Tag: love
member name: Thomm Quackenbush
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December 28, 2007 03:19 PM EST --
Merry Christmas From the Family
By nine in the morning, I should have been awake for hours. By ten, Ishould be knee deep in shredded wrapping paper and surrounded by giftswhose use I . . .
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February 10, 2008 12:36 AM EST --
Burning Bright
( Melanie has insisted that I be utterly honest in what I thought and felt on this date, so I will abide that rule as best I can. It is not my fashion to be as frank . . .
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July 15, 2007 11:11 PM EDT --
Cryptosporidium
It is nine days in the hospital before anyone correctly diagnosis Emily, days with nauseating medicine and needles keeping her alive, days with invasive tests and contradictory orders . . .
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October 18, 2007 01:25 PM EDT --
Ungodly Flirt
“It’s that you are a—“ and Jacqui pauses for the right term, perhaps out of politeness or discomfort.
“An ungodly flirt?” I finish.
“Exactly.” . . .
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September 29, 2007 07:03 PM EDT --
I Swear To You
Leaning covetously over a first edition of a witchcraft book that has seen over seven decades of marginalia and wear, I hear Dan before I see him. Dan had called and suggested we meet his . . .
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November 26, 2007 01:30 PM EST --
The Unveiled Woman
I make the bold assumption that anyone with whom Dan Kessler has shared any intimacy -- which should be read as more than ten minutes of solid conversation -- counts . . .
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May 31, 2008 09:58 AM EDT --
Pomegranate
I had managed not to cry until the very end - until we sat, nude and cuddled together, playing on the internet and I realized how much I would miss something so simple. Then . . .
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December 13, 2007 01:20 PM EST --
Year and a Day
I have to do today that which is going to allow me to live with myself tomorrow. Right now, that means supporting Emily , even when she breaks off our engagement . . . .
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June 28, 2008 12:32 PM EDT --
Never the Bride
In my early adolescence, I took to jokingly asking girls to marry me. I was odd enough that I largely got away with this histrionic gesture, until a girlfriend when I . . .
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August 06, 2008 12:53 AM EDT --
To Write Love on Her Arms
I tap the teenage girl on the shoulder. "I just wanted to say that I really appreciate your wearing that shirt. It's an amazing cause... and I've . . .
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April 07, 2008 05:20 PM EDT --
Swansong
I don't notice anything amiss as I enter Dan 's room. I settle next to Stephanie and begin making faces at her cat (previously known as Mushka but now rechristened . . .
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April 17, 2008 01:55 PM EDT --
Into Every Life
We leave Dan and Stephanie in 60 Main to make the most of being in love in the spring. The night calls too strongly and I am eager to fashion memories with Melanie . . .
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May 03, 2008 08:31 PM EDT --
Flight of the Concord
Melanie says meeting me made her stop believing in the idea of a one true love. She'd spent four months prior sighing over her first serious boyfriend, Kevin. . . .
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January 09, 2008 04:32 PM EST --
Hello, My Future Girlfriend
Idon't want a relationship. I am sorry, but I am just not ready. I wouldnot want to inflict myself upon you like this, I like you too much forthat, though . . .
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January 13, 2008 12:52 PM EST --
A Light Of Some Kind
I would like to preface this entry with a simple request, which doesnot feel so simple. If you can possible avoid it, do not insult ordisparage Emily in front of . . .
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March 21, 2008 12:45 PM EDT --
The Ides
I hold the chopstick wrapper to my temple and scrunch my face. "By the power of my love and vast psychic powers, I will write a message here." I continue this act . . .
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February 18, 2008 01:17 PM EST --
Get Real
"Real?"
I immediately give a sarcastic reply. "No, I am a fictional character ." He -- it's always a man who asks this monosyllabic question . . .
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February 26, 2008 09:19 PM EST --
Creation Myths
Melanie and I did not leave my apartment from Thursday evening to Saturday morning Valentine's weekend, though her original intention was that we would build some . . .
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April 06, 2008 10:49 AM EDT --
Part Time Lovers
As a rule, I want to fall in love and, for a while, that usually involves unquenched lust, desiring to remove articles of clothing and faith that should adhere fast . . .
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May 03, 2008 08:11 PM EDT --
The Risk It Takes
I turn on my computer, intending only to tell Melanie that I am home and then go to bed. After her hello, she is silent for several minutes and then writes:
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