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Before there were blogs, there were zines.
In 1998, I went through a bad break-up. So I wrote, and copied, and stapled and distributed. It was both therapy and way to find my place again in the outside world.
I haven’t looked at the zines in years. And some of it is embarrassing now. Really embarrassing. But, I will be true to my 27-year-old self and let them go, with minor blackouts to protect the identities of those who may not have minded appearing in 50 Xerox copies but would be offended by an appearance on the world wide internets.

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The 500 Blows

Just allot a small fraction of the 1 million times you think about yourself...

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BUSoTD! No Dancing!

Actually, today’s post kicks off with a quote from “I Want You,” but that song is really long. So, instead, our BUSoTD is “No Dancing.”

“I Want You” is a pretty all-purpose guilt and longing song, so you should look it up. And send it to people. I play it for all my break-ups. It makes them feel bad.

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When you want to know what you don’t want to know.

And that's why cheating is bad.

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Greetings from Block Island

Because I was a good girlfriend, that's why.Unrealized mutual baby crushes gone bad.

But, I was a good girlfriend, and it never occurred to me to glance around and see what else was going on in the world.

And that’s good. You can’t regret that. You can’t regret being a decent, faithful, honest person even it it later blows up in your face.

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BUSoTD! Love me some Dusty.

It looks like they shot this in the PVC aisle at Home Depot.

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Introduction to Issue 5 – Give Me Temptation

I was still all kinds of crazy.

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Issue 5: Give me temptation

Originally appeared in our student newspaper. There was another shot with a vending machine that I wish I had a copy of...

Issue 5: Was I ready to date? No. Was I ready for some therapeutic dalliances of a less-than-chaste but not-quite-slutty nature? Yes. Was instant karma coming around to bite the ex in the behind? Indeed. Was I still pissed? Yes.  Did I print up 200 copies of a zine compilation and sell ads and sell out? Yes I did. I’m still proud of that initiative.

Was it about this time that the ex started saying we should get back together, charming me with lines like “You’re new friends are a bunch of bike-riding, backpack wearing losers and no one gives a shit what they think about anything” or “You got your hair cut. It looks good. If I didn’t know you, I would think you were attractive. Let’s get back together.” Why, yes. But I managed to resist.

He also sent me a postcard, but spelled my name wrong. Dude, we lived together for four years. Figure it out, or fake it.

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BUSoTD! Actually, Stalker Song of the Day

At first I thought she was going to tell me I needed a free credit report…

This one is for Angela…

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