NaBloPoMo 2012: November 1st
I have this tendency to get involved with blogging or life challenges, and I almost always get caught up in life and completely forget about whatever goal I’m trying to accomplish. A few years ago, I...
View Article“Can you meet me for coffee tomorrow morning?” is a terrifying phrase.
an artsy-fartsy photo I took over the summer I don’t know what it is about the phrase, “Can you meet me for coffee tomorrow morning?”, but it sends chills down my spine. I was asked this question...
View ArticleNaBloPoMo 2012– November 16th: Ghosts!
Today’s prompt reads Friday, November 16, 2012 Would you buy your dream house if the price was right BUT you also were told it was inhabited by ghosts? Okay, I have a confession: I’m living in my dream...
View ArticleNaBloPoMo 2012– November 27th: Spanglish.
Today’s prompt reads Tuesday, November 27, 2012 If you could instantly know any language in the world, which one would it be? It’s funny that this is today’s prompt. I actually was discussing this with...
View ArticleWhen you change your routine…
…shit happens. For example, let’s say you decide to go in to an extra day of work, starting earlier than you usually do. Because you’ve gotten a parking ticket before, you decide to take the bus. You...
View ArticleI want to hug 11.5 year old me.
Last year at this time, I was student teaching. I taught a lesson on September 11th to my students, and, while I may be mistaken, I’m pretty sure I was required to. This year, there was an announcement...
View ArticleWhat could we do?
Today’s prompt is to write a “reply poem.” I’ve had this inexplicable love for Mark Doty’s poem “Tiara” for the past 5 years or so. Mark Doty was the first gay man to reject my lesbian ass,...
View ArticleSilence in the Classroom
I actually wrote a poem about silence when there was a prompt about sound… so here’s silence, take 2. “Silent Rambles.” I gaze at my hand in silence and for the first time I notice how the fluorescent...
View ArticleIf you give teenagers a laptop…
We had the first snow fall of the season last night. We only received a few inches by me, but South Jersey got an unexpected buttload. The roads were alright driving this morning. It was the rain that...
View ArticleApplebees likes Golden Gays.
I was tweeting with my friend Paul about the Golden Globes when I jokingly started hashtagging #GoldenGays. Suddenly, Applebees (THE VERIFIED ACCOUNT!) was following me. I mean, I’ve eaten their...
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I feel oddly compelled to post something here tonight, but I don’t have anything to say. So hi. Here’s a meme. It was one of the first ones that popped up when I Googled “memes.” (I think it’s kind of...
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