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hot chocolate

July 23, 2005

HOT Chocolate Girl

I don’t drink coffee. Coffee’s nasty. I take my caffeine in the form of cocoa. Who doesn’t love hot chocolate? I’ve tried them all: Peet’s Starbucks, Tully’s. There’s this bakery near my parents’ house that melts bars of chocolate. Pure…

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July 23, 2005

The Temple at Burning Man 

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July 23, 2005

Favorite Poetry

By Saul Williams to aim is to take oneself too seriously by focusing without instead of within re arrange and re member aim…i am the right letters are there it’s the wrong composition Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening…

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June 18, 2005

Yellowstone 

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June 18, 2005

Make a Wish

I’m turning 30 and I can’t help but grapple over one question–Am I happier in a committed relationship or single? I go back and forth. And when I come to a decision, I believe my judgment to be clouded and…

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April 12, 2005

Sail, Sail Away

Ray told me to meet him at the yacht club right after work on Friday. It was a gorgeous, sunny day barely a breeze in town. If I could hurry up and get there by 5:30, he and a few…

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Vixen

April 12, 2005

Vixen Returns

I love to read and write. You’ll rarely find me strolling around the city without a book, pen, or paper in tow. I’ve worked on yearbooks and newspapers. Hell, I cemented my love for books when I decided to major…

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