The afternoon heat was thick and heavy, the kind that increases gravity until one is compelled to lay about quietly with a sweaty glass of sweet tea. There was no lounging, though; there were four people working steadily, carrying boxes and bags, hats and flower pots, furniture and artwork inside. Covered in sweat but steeped [...]
Archive | May, 2012
The Battle of New York
I hate New York. I really do. I hate that when you walk outside on a summer day, the humidity slaps you like a ton of bricks. You can’t walk on the sidewalk without accumulating massive droplets of nasty air conditioner water in your hair and the entire city reeks like a cesspool. Like, an [...]
One Word Story
“SO?” They stared at me expectantly, exasperatedly even. “Tell us the story!” There are few things I enjoy more than a good story. I carried stacks of them up to my eyeballs home from the library as a little girl. I listened with rapt attention to the Vinyl Cafe on family road trips, I spent [...]
on what I’m good at…
In the past couple years, I’ve really come to terms with what I’m good at. Professionally, I mean. I’ve had a lot of jobs—retail, customer service, barista, scooping ice cream at Disneyland—but my most recent job really helped me discover that perhaps I’m not meant to be one of those people so eager to shatter [...]
Political Discourse For The Casual Drinker
It was about 8 weeks after my son was born that I first ventured out into the night with some friends. To a bar. On a Thursday. At 7:30. This is about all the excitement I can handle these days. After an hour, a friend of a friend showed up. A perfectly likeable guy we [...]
Pooping Unicorns
The idea of unicorns has evolved for me over the years. I remember when 20 Something Bloggers (which is where I know most of the writers on this site from) was just a little outpost for a handful of personal bloggers who’d managed to run into one another via sidebar link lists. Finding great writers [...]
On Hobbies
Lately I’ve been thinking about online dating. Not about actually signing up for an online dating service –I’d rather cuddle a porcupine than go on a semi-blind date at this point in my life. But still, I’ve been thinking about it — specifically that part where profiles ask you to list a bit about yourself: [...]
A Red Jeep Grand Cherokee
It caught my eye as it drove past me. A red Jeep Grand Cherokee. It brought me back nearly a decade, to when I was 15 and to the first time he drove me around in his red Jeep Grand Cherokee. My dad gave him the Precious Cargo Lecture when he came to pick me [...]
The Golden Age of Blogging: A Half Assed Introspective
The Golden Age of Blogging: A Half Assed Introspective by So@24 Brandon I was already having a bullshit morning when the new department assistant meekly poked her head into my cube. “Hey sorry to interrupt you…” “Hey! Not at all. What’s up?” “This is such a random question but,” she covered her mouth and her voice dropped. [...]
Lessons from Airports
I sat, freezing cold per usual, spending my time alternating between the most uncomfortable airport seats at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport and the international call center. I was a recent college graduate and too poor to book a hotel in bustling Bangkok. I called him from the fifth calling card I had purchased with the [...]
