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

All for Poo

What’s weird is when you have a break up like that, it’s not just the past that disappears, it’s the future, too. I never obsessively plotted out, “OK, we’ll have 2.5 kids, and then we’ll get a golden retriever and you’ll be a lawyer and I’ll join the Rotary and we’ll ski in Vermont for [...]

Issue #4 – The Bee in the Box

Native Tongue

Oh, that’s a little sad. That’s one of those times when you are desperately searching for something good to remember so you don’t have to feel like you really just threw away several years of your life. Maybe there was some good in there, once. What happened to it?

Issue #3 – Crush Story

You need a crush and a restraining order imposed on you by fate. Pine away until you get your head on straight.

Lonesome for naivete

Isn’t that the shit of it? Not losing trust in the other person, but having to completely reassess your own judgement and second guess everything you said or did.

I know what boys like

It was at this point that several guys I knew started to think I was writing about him. We live in narcissistic times.

Celebrate gratitude, a-hole.

I was seriously grateful. Seriously pissed, but seriously grateful.