

Elevator Girl “Oh, you’re an English major…what do you plan to do with that?” If I had a dime for every time I’ve stuttered out a nonsense, uncommitted answer to this question, I would have no further need for college or a career. When I try to explain to whoever is asking me this time that all I’ve ever wanted to do is to create art – to act, to paint, to write, they usually offer words of encouragement, about having the courage to follow your dreams and yadda, yadda, while their faces tell me what they really think - expressions conveying something like “how cute” or “you’ll grow outElevator Girl


The Baby-Eating Dragon The short walk from the driveway up to my grandfather’s house to meet the rest of the family at this year’s reunion made me think a little more about this dragon business. My aunt Donna snapping pictures in every direction; the little kids running around and flinging potato salad from plastic spoons; my mom approaching quickly with that you-never-call! look on her face…...that dragon’s sounding better by the second. If there were in fact a giant fire-breathing reptile from hell nearby, it had the watchful-slash-evil eyes of my mom, the loud, shrill voice and relentless energy of my little cousins, and tThe Baby-Eating Dragon


The Empty Seat Next to MeHe didn’t come to class today,The Empty Seat Next to Me
and for some reason, I care, because this means I went to class for nothing. You think I want to listen to that old professor spill his knowledge all over us? You think I give a shit about Charlemagne or the fucking crusades? I go to class because we sit together; just me, him, and his other ex-girlfriend. It’s about the strangest group of people ever. The stories we could trade… I don’t pay attention.
I take the shittiest notes ever, but it gives us an excuse to talk again.
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