My Bad....  
OK, I've been feeling weird/guilty about my last blog, Sexual Identity. I considered taking it off, but that wouldn't make things...More...

10 comments | 5 kudos | 100 views | posted Oct 6, 2008 at 9:17 PM

Sexual Identity  
I spent the weekend with a classmate; we're doing a project on GBLT (gay, bi, lesbian, transexuals) youth and addiction. She is a lesbian.

I'm thinking of becoming one too; it would make life so m...More...

18 comments | 0 kudos | 215 views | posted Oct 5, 2008 at 8:29 PM

My Son Says: Adulthood  
Me: You're turning 18 in three weeks. Pretty cool, eh?

Toby: I guess.

Me, looking sideways at him, turning down the car radio: Yeah, most kids can't wait to grow up, but...More...

13 comments | 4 kudos | 131 views | posted Oct 4, 2008 at 9:08 AM

My Wedding Day  
It was a sunny June day and Kevin and I were swinging on the wooden bench hanging from the the stoop facing Gilbert Street, smoking a joint, listening to David Allen Coe singing about his red neck an...More...

6 comments | 5 kudos | 114 views | posted Sep 27, 2008 at 6:45 PM

Blue: A Repost  
I've been thinking of my ex-husband lately and have decided to repost this in (questionable) honor or him. Besides, I've got writer's block, but can't seem to tear myself away from the computer....More...

7 comments | 4 kudos | 106 views | posted Sep 27, 2008 at 9:25 AM

I'm So Dizzy My Head Is Spinning  
Life is twirling, whirling, moving quickly. I'm holding on tightly, hoping I won't get thrown off.

Change is dizzying, hard, challenging, exhilarating, scary.

I'd rather be jumping out of pl...More...

8 comments | 2 kudos | 117 views | posted Sep 24, 2008 at 9:34 AM

AA Meeting: M  
Shorn hair revealing gold and pearl-looped ears

Tendons lining the side of her neck, slipping into her roomy gray sweatshirt.

She speaks of peace and contentment.
Vertebrae forming a peaked...More...

8 comments | 6 kudos | 132 views | posted Sep 20, 2008 at 1:58 PM

The Long Good-Bye  
My weeks are filled with heaviness.

As I'm wont to do, I made a decision and jumped, trusting the winds of the Universe to swoop me up, gently depositing me on firm ground. Whether my trust will...More...

24 comments | 15 kudos | 228 views | posted Sep 14, 2008 at 11:02 AM

Conversation With Toby  
Me: How do you like having your life plastered across the internet?

Toby: It's ok, guess. I get irritated sometimes at how you portray me.

Me: What do you mean?

Tob...More...

4 comments | 3 kudos | 114 views | posted Sep 7, 2008 at 3:40 PM

Stabbing Update  
Tuesday Night:

"How was your first day of school?"

"It was ok."

"Do you like your teachers?"

"They're ok."

"Did you see a lot of kids you hadn't seen in a while?"

"Yeah, fresh...More...

7 comments | 6 kudos | 137 views | posted Sep 5, 2008 at 8:06 PM