CarenApr 9, 20081 minuntil i fall down4/8/07 some days i feel like screaming. and no, i'm not angry, i just want to see how loud i can get. just as, some days, i feel like s...
CarenDec 30, 20071 minfashion ambushed by my mom12/29/07 my mother resides in the lowest 10% on the scale of people who are allowed to give me fashion advice. but she and my father and ...
CarenNov 29, 20071 mintutoring11/28/07 Essay Contest 250 words Prompt: "What is an American?" here are the notes he wrote down as we brainstormed. 1. they use a lot of...
CarenSep 17, 20072 minwai gong's name9/17/07 about twenty five hours ago, my grandfather died. my mom's dad. my wai gong. it was expected, i suppose--about as expected as d...
CarenAug 13, 20073 mintoday8/13/07 the morning may have been my favorite kind, mild and damp and gray, but it didn't matter because everything hurt. getting out ...
CarenJul 17, 20071 minchinese medicine7/17/07 western medicine's all about quick and painless. chinese medicine laughs a badly dubbed bruce lee i'm-gonna-kick-your-beep laugh...
CarenJun 10, 20072 minto the rescue6/10/07 don't let my parents trick you into trusting them just because they're pastors. don't let their smallness and cuteness fool ...
CarenMay 23, 20071 minletter from 20025/23/07 today i got a letter in the mail. 5/20/02 Dear Me, Take a look, here. Now. See the date? See the name? This is your past spea...
CarenMay 16, 20071 minpsalm 19:12-145/15/07 how can i know all the sins lurking in my heart? cleanse me from these hidden faults. keep your servant from deliberate sins don'...
CarenMay 8, 20071 minlittle grace5/7/07 there's this little girl at my house. her name is grace and she doesn't talk so much as sing-song words. my sarcasm doesn't ...
CarenApr 22, 20071 mindogs and small children4/22/07 i like transitions. spring and fall, for one. and i like the beginnings and endings of semesters. as a kid, when we moved hous...
CarenApr 22, 20071 mindogs and small children4/22/07 i like transitions. spring and fall, for one. and i like the beginnings and endings of semesters. as a kid, when we moved hous...
CarenApr 18, 20071 minpeople will resent you4/17/07 people will resent you for not making the same mistakes that they did, just as you will resent them for the same reason. don't f...
CarenMar 28, 20071 mini want a mini me3/27/07 i went running jogging laboriously walking yesterday because i had a dream between 7am-8am where connie lifted me onto her should...
CarenMar 18, 20072 mincure for annoyingness3/18/07 is there a cure for annoyingness? can you just say, "hey you're annoying" and then the person will stop being annoying and thank...
CarenMar 14, 20071 mineat cookies3/13/07 this is a pattern i have noticed: 1) i have plans 2) they fall through 3) therefore, 4) i eat cookies perhaps the thing to do wou...
CarenMar 11, 20071 minbring back elastic3/10/07 it's ludicrous, how many unnecessary fasteners are appearing on my pants. clothing manufacturers are making it very difficult fo...
CarenMar 9, 20072 minseventh grade is dangerous3/8/07 "i'm not going to be friends with a slut, either," says a girl to her two friends. i am reading a book, a.k.a. flipping pages...
CarenFeb 22, 20072 mincaramelly rhymes with vermicelli2/21/07 in new developments, i am officially a "partner" at starbucks. i blush prettily to think that two years ago, i was still boycott...