I’m on a fast. I’m not religious, it’s like two months after Easter. I’m giving up negative thinking – it’s painful. Mostly because whenever I do have a negative thought I have to pinch myself. It’s kinda like shock therapy, I’m re-wiring my brain. The new me will be a Read more…
It’s 10:05 on a Friday night and I’m standing in the longest line EVER at Duane Reade. I just want to get home and peel my Spanx off; not only was that date an absolute waste of time, but I missed getting to Trader Joe’s before closing and now I’ve got to Read more…
Jake was pretty sure this was the first time Susannah had ever made a statement. Ironic really. But he couldn’t tell her that right now, she was repeating the statement. “We are not having this conversation.” She put more space between the words, taking time to sip Read more…
They had been in bed for twenty-four hours. Literally twenty-four hours! Like characters in a low-budget movie, where the girl with matted hair and smeared eyeliner is impossibly hot, and they guys is addict skinny but has great skin and a smile that slays you. Just like that, except Jonas Read more…
“You know it’s been like five days,” she paused to give him entry to the conversation but as always he misses the cue. Her stare is a silent but pointed prod. Emerald irises shrink as her pupils expand at high-speed. Her eyes have always transfixed him, they shift so quickly Read more…
Things were going so well. Lia wonders if she jinxed things. She can’t help reviewing the tally so far: he’s a vegan, he has a sister who is a professor of feminist Victorian literature, he likes backgammon, he hates poker, he rides a bike, doesn’t do yoga but is willing Read more…