Just another lightweight relationship

(19) Analyzing online relationships

I know story of peoples who connected through online, had hours of chat messages between them, skype calling, then waiting for years to meet in person and finally crossing…

The Power of Naming Your Emotions

There is an idea common in many cultures and religions that by knowing the “true name” of _________…

82. The Look of the Lion

The curator of the small museum near the ruins of Caparra, the first Spanish settlement on the island of Puerto…

Dreams and Growing Up.

When I was a child, I thought that once I was grown up, I wouldn’t have problems anymore. Adults seemed to be so sure…

200. 200 years old!

Now that’s longevity!

Shh!

Day 4 of 100 Naked Words

I write fiction so that I can hide. These naked words are a challenge. Right now…

Remember that time someone seriously asked whether you’d kicked another staff member in the genitals?

Let’s talk about this girl Ellie.

A staff member accused Ellie of harassment once. Whenever she tells people that, they always say…

Waking Dream

Waking Dream that’s what it all seems to be. I don’t remember more then half of the things i did yesterday and i have no idea what will…

44

By 44, I thought I’d have had it all figured out.

Motion Sickness

Five minutes.

Five minutes is all it takes for me to start feeling queasy.

99. Music, Again

I am never bored of writing about it

The Push of Resistance is Hard (#1)

It’s hard to do things you don’t normally do. It’s easier to stay where things are going smoothly…

2. Lack of traffic is a symptom, not a problem

Day 3: Am I struggling already!

So why does someone write? What do you hope to get?

Why did I make this commitment to 100 words a day? What was I trying to accomplish?

Writing to me, as it is to so many of you, very personal. It’s like meditation, to…

Trapped

Today is a day I’m sure to get my writing tasks completed, as I am trapped in my makeshift office (with the dogs, ugh), since the electrician is…

Remembering You

Time — Hans Zimmer

Boom. Boom. Boom.

My heart goes on, with a force I never imagined. I thought without you, I'd crumpled up and wither away.

[76] The Ultimate Free Coffee Replacement

Are you tired of spending $5 a day on a fancy latte? Are you tired of feeling addicted to the feeling of going and getting coffee, not to mention the caffeine? Are you tired of feeling tired at 9am when you haven’t had a sip of dark liquid matter?

Dancing through the mud (ㅃㅉㄸㄲㅆ)

Slough through the mud of double consonants with your favorite language interloper (ㅃㅉㄸㄲㅆ).

There are consonants (ㄱㅋㅎㄴㄷㅌㄹㅁㅂㅍㅅㅈㅊ) and there are double consonants (ㅃㅉㄸㄲㅆ). As any savvy…

Amor… 100 words, All of Them Love (2/100)

• Amor…that’s Latin for love. Latin’s dead, right? Wrong.

amor patriae

[ah-mohr pah-tree-ahy; English ey-mawr pey-tree-ee]
noun, Latin. love of one’s country; patriotism.

Gah

When someone holds all the power, your heart in their hands and true, it’s because you gave it to them and you don’t know how to take it back…fucking run, mate.

I feel so completely helpless at the moment.

9. Touch Screen Glass

So, my phone died.

It fell in the toilet (the water was clean, calm down). And before that, my laptop had suffered severe damage to the screen after I accidently left it beneath the air conditioning and the air conditioning dripped, almost killing my laptop.

Project 365: Day 167 — Certain and uncertain

You know where you see yourself going. You’re certain you’ll follow that path to completion.

No matter how uncertain life is, the things you know you’ll never budge from will remain constant. It’s not being uncompromising, so…

146. The limelight

As a child, I was so shy that I didn’t even open my eyes for the first month of my life.

If we were out for dinner I would hide my head under the table on my mom’s lap and eat my dinner from there.

She questioned her reality

#22

She sat in the reception area, waiting. The hum of the early morning vacuum cleaner interspersed with the inevitable crashing of plastic brush against various bits of furniture was vaguely comforting. Communicating first thing in the morning had never…

Double Nickels and My Butterfly Life

Day 3: 100 Words, 100 Days