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Stuff ‘n’ Junk Report: Watermelon (Or, why I’m a watermelon asshole*)

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(*Subtitle inspired by Naomi Dunford. See comment at bottom.) Another Stuff ‘n’ Junk Report — where I pick any random item of mine, new or old, and tell you something about it. It’s inventory, with detailed back story. Like show and tell, but more tell than show. Today, an old item: Watermelon, cut into cubes. […]

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family conflicts, family, food, hoarding, stuff 'n' junk

Just making conversation.

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We all have imaginary conversations in our heads, right? I have them constantly. I replay conversations that have already happened and think of all the things I should have said. And I rehearse future conversations with friends or acquaintances that I think will be hard. Like, “Here’s why I can’t come to your birthday dinner,” […]

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hand-picked, things that annoy me airports, anger, conflicts, internal conversations, thoughts

Leggo my sample-o.

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Fact: Old ladies love free food samples. Actually, it doesn’t have to be food. They’ll take anything that’s free, including those stinky soap samples they hand out outside Sabon. You can always use more soap!  But they like food the best. Is it a fixed income thing? A scarcity mentality left over from the Great […]

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self-loathing conflicts, eating, food, old people, samples

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