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(We just finished reading Like Water for Chocolate  and the girls do an assignment where they produce a food contribution, the recipe, and a write up that fleshes out some sort of symbolic value in the food they prepared.  Here was my contribution this year.) Caesar Salad Ingredients: 1 Vehicle or friend with a vehicle or mode of public transportation or working legs 1 Fresh & Easy Store 2 Bags of Salad 1 Bowl and Scooper Thing Directions: 1.  Go to store. 2.  Purchase 2 bags of salad. 3.  Open all the little bags in the big bags. 4.  Dump all the things together. 5.  Mix the things all around.                   When I was younger, I remember my dad telling me about the supreme intelligence and general awesomeness of Sherlock Holmes.  He’s a fan.  He told me at one point, “Sherlock Holmes says knowing e...

weeks ago debbie and i had dinner at gallagher's pub.  she ordered a cajun chicken salad that had some sort of grilled vegetable medley as a topper.  when the salad came out, the top of the salad was covered in sliced bananas. bananas. i was so thrown off i didn't even take a picture.  debbie immediately began eating all the bananas because, as she recalled later, she felt like they didn't belong there and she had to remove them as quickly as possible. nothing was said by the waitress and, oddly enough, debbie and i remained so shocked and confused by the mysterious banana suprise that we didn't even inquire.  i thought for sure that some sort of confusion had taken place in the process of taking the order, but when the receipt came it revealed no strange add-ons. just cajun salad. banana salad toppings on grilled vegetables. that really happened.

on the eve of my thirty-first year freshly showered sans makeup and bra netflix garlic breath a calm night before a busy few days also present: 3 fresh cat scratches, 2 brown bananas, 1 cup of coffee- brewing. 1.  the only thing i think i'm noticing about aging is the whole weird body thing.  my weird foot bump that surfaced a few years ago seemed to foreshadow the impending doom of the body-in-decay changes that start to happen after 30.  i feel like overnight, my metabolism screeched to a halt.  i had to stop wearing skinny jeans because my calves seem to have double in size.  what's with THAT?  and i'm starting to believe that those terrible rumors are true... once you're past 30 you just don't drop weight as easily. 2.  in most other ways- i feel no age at all, really.  things seem exciting and possible most days. 2.5.  OMG- my dear select readers.  do not share this with the outside world upon penalty of something gr...

What about Brian? Whose acne ridden face stared at me across the table in Religion class, Whose incessant gum chewing did not mask his terrible, tinny breath, One of few who wore cologne, Who I always appreciated and never took seriously, Who showed up at our five year with a blonde wife on his arm Who came to visit at my dorm and sat around for an hour or more while I ignored him in favor of the Sims. Who does not have Facebook And may not even exist. What about him?