Missing the Start

October 7, 2011

I’m in a last-minute scramble for something, although I’m not sure what it is: maybe finding Gu and trying to fit it into a belt that’s suddenly too small, getting my iPod headphone cords untangled, or pinning on my bib. I’m on a cobblestoned patio near the side of my hotel looking out over the [...]

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Trying to Buy Jeans

September 26, 2011

Jack and I go on a long drive to the Gap and when we arrive there’s an absolutely huge line at the counter. They’re about to start selling a brand-new line of jeans and I want them pretty badly. The line starts moving, but it takes a long time. When we get to the front, [...]

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Trying to Get Home, Again

May 23, 2011

First, my family comes to visit except we now live in a one-story building very close to a small lake. I like the lake but not the people that live in the building. The first thing my Dad does is light up a cigarette; not to smoke, just to prove a point about how the [...]

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Late for a Race, Again

May 19, 2011

I’m in an apartment that I recognize as ours (but it doesn’t look like it). Dad is there, and other people are in other rooms. Suddenly I realize that I’m late for the Capitol Bancorp Mile and 5k race. I run through the apartment, searching for the flyer to see what time the race is [...]

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In London

April 3, 2011

In the middle of a trip to London, we get on a train with the rest of the tour group. It’s a pretty funny tour group with a bunch of people from high school (even though we are not in high school, we are in our twenties) and Jack is there, too. The train is [...]

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The End of the World

March 31, 2011

This time the world is ending in a very lava-filled manner and it’s also the kind of world that features a monarchy, which I don’t find weird in the least. The world at this moment is very small. In fact, there are times when I find that I’m watching the end of the world on [...]

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