MikeW writes haikus to his girlfriend and they are awesome. though I wonder why only boys get to be sweet with impunity... also, MikeW sends me links to people writing wonderful stories and pretty nonsense of their own. a softer world and keaner.ne

his eyes were blue and blue and blue and they went on forever. I don't remember him looking at me, though I know he did. the blue eyes were directed outward to the future and inward on himself, and when he was most focused on me they were closed so h

all week I'd tried and failed to get to the post office and pick up an ebay package that had arrived last week (a seven inch of a band I loved in college, yet another exercise in nostalgia). the pink usps slip mocked me for seven days, and it would h

the internet! giving you the opportunity to be misread by a potential audience of thousands instead of just your writing workshop!

another secret of modern adulthood they never mentioned:we grow up in our small community of family and neighbors and teachers and school, and when we hit 18 maybe we stay in our neighborhood or maybe we go off to college in a new community. and th

laurel had new sandals, a sassy pair with straps everywhere and little heels that would later sink uncomfortably into the aerated rubber mat on the roof of bar 13. but it was a day early yet, and we'd just gotten out of the movies (the surprisingly

Top Ten Perks of Recovering From a Sprained Foot! psychokitty !(who just sprained her foot)10. upon exiting a cab on a recent shopping trip, the driver came out and helped me carry my groceries to my building and this is after I had already given him

my friend Alina is spending six months being non-profity all around russia (even siberia!) and she has been sending out lovely siberian spam missives every few weeks, relating all her adventures. one missive had this anecdote in it, which has very l

warning: tonsillectomy's are gross, painful, and disgusting. gross things happen, outlined below. don't read if you don't want to be grossed out.Monday, May 24: go in for a tonsillectomy. fill out forms. wait. get into a flimsy hospital gown. wait. a