The first date. The first hangover. The first viewing of “Fellowship of the Ring” And now, I bring you the first time I got my period whilst running on the treadmill.
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You died for three days straight
You died, and you died, and then you died some more. But that was later. Before, you liked to drink something called “Tarkhoun” – green like absinthe, and sweet like candy. Your nineteen-year old boyfriend burned up in a fighter plane in WWII. That day you said goodbye to him on the platform, when youContinue reading “You died for three days straight”
Intellectual Cyclists on a Rampage: A Horror Story
In the past month, I’ve experienced three near-collisions. Not because I was wasted (shut up, everyone), not because I was freshening up my mascara in the rearview mirror, and certainly not because I was receiving road-head, but because… and I’m going to take a few deep breaths here… Bicyclists. On. Campus. Think. They. Are. Bloody.Continue reading “Intellectual Cyclists on a Rampage: A Horror Story”
Back on the trail
Boyfriend and Zara and I have revisited the Forest of a Thousand Monsters. The beasties, cowed by Boyfriend’s Supreme Unshaven Manliness, did not attack. Zara trotted on, tail held high. I am, obviously, an idiot for thinking that anything was out there. Or maybe not. The forest down there is composed of mostly young saplings,Continue reading “Back on the trail”
The woods are lovely, dark and… WHAT THE %$#@?!?!?!
I have just successfully avoided being eaten by a mountain lion/zombie/mythical monster. Thank you. Thank you very much. My first mistake was agreeing to take the dog out in the first place. I am sick. I should be snug under a pile of blankets, with a cup of tea and an enormous bottle of coldContinue reading “The woods are lovely, dark and… WHAT THE %$#@?!?!?!”
Natalia A. 