Tag: life
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What’s with these homies dissing my girl
I Finally Got the Computer In 1995 or 1996, I got my first computer. I think it was an HP Windows 95. On it lived a video of my favorite band at the time, Weezer, playing Buddy Holly. I loved that computer so much. I didn’t just buy a machine, I arrived. Finally. As a…
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Me complain, never… except…
Everyone Else’s Adult Children Are Adulting Better Than Ours (And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves While Smiling Proudly in Public) Everyone else’s adult children are better than ours. Theirs call regularly.Ours text back three days later, if they do at all. Theirs have stable jobs, clean dwellings, clothes regularly washed and put away. Their pets…
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a memory from a childhood friend ….
The Afterschool “Snack” An old school chum reminded me of something I’d almost forgotten. After school, she’d come to my house and knock, asking if I could come out and play. My dad would answer the door and say, “Not right now. We’re having our afterschool snack.” Calling it a snack was a lie we…
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