the slime of all my yesterdays

good places to have talks: laundromats, bathtubs, cars with the engine turned off, in line for roller coasters, stairways, patches of grass in front of apartment buildings. this blog may talk about these places!

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Location: New York, New York, United States

grew up in birmingham, alabama. went to college in los angeles and have now been in new york for six years. i work in development for a non-profit that supports a group of all-girls public schools, and i find it very difficult to balance that professional side of me with the creative, story telling side. i miss writing stories every day, as i had to in college for my creative writing degree. i miss sitting down and knowing that within an hour something i was proud of, something sacred and never before shared, would be living, outside of me. i want, very deeply, to reach a place that allows me space for both sides.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

bona fide

Please present any and all evidence showing that you and Immigrant Petitioner 787-985-UK1 have a bona fide relationship. Such evidence may consist of: travel itineraries; plane tickets; lease agreement; rent receipts; mortgage agreement; health insurance policies; life insurance policies; utility bills; affidavits from friends (sample enclosed); greeting cards and notes; and any photographs that include both of you.


the bathroom at lit

scar on my knee from falling in the rain in the middle of a night in january, while i was holding a hamburger and running for the taxi he hailed

donna tartt's "the little friend"

mates of state at the bowery ballroom

fake furry mouse, ratty now, that he brought to my new kitten

a hot dog at shea stadium

hot pink shorts and a black top

flip cup at water taxi beach, the night we wrestled in the sand and drew a crowd

photographs, for the first time in my life

gin and tonic in a canada dry bottle

23rd Street/ Ely Avenue stop on the E train

my corduroy couch

the union square barnes and noble, reading the children's book "corduroy" to him

a strip of photo booth pictures, both of us wearing hats, from a dive bar in brooklyn that played only johnny cash

pierogies

$6 spent on buck hunter the day i finally beat him

rollerblades that i tried on once, as he pulled me down the carpeted hallway

wrenched, staccato tears at the JFK airtrain station

a phone call the next morning

a phone call every day since

ferris wheel in edinburgh on new years eve

lost coat in paris

a hotel room so small we couldn't both be standing

two cups of tea at his nan's (childhood pictures of his freckles, knock knees)

conversations on my stoop, outside the train station, in bed, walking down sixth avenue, during lunch

the best night's sleep i ever got at the lake house in finland

definitive gold box edition: twin peaks

lawyer, conference call

a white dress i had since i was 16, my old pink converse, and baby's breath in my hair

the judge, who asked us to promise to take each other as partners and best friends for life

appetizer platter at applebee's afterward

the low california king at the standard

forms 1-864 and DS-230 parts one and two and

fat sheep in ireland six weeks before the election

a two minute fifty five second long voicemail of nothing but the heart burstingly wordless hysteria the night barack obama became president

driving by stonehenge with his mum at the wheel; pictures out the window

mogwai at field day, which we missed because we kissed throughout the whole set

jewelry from a gypsy in sarajevo

the lomo

his eskimo joe's t-shirt that i sleep with, clutched to me like a teddy bear

fattest, freshest mussels at the glass castle, the only pub near lulworth cove, the night i drank white wine because the bartender didn't know how to make a martini and hung my head and cried because i was scared

"bride wars," "knocked up," "confessions of a shopaholic" watched on flights back to new york to keep any sadness muted

postcards taped to the bathroom wall

photographs covering the refrigerator door

kitten

puppy

pupsicle

monkey

squirrel

tickles

babes

meow

i miss you

its almost over

i can promise you

go back to sleep

i'll be there soon

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Blogger Von Vaper said...

lovely

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