500.
reallyhate those italics in
"yeah, your hair's
really grey."
posted by j
4/30/2007
499.
I feel oddly
defensive watching
The Mormons documentary
posted by Laura Barnes
4/30/2007
498.
back in his car
but not holding his hand
while he drives
posted by j
4/29/2007
497.
"I wanna stop biting
my nails," she says,
"but it's in my heart."
posted by Laura Barnes
4/29/2007
496.
you just can't get
'alone time' or avocados
like you can in LA
posted by j
4/28/2007
495.
McDonalds with kids
is not "fast food" but
an hour at the Play Place
posted by Laura Barnes
4/28/2007
494.
you're not drinking alone
if you're
videoconferencing
posted by j
4/27/2007
493.
Afraid my life
is always going
to be just like this
posted by Laura Barnes
4/27/2007
492.
looking for
their porn.
housesitting.
posted by j
4/26/2007
491.
Anniversary spent
eating expensive dinner
followed by dollar store outing
posted by Laura Barnes
4/26/2007
490.
i prefer my idol
with emotional rape
on the side
posted by j
4/25/2007
489.
So sweet:
he has dinner and
a diet pepsi waiting for me
posted by Laura Barnes
4/25/2007
488.
crippling fear
of making
phone calls
posted by j
4/24/2007
487.
We corner
the boss for a raise.
He doesn't say yes or no.
posted by Laura Barnes
4/24/2007
486.
boss asks flat out
what i want in life.
and i say it.
posted by j
4/23/2007
485.
I vow today
that I will take back
control at work
posted by Laura Barnes
4/23/2007
484.
keyboard in that box
in the corner's been
eyeing me all month
posted by j
4/22/2007
483.
posted by Laura Barnes
4/22/2007
482.
spent the night
taping cards
into the calendar
posted by j
4/21/2007
481.
Dollar Tree
is my latest
addiction
posted by Laura Barnes
4/21/2007
480.
odd to see someone
treat my dream job
the way i treated my last.
posted by j
4/20/2007
479.
I didn't tell
anyone "Happy 4/20"
today
posted by Laura Barnes
4/20/2007
478.
today the crew stood by.
i gave direction.
and called 'action.'
posted by j
4/19/2007
477.
Special treat:
Ryan and I go shopping
by ourselves.
posted by Laura Barnes
4/19/2007
476.
time to break the habit
of seeing praise
as permission to slack
posted by j
4/18/2007
475.
Hours spent
reprimanding women
acting like highschoolers
posted by Laura Barnes
4/18/2007
474.
dad left a message
about his dad
not doing so well
posted by j
4/17/2007
473.
Sanjaya
reminds me of
Cameron
posted by Laura Barnes
4/17/2007
472.
years later, it's hard
to hear myself sing "someday
i'll be someone too"
posted by j
4/16/2007
471.
At the last minute
I write and enter a song
for the "Idol" competition
posted by Laura Barnes
4/16/2007
470.
sunday.
beach is
my church.
posted by j
4/15/2007
469.
This week's
song obsession:
Sway, by the Perishers
posted by Laura Barnes
4/15/2007
468.
'you tested negative
for everything,' he says
and i'm perplexed
posted by j
4/14/2007
467.
That bitch at church
really has me doubting
my employment there
posted by Laura Barnes
4/14/2007
466.
week one.
i think,
"i can do this."
posted by j
4/13/2007
465.
So many glitches
at today's seminar has
turned me superstitious
posted by Laura Barnes
4/13/2007
464.
my job: be the nag
my boss
doesn't have time to be
posted by j
4/12/2007
463.
People cry
at Christian concerts
like the girl on "Idol"
posted by Laura Barnes
4/12/2007
462.
when life changes
phone bill
doubles
posted by j
4/11/2007
461.
yet another person
I meet
after they've died
posted by Laura Barnes
4/11/2007
460.
i need to take my phone.
i like to play zuma
while i poop.
posted by j
4/10/2007
459.
Quite a difference
directing a choir
that's actually good
posted by Laura Barnes
4/10/2007
458.
first day of school
and i want to do
so well it hurts
posted by j
4/09/2007
457.
when you haven't
posted in a month,
where do you begin?
posted by Laura Barnes
4/09/2007
456.
his church is
alarmingly relaxed.
"where's the kneepads?"
posted by j
4/08/2007
455.
Children can overlook
the obvious costume and
amazingly see the "Easter Bunny"
posted by Laura Barnes
4/08/2007
454.
i don't believe
he had powers.
but i do wonder what he'd do.
posted by j
4/07/2007
453.
"You'll have an opinion,
you just can't act on it," she says
on parenting grown children.
posted by Laura Barnes
4/07/2007
452.
every 2 hours, she says,
squirt this hydrochloride
in your eyes.
posted by j
4/06/2007
451.
I don't think that, at 15,
I would have stuck up for
my beliefs like she does.
posted by Laura Barnes
4/06/2007
450.
thanks internet
for being my insurance-less
ass' medical resource
posted by j
4/05/2007
449.
In an email,
Mom tells me he's not doing well.
And I get it.
posted by Laura Barnes
4/05/2007
448.
getting tested
never
gets easier
posted by j
4/04/2007
447.
I tell everyone
that this is "Hell Week.
I mean,
Holy Week."
posted by Laura Barnes
4/04/2007
446.
it's the last tuesday i'll see
the guy with no legs
who polishes the stars
posted by j
4/03/2007
445.
Thank goodness,
Mom gets her birthday gift
from us just in time.
posted by Laura Barnes
4/03/2007
444.
it'd be worth living
a quiet life just for
tax-time simplicity
posted by j
4/02/2007
443.
I can't tell
if they're in a bad mood,
or if I am.
posted by Laura Barnes
4/02/2007
442.
beach, gym, nap,
groceries, laundry.
perfect sunday.
posted by j
4/01/2007
441.
I sing as he processes by,
and he pats his heart.
A sweet, simple compliment.
posted by Laura Barnes
4/01/2007