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December 6th, 2009

If you want to start a fight between me and manfriend, simply pull out an IKEA catalog, or ask me how I plan to decorate our house in the future. Bring up the subject of replacing our couch, and pause to observe the pained expression that will slowly spread across his poor face.

Nothing, and I mean nothing, upsets him like the threat of stuff. Yes, stuff. I realize it sounds terribly vague, but he walks through our home at times, as if expecting all of the things we have accumulated over the years to spontaneously rise up in a furious whirlwind and seize him, ripping him out of time and space and casting him into some unknowable and awful place. keep reading »

June 1st, 2009

“One day, I’m going to buy one of those,” said manfriend, pointing at a motorcycle as we walked home from getting dinner.
“No.” I responded.
“Why not?”
“Why do you want one?”
“Because I think I would enjoy it.” keep reading »