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how nannying saved my life.
quitting my job in event planning to be babybro's weekday sitter is definitely one of the best decisions i've ever made for myself, contrary to my mother's opinion.
it is helping me on many fronts; exercising kindness and patience, practicing being a glamorous young new york mom, and perhaps most importantly, thinking about and verbalizing what it ( Read more... ) -
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i've decided to start writing in this again. mostly because i wanted to quote my jaded college self in my ok cupid profile... (#progress, #maturity...) but then i started skimming back over this... expecting to be embarrassed... and was pleasantly surprised. i'm pretty smart and funny. if i can force myself to verbalize it, maybe it will keep me in ( Read more... ) -
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follow me on twitter.
@badnewsbaby
k thanx bye. -
(william butler yeats)
when you are old and grey and full of sleep,
and nodding by the fire, take down this book,
and slowly read, and dream of the soft look
your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;
how many loved your moments of glad grace,
and loved your beauty with love false or true,
but one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
and loved the sorrows of your changing ( Read more... ) -
(bob dylan)
and i'm still carrying the gift you gave,
it's a part of me now, it's been cherished and saved,
it'll be with me unto the grave
and then unto eternity. -
(bertolt brecht)
when the times darken
will there be singing even then?
there will be singing even then.
oh how the times darken. -
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your airplanes from No Means Maybe
Rachel McKibbens
I.
over breakfast,
my father asks what you see in me.
i bite the inside of my cheek,
shove a forkful of pancakes into my mouth,
notice the salt shaker eyeing my wounds.
II.
you launch "i love yous"
from a brooklyn fire escape.
they travel 3,000 postcard miles
and collapse into my ear, exhausted.
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i say yes when i ought to say no.
" what's new"
"...besides the horrible morning sickness? not much."
nine am
in your bedroom
your radio alarm clock is set for soon.
i know your friends
and you know mine too.
you don't tell on me,
i won't tell on you...
i get around.
seconds to your elevator from the station
how can i resist that kind of invitation?
seventh floor i'm on trouble,
gotta get me ( Read more... )
