Yo, Past Michelle, Why the fuck did you put this creepy-ass song on this otherwise pleasant and awesome playlist? Every time it comes on it freaks me out and ruins perfectly good moments. Dude, seriously! Frustratedly Yours, Present Michelle
Tag: creative writing
This Week Ten Years Ago
The Week of 3/5/2006 Witty one liner: Why is it when you talk to God you’re a saint, but when you hear God talking to you you’re crazy? Quote of the week: None written down Offbeat oddity (courtesy of the planner): An elephant will extract its own infected tooth using tree branches and sharp rocks…
Arts and Crafts Time
It is arts and crafts time on the train. She sits on a seat in the middle of the train with a small bag full of wire strands and green tape. She rips off a decent sized piece of tape and wraps it around the wire quickly, efficiently, and neatly. When she finishes a strand…
Dear Life
Dear Life, Please stop “happening,” I need to get a bunch of shit done. Do you know how hard it is to write and commit to your dreams when YOU keep “happening?” Tone down the “happening” please and I will not have to resort to running away screaming to a cave and hermiting for the…
This Week Ten Years Ago
The Week of 2/26/2006 Witty one liner: Finding a good man is like trying to nail jello to a wall. Quote of the week: None written down Offbeat oddity (courtesy of the planner): The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that the sound it makes is a tiny sonic boom. Planner quote: “In order…
Wintry
He has on dark brown corduroy pants and a tan jacket with a high popped collar with metal buckles that remind me of hot topic coats and straight jackets. He has on tinted glasses, almost too light to be considered sunglasses, leather straps with buckets at the cuffs and collar, all of them done up…
Dear Disorganized Procrastinators
Dear Disorganized Procrastinators, You stress me out. Knock it off. Sincerely, An Uptight, OCD Planner
Flamingo Sneakers
She has flamingos on her flat sneakers and rhinestones on her black fishnets. Her eyelashes are fake and pitch black, a sharp contrast to her milky white skin and curly, tousled auburn brown hair. She has a headband with a big pink bow on it and her lipstick is a deep wine red. Her outfit has…
Black and Leather
Black leather briefcase, black leather ankle high dress shoes, and white, black, and navy blue argyle/plaid socks. His pants are black and nicely pressed, his black overcoat has its collar popped and he holds his coffee in his right hand, resting it on his briefcase, his left holding his newspaper. He is listening to something…
#ExBaristaProblems
Dear World, This is not a post where I bemoan people’s inability to foam my milk properly or how I miss access to free coffee. This is not that post. Coffee shops are warm in the winter and (sometimes) cool in the summer. They are busy and you don’t have to get past a host…
Object of Focus
Anne checked her watched and stifled a growl of frustration. She paced around the kitchen one more time before making her decision and walking up to the bathroom door and hammering on it with one fist. “Come on, Farley!” she hollered through the door. “You have been in there twenty minutes already.” “Bathroom time is…
This Week Ten Years Ago
The Week of 2/5/2006 Witty one liner: I was just sitting there, walking. Quote of the week: “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Offbeat oddity (courtesy of the planner): “Sneaker” was first used to describe a rubber-soled tennis shoe in 1873 Planner quote: “The strength of the team is…
Little Gentian 