Tag: random
group name: socallife
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September 09, 2006 08:17 AM EDT --
I, Amanda, bleed to write words. I think of ink as my weapon; an olive branch in regards to the chaotic yet wonderful world we inhabit.
Lightning sparks my imagination. Thunder vibrates, shaking my creative . . . more
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September 11, 2006 10:46 AM EDT --
"No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide" - Ceasere Powere
I've been surrounded by death for fifteen years now, mainly from my friends killing or attempting to kill themselves. I'm . . . more
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June 04, 2006 05:37 PM EDT --
My love of kids, books and reading inspired me to become a teacher, so I was tremendously disappointed to find that my middle school students hated reading. I was a first-year teacher full of ideas . . . more
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June 18, 2006 04:34 AM EDT --
There is a little shrine, a secret, sort of hidden thing you wouldn't notice just driving around L.A. Most people probably just see a heap of garbage - after all, lobster shells aren't usually . . . more
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September 12, 2006 05:43 PM EDT --
SORRY/BUT/MY/SPACE/BAR/IS/BROKEN!
1) The older I get, the more ignorant I become. Why? Because I awaited karma to reward me for the hardships I've endured. Arms akimbo, I sat, antsy , waiting for . . . more
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September 10, 2006 07:57 AM EDT --
BIRTHDAY BOY
Late afternoon,, drinking stale coffee inhaling a freshly packed smoke
surrounded by businessmen and homeless souls seeking shelter
swish of the waitresses, clatter . . . more
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September 24, 2006 12:40 PM EDT --
Is it my imagination or is our own government forcing gas prices? I won't even mention how much tax is included in the price per gallon. The prices were down last Christmas so we would have . . . more
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September 19, 2006 11:14 AM EDT --
'You look so benign scattered in that box".
"Actually, I box you in, daily reminding you how scattered you are"
"I didn't come here to fight, I'm just saying pills just . . . more
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December 13, 2006 01:48 PM EST --
Please welcome Executive Chef Marc Meyer to our Holiday Food Classics Live Chat. As the host of the Holiday Food Classics series at food.gather.com, Marc has proposed several holiday menus and shared recipes . . . more
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September 14, 2006 04:58 AM EDT --
"Do you feel moody sometimes? Down?" Well, yeah, I'm HUMAN! Come to think of it I must have AADD because I didn't pay attention to your whole commercial and had to use the acronym. Christ! . . . more
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September 17, 2006 06:58 AM EDT --
Dear Diary,
I crash into the iceberg
Oceans spill within my veins
A flood of thoughts pour forth
Salty tears; tides of insight
Snapshots of the ebb and flow
Immortalize these colored moments
Of angst, . . . more
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August 10, 2006 10:30 PM EDT --
Once upon a time, I was younger...OK like a year younger, I lived with a Federal Agent, who worked under Homeland Security. Like most cops he was a jerk most of the time, although he had his amusing moments . . . more
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June 05, 2006 05:29 AM EDT --
Anyone who knows me even the slightest amount knows that I love baseball. I'm sixty-four years old, and for all but about two years of my life, I have been watching or playing some form of . . . more
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June 08, 2006 02:02 AM EDT --
So I was thinking about nothing in particular when a thought came to me; it was like a twilight insect that lands on your forearm. It seemed insignificant then, but the more I think about it the . . . more
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September 06, 2006 12:47 AM EDT --
This past weekend my family and I took a little road trip.
I have to admit, this weekend, I became part of the problems that people who drive Southern California Road Ways.
The speeding . . . more
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November 19, 2006 04:32 PM EST --
Hazy winter sun throbs on his weather beaten face. Grime caked sweat rolls off bearded, wizened skin. Gashed brow, life in tow, he struggles up hill. Greeting the morning with warm, . . . more
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July 07, 2006 08:02 PM EDT --
My sister moves among the graves
arranging plastic petals
faded on markers
scattered in the weeds.
Head bound with ribbon,
she disentangles vines,
flicks dirt away,
grooms broken stems. . . . more
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July 22, 2006 02:42 AM EDT --
Does anyone share with me how incredibly juvenile the press in general and people specifically reacted to Bush's comments to Tony Blair? I am a long, long ways from a supporter, but I find this . . . more
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September 11, 2006 02:37 AM EDT --
I remember when my world was diamond shaped and green. Lush memories of honeysuckle breezes and wisteria hair flattened by a baseball cap. I wouldn't tuck my jersey in because my torso was too short . . . more
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September 12, 2006 10:14 AM EDT --
When angels take flight,
does their baggage get lost?
When angels take flight,
do their souls have a cost?
Can gravity become levity?
Does atlas shrug at the lightness of life?
Do angels sulk at . . . more
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