January 2011
9 posts
Outline for Listing Your Favorite Music on Social...
Relatable Band, Relatable Band, Elusive Band, Pretentious Band, Band I Have a Feigned Interest In, Heard One Song Once and I Didn’t Love it But They’re Respected Among the People I Respect Band, *See Last Listing, *See Last Listing, Humorous Listing For Balance Band, Singer/Songwriter, Band My Friend Is In, Elusive Band, Elusive Band, Once Elusive Band, You’ll Probably Scoff But They Were...
An “It’s Monday, but it feels like...
Word Games
On nights when I fall asleep especially early, Dylan asks me to tell him a word. I usually relay the first word that pops into my mind, or the first word I touch in a book or on a webpage, or one that’s been mysteriously lingering in my brain since hearing it that afternoon. While I sleep, he turns the word into jokes and stories and other words and when I wake up, I’m flooded with a...
Back To School
(Teacher is passing out syllabi)
Me: (whispering) What is that smell, Certs? I thought you were using Bengay.
Kasey: (whispering) I’m not “using” Ben Gay, I love him.
Dirt-y Talk
Vanessa: I finally came around to dirty talk.
Me: What?! When?
Vanessa: Two nights ago.
Me: Wow! How did it go?
Vanessa: It went alright. I said, like, three things.
Me: Right, because there are only three things you can say. Even knowing that and knowing they’re the same things that everyone says, I still can’t bring myself to say them.
Vanessa: I know. I had to talk myself into...
