Category Archives: Personal

A Conversation In Norwalk

Friday. 12:30 pm. I’m hanging out at a Starbucks on Pioneer and Firestone in Norwalk. I’ve drunk several iced green teas and I’m feeling good for the first time in a month. Outside, the LA County Sheriff’s department has blocked … Continue reading

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What Should I Work On In Therapy?

I asked a friend this morning. She said, "Your father. Your father. And how about your father?" I’ve missed a month of therapy because of illness but I finally feel good again. I went to yoga twice yesterday. I’m ready … Continue reading

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From Her Dog’s Perspective

Khunrum emails: "How about writing about it from her dog’s perspective. For instance, does he care enough about your relationship with her to avoid lifting his leg on your futon? arf! arf!" Fred emails: The dog felt cheap and used. … Continue reading

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Another Porn Star Finds The Lord

From my live cam chat: palestine4ever:  the camera is frozen with you scratching your manboob palestine4ever:  how you been dawg palestine4ever:  yet again I must keep you up to date with pornstars that have found the Lawd palestine4ever:  http://becomingjennie.wordpress.com/ palestine4ever:  … Continue reading

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What’s It Like To Date Luke Ford?

I’m trying to write up a relationship from her perspective. It was an assignment from my storytelling workshop.

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He Says/She Says

8:30 am. She’s driving to work.  "Honey, you forgot to leave money on the table last night." "Hey," he says, "women should pay me for ***." "Though that’s probably the most degrading thing for a woman," she says, "I would … Continue reading

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Your Moral Leader Has Had The Flu Since Rosh Hashanah

It must be a punishment for my sins. I’ve got an appointment tonight at 7 to see a doctor. Rodger Jacobs: I’ve had the same virus for weeks; it goes away and then it comes back. Rinse, lather, repeat. The … Continue reading

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Let’s Try To Be Helpful

Chaim Amalek emails: Let’s try to be helpful and constructive for once. What sort of money-paying job could Luke, at this late stage in life and in this economy and given his physical condition*, actually get? All I can think … Continue reading

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We Must Write What We Can Only Whisper

I imagine things from her perspective: I met him in yoga in early January. He came in late. He looked a mess. He wore sweats. He had a beard and a yarmulke and tzitzit hanging out. He was looking for … Continue reading

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Can I Let Go Of My Need To Be Brilliant?

What do I want to discover? Investigate? Can I look at myself as an archeologist and start sifting through the layers? I should be curious. Most stories are about trying to find something. What are the names people call me? … Continue reading

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