"...but you're my daughter, and I love you."
Angry. That's all I can say right now. I'm angry. The world seems to be saying "if they kill you, we'll prosecute them, but you still can't live like the rest of us."I'm angry because I could be the...
View ArticleThank you for the closet
I should not be writing this diary right now, and I may rightly be flamed for it.I am going to write it anyway and let you flame me if you want.But let's get one thing straight here, once and for all:...
View ArticleI'm sorry, too
Gosh. I wish I hadn't been so insensitive.You know how it is when you're young. You think the world revolves around you. You think everything is directly related to you. You think that if no one sees...
View ArticleI used to support the death penalty
I don't have a catchy title and I don't expect many eyeballs anyway, so I'll just say it up front. This mostly comes from a comment thread in another diary, but was started from a discussion earlier...
View ArticleDrunk. I am.
Well, not really.... But enough.You see, I was working on a project near and dear to my heart. Outside, with the sun shining, tools glistening, birds chirping.Well, you know how it is. On a hot day,...
View ArticleWhere I was born
It was a shithole.It wasn't always that way. It was once a booming little city with ample opportunity. During the Great Depression my great-grandfather moved his whole family from a small farm in the...
View ArticleHAHAHAHA- what if Palin throws a party and no one shows up?
Hah, hah...Oh, sorry. I'm just, tee-hee, pardon me for a minute.ahem.Woo! Okay. Let me compose myself. I'm sorry. I usually hold myself together during these tough times, but I have not been able to...
View ArticleAnti-choicers get pro-lifey
Just, ugh.Two men face federal charges for threatening Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) during the healthcare reform debate.Two men face federal charges for threatening Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) after he...
View ArticleRIP DK3
::sniff:I rarely cry. But tonight, I must.For we are gathered here today to say goodbye to a site so beloved. I have been asked assumed the role of eulogizer today. Few Many others could do a much...
View ArticleThe wolf problem? Blame women and minorities
From the "WTF" files comes this quote from Jim Beers, retired U.S Fish and Wildlife special agent:“Fish and Wildlife doesn’t want to manage the land or the wildlife,” said Beers. “Once they started...
View ArticleSympathy for straight people
I'm going to write now about something that I know nothing about. Marriage. Like, the real thing. The whole dude getting down on one knee, and the woman gushing with (hopefully) an excitedly happy...
View ArticleI feel so much safer now!
Because yesterday Paul Ezra Rhoades was executed in Idaho. Man oh man am I glad that happened because he was a really bad dude. (From this point on I will try to avoid being snarky, a challenge most of...
View ArticleCan we please not wish for a Santorum nomination?
This is my humble plea. While I agree that Obama would likely mop the floor with this bigoted asshole, it's just too dangerous. Not because he might win- I don't actually fear that- but because I don't...
View ArticleChildless by Choice. My little rant.
Over the course of the past few weeks, I've found myself in conversations with other women about the decision to not have children. Or simply not wanting children.Because it's Sunday and I'm bored, I...
View ArticleI'm going to go buy a gun today
Probably do it at WalMart while drunk to complete the trifecta.Oh, sure. I've been living on my own since I was sixteen years old. Sometimes I lived with someone, but it's always been with another...
View ArticleUntitled Diary
Mother knew that I'd be cold'Cause she carved me out of stone Dressed me in my father's disease Then sent me out To fight the whole world alone
View ArticleOn sexuality, and why it matters
I've had a diary languishing in my drafts for a few months now on female sexuality, but the topic is so vast and varied that I feel out of my depth each time I try to approach it. I am by no means an...
View ArticleDear Diary, I would like some cheese with this whine
Remember when I said stupidity should be painful? I meant it should be painful for other people. Not for me. I'm all for Darwinism; let's cull the herd a bit, amirite? But don't be so fair about it,...
View ArticleFundraisers: a counterpoint
Yesterday edrie wrote a wonderful but heartbreaking diary that is still, deservedly, on the rec list.I want to make it clear that I am in no way challenging or disagreeing with edrie or what she has...
View ArticleHAPPY UPDATE!!!! HE'S HOME!!!!!! Hi everyone. Help me, please
He went into a neighbors garage yesterday to hide and the owner's granddaughters have been loving on him. Gf was on her way home and saw him walking with the girls down the street.Thank you all SO MUCH...
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