January 2011
9 posts
*New NYR
Don’t call/text boys. Especially at night.
10/25
If you flirtatiously call me a nerd, I’ll like it.
Another NYR →
dearcoketalk:
Whenever I think I like someone, I always put up walls. Half the time I’m scared to commit because I don’t think people will be able to handle me. I always end up convincing myself I don’t like them, but I don’t like seeing people get hurt…What’s your opinion on this?
Oh please. You’re the…
I want some effing ice cream. I’m tired of regretting not sleeping with ____....
Recurring, OR 9/25 Things
I have a recurring nightmare. I’m driving my car, and the breaks don’t work. It’s always terrifying, but the worst one was the time I had to drive over a train track even as a train was approaching and I sped up but felt the train whoosh by directly behind me. Sometimes, it’s not the breaks. Sometimes I’m in a parking lot and can’t find my car. Last night, a...
Fallen, by Katie Gavin. I found this artist on...
Recycled NYR
I think a recent one was “no preemptive freakouts.” I need to remember that one right now. I’m giving it another day. And if he doesn’t call, it’s because I’m going back to school in two weeks, not because he didn’t want to date me. He seemed a pretty big fan of me.
“She wanted to grab Malcolm by the collar with one hand and say, “People...”
– Painted Ocean, Painted Ship, by Rebecca Makkai, from this year’s Best American Short Stories collection.
Amen sister. In related news, the boy hasn’t called. And I don’t think he will. And I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. What is the balance of enough and not enough...
Hello, 2011!
NYE was great. I spent it in bed with a cute boy, who also was a real gentleman. I had a great time, and managed to stay, in my own words, a “classy lady.” And before the cute boy, I started the night with two of my closest friends. I loved every minute of it. Our sporadically made plans ended up being exactly what I needed.