August 2010
1 post
Three years ago, my truth was, I was lost. I was laid off and I’d just closed on my condo. I had no idea where I wanted to go career wise. Without the daily grind of a full time job, I got lots of time alone with my thoughts. I was lonely, so lonely. And at the same time I found being around other people to be exhausting. I didn’t want to smile and nod. I didn’t want to...
May 2010
1 post
2 tags
Nostalgia
When someone from the past comes back into your life and wherever you last saw them, or knew them, is where they’ve stayed, in your mind anyway. My seventh grade gym teacher, Mr. Kappa, is probably not stalking around Paul Revere Middle School, in too short shorts, a mustache akin to that of a walrus and a whistle, seemingly glued to his lips. But, this is how he appears to me when I look...
April 2010
1 post
I'll get out
I’m supposed to be full of anger.
to roll my eyes and neck, suck my teeth and stare down any woman, who’s not a sista, with a brotha
to have 1, maybe 2 children at my age
have an attitude that stinks miles away
have hair bone straight and weaved down my back
to be able to dance. this skill should be inate
love the shit out of some r&b and hip hop
to talk with a certain...
March 2010
5 posts
Black Tuesday
It was a day like any other day in the basement, pissed off jurors, phones ringing off the hook, and my corner of the office trading juror anecdotes. This job has afforded me tons of writing material. Please believe me. However, that day our banter was stifled by anticipation. We had a meeting last week. The department head announced that there would be lay-offs. Of course, we were all...
Dry
When you’re sober your friends become suspicious of you. Everybody whispers behind their glasses. They stare at you as if you were an anomaly. Or worse. They make a big show of how you’re not drinking and how cool they are with it. As if you needed validation or something. You might start to frequent the bar scene less and less, not because you have trouble with keeping your sobriety...
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one down, two to go
12/16/09
Sometimes at work, I take bathroom breaks out of boredom. I’ll accompany co-workers even when I don’t have to go. Sometimes we gossip about other people in our department. We’ll talk about dating. The latter actually is the most frequent topic of discussion. My work BFF, M- would argue and break up with her boyfriend. A lot. It was any number of things, she planned all...
Well....
It was everything I wanted to hear, too late. I look back at how miserable I was, and how much I was hurt by the situation. If I’d heard it then…. Ah, well, I guess it couldn’t have happened any other way……. Because it did. I love a good love story. Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Romeo and Juliet are a few of my favorite movies off the top of my head.
I...
Hello, I don't want to tell you my name and I...
I hate meeting new people, almost as much as I hate the Trump combover. As far as I’m concerned both are ridiculous and unnecessary. I’ve had the same friends since high school, and a few since elementary. It’s not that I’m shy. I’m just leery of strangers. Period. There are at least two reasons I can think of off the top of my head. The first being, my mother. When...