our garden. There comes a ( Read more... )

Minute by minute, hour by hour, I've been refusing to smoke. I really hope this gets easier soon.
-Jeremiah

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now (even if we don't speak often or ever) please post a comment with a completely made up, fictional memory of you and me.

It can be anything you want - good or bad - but it has to be fake.

When you're finished, post this little paragraph in your LJ and see what your friends come up with

Another morning spent being stern with myself. I really need to get caught up on class stuff, but the last few nights it's been pretty much everything I could do to get through to 5:00, meet after-work obligations, make myself eat something, and then put myself to bed. I really want to be social this weekend, but I should probably spend a fair ( Read more... )