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All I Have Left to Say

June 12, 2004 (Sat)

It was almost love. Goddamn, it was almost love.

On Love and the Prospect of Loss

May 28, 2004 (Fri)

My grandfather almost died this week. Well, his odds were supposedly fifty-fifty, which is damn near close enough to “almost” if you ask me. He formed a hernia as a young man, and it finally caught up to him at the age of eighty-six. On Wednesday, my grandfather began vomiting at his nursing home and [...]

That Old Refrain

May 21, 2004 (Fri)

It seemed like a phase at first, but now it’s just ridiculous. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that I’ve been significantly depressed for a long stretch of time, but I’m not sure I remember the last time I felt happiness for longer than a stretch of a few hours. Maybe the big [...]

You Don’t Know My Name

May 18, 2004 (Tue)

Did I say or do something incredibly stupid and offensive? Because up until today, I thought things were actually going well. Now it’s almost as if I don’t even exist. It’s silly, I know. Some real high school shit I’ve got going on here. You can’t fault me for not having tried, at least. I [...]

The Tie That Binds

January 17, 2004 (Sat)

“I can’t believe I’m talking about this with you,” she said to me. We had just met, after all, and already she was sharing thoughts with me that you’d normally save for good friends. It’s funny how open you can be with a total stranger once you learn that you two share a common loss. [...]

Joy Observed

January 10, 2004 (Sat)

Well, I did it again. I spent another late night chilling with friends when what I should have been doing was finishing my law school applications. I’m already two weeks past my personal deadline, after all. But hell, you know what? I honestly believe that there was no better way to spend my time tonight. [...]