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I was gone
Through the window, I watch the snow falling on the cedar trees. Or maybe they're not cedars. Maybe they're pine trees. Is a cedar tree the same as a pine tree? I don't know, I never saw the movie.

It's really cold. To me it feels probably about(more)
Snow | Home | Funerals
if not
If not for the sounds of gunfire, I probably would have slept forever. When you're a kid, and you anticipate adulthood--when you imagine the freedom and the choices and the toys--somewhere in the back of your head you imagine this as the happiest you can be. She cradles me(more)
Sleeping | Spooning | Videogam...
she finds him
She finds him at the bottom of the box. For the last twenty years, he's been protected by a pile of less important things. She holds her breath as she gently brushes the dust off, which takes a little longer than expected. As the dust cloud settles, she breathes(more)
Childhoo... | Toys | Nostalgi...
old porch
Jake puts the last board in place. There's a snap, but it's not as loud as he wishes it would be, considering the time and effort that went into everything before it. Weekend upon weekend he put into this. Friday nights he could have been going out, Saturday mornings(more)
Mint Jul... | Porches | Aging
billed to
"I don't know the last four digits of the social."  

"Well, we need the last four digits of the social security number to prove that you are allowed to make changes to the account."  

"I'm not allowed--I'm not looking--Look, okay, it isn't my account. It isn't--I just(more)
Customer... | Mail | Bills
disappear into
She is bored with being the center of attention. Tired of upholding all their expectations, everyone's expectations. Frustrated with obligations and outfits and obligations' outfits. She's not looking for obsolescence, to fall into obscurity through continued mediocrity. The opposite, actually. She wants to flourish so tri(more)
Success | Redbox | Changes
engaged
"YES! Oh god, yes, of course yes!" Tears streamed down Alice's cheeks. Other couples having dinner in the restaurant around them clapped their hands in congratulation. Tom rose to his feet and kissed his new fiance.

Tom had been engaged four times before, this one made it five.(more)
Relation... | Marriage | Immaturi...
faithful
I kiss the small of her back and breathe in deep. Time stops. Or it starts moving again for the first time in a long while. It's always hard to tell. I take the moment to consciously think of Debra, to build the shape of her in my mind.(more)
Fauxroti... | commitme... | relation...
trivial concern
Am I worried? Not at all. So what if she has more pie pieces than me or whatever those are supposed to be. This is what I was born for, man, this is the arena with which I flourish. So what if I've never *technically* played this game before.(more)
board ga... | faux-rot... | pop cult...
frosting
"Is it supposed to be erotic?"

"No, it's supposed to be a dessert."

She looked at me cross and I fought the urge to say no pun intended. We didn't need anything else making us feel like we were in a bad sitcom. The chocolate treat in(more)
Family | Food | Innuendo
tassels
It's like one giant tassel. That's what they should call it. A "tassel." I think that's a better name anyway, better than comparing it to something that comes out of a horse's butt. A "Ponytail." Sounds like some weird sexual act. Can't believe they let little girls walk around(more)
high sch... | ponytail...
night swim
The ice cube hits my drink with a splash. I wipe the drops of lime and tonic and gin from my face. "Come on," she screams from the water, barely visible but for the moon's reflection off the lake. "Quit acting like my dad! Take off your pants and(more)
non sequitur
"So then I'm standing there, ten people back in line, already twenty minutes late, and this crazy-looking guy is trying to ask me out and I obviously--"

"You want to go out?"
(more)
while I was out
I wake up in a pile of my own disgusting. This isn't like that movie The Hangover at all. There's no exciting action montage. There's no hilarious Mike Tyson. There are no friends. I'm just here alone, on the floor. I'm not having awesome adventures trying to remember what(more)
drinking | breakups | nostalgi...