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Derrick
How to captivate
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Use a small knife to cut an apple one-handed.
Surrender to my sister’s obvious annoyance and reciprocate her 14-year-old attitude full force.
Shield the puppy, who just peed on your floor, from my frustrated ramblings.
Share in my October excitement.
Photograph my lacrosse games.
Mention “my girlfriend” as you chatter into your Xbox 360 headset.
Hang the baby picture of [...]
Who moved my cheese?
Thursday, July 31st, 2008A lot of jobs I’ve had have influenced certain qualities in myself, but not in ways I would’ve guessed when I took them. Working as a maid in a retirement home resulted in my tendency to rarely be grossed out by anything. Working as a college tour guide gave me the remarkable ability to [...]
Aquainted with the aftermath
Monday, July 28th, 2008 I started writing this post a while ago, uncertain of where I would end up going with it.
A lot has changed with this website over the past few years. I started out completely anonymous, and even then, there are certain things I wouldn’t touch, even though, in a way, I started writing primarily to [...]
Undimmed by human tears
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
“Then hug Chuck,” or, “ThatNight.net”
I was terrified of fireworks when I was little. Besides that, I don’t remember too much about my previous Fourth of July’s, up until the summer of 2006 when I ran off to Maryland and met a bunch of foreign kids working in the states for the summer.
We decided to [...]
It’s everything, how time gets away
Monday, June 9th, 2008 I’ve never made a solid decision as to how far I would go with this website, how much I would eventually disclose. There were several things I avoided sharing, especially this one thing in particular, which is why this post is, for me, both a challenge and a leap.
This summer, I will have been [...]