Apr 06
oh yeah, and:
I’m back in the Cake-ing business::
I was pretty excited about the outcome this time.
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I’m changing homes soon!
Hold tight until then :)
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REACH!
Comments (View)Mar 08
Heffalumpagus
Thank you, gran, for causing my new addiction to watching the news every time I settle myself down at my computer. Thank you, MSNBC, for making me even more (and rightfully so) paranoid. Yes, I am. Though many of you would think that wasn’t even possible, I am.
Since Wednesday I’ve been following the cases of the Auburn student Lauren Burk, 18, who was found shot to death on Tuesday, and UNC student body president Eve Carson, 22, found dead early Wednesday morning. Every time I hear these stories, I always shudder. So young, so vulnerable. Just like me. And then you usually hear that it was the girl’s ex-boyfriend, or a husband she was in the middle of an ugly divorce with, or some someone they knew, and you say a possibly inappropriate “thank you” for it being something other than a random act of violence that could happen to just anyone.
And then you have cases like these two girls. The reporter on MSNBC this morning put it so painfully clear, in the words of my own fear:
“So often, the victim knew the assailant. But this proves that it could happen to anyone just going about their business. We all tend to be sadly happy when we found out the girl was killed by her boyfriend or some relationship she was involved in. But when you have random crimes like this, when it could be a method for crime in the future for another criminal, because we know criminals like to copy each other, we get frightened. We think that next time we drive it might be us or someone we love.”
Mhmm, thank you. Thank you for proving that I do have reason to be scared every time I leave my house, or walk to my car in the empty parking lot after I close the store, or approaching my house at 3 am in the morning on my dark street. Every time I start to feel the fear rising in me I think, “Oh that’s just silly. That’s not going to happen to me, here, in my little suburban town.” But I know that Eve and Lauren both thought that, too. They were as innocent as I am. They had aspirations just like I do. But their’s were cut short.
Be safe, ya’ll. It’s real. And keep their family and friends in your thoughts.
End Note: Two weeks ago, my neighbor 4 houses down was tied up, held at knifepoint, and robbed by 3 foreign black men for over an hour at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Hello rational fear x 10.
Comments (View)Mar 06
Got out of my first class 1 hour early. Do i use my time to study for midterm next class? ‘course not. Give me an ipod and a bench instead.
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I’ve been watching a lot of Fox News recently. Thank you Gran.
Comments (View)Feb 27
red kimono february
There was a moment of clarity yesterday, however brief, it was undeniable. It came to me, like a bolt from the blue, wrapped in that same unexpected cotton that I’ve come to love. I was part of the system, just another brick in the wall. We were moving in unison, like hypnotized cattle, submissive to the mantra provoking voice of some unseen cowboy. We were the material that traffic is made of.
We were on our way to work.
Comments (View)Feb 26
update: A woman came into work tonight gushing about her dog out of nowhere. I was just sitting at the bar (standing, really) making her marble mocha macchiato and zebra mocha and she blurts out, “I miss my dog!” Okay? I pretended to be interested and carry conversations. Her dog is in obedience school, 5 month old german shepherd, she works at Wal Mart and has something to do with the CPA. Four kids- all girls. And she misses her dog. Dog. Dog. Dog.
Help? Someone?
Comments (View)Feb 25
they're haunting me.
I can’t tell you how many times today I’ve encountered one of these today. The woman in the drive-thru at starbucks was in a convertable and had one of these in her lap. I’ve seen 3 SPCA commercials since I sat down fifteen minutes ago. AND two emais were on this subject.
i really really really want a puppy.
please?
