Monthly Archives: March 2010

What they don’t tell you

By nopasanada | Published: March 29, 2010
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.”  ~Fran Lebowitz I’m eight and my mother denies me the single joy of a McDonald’s cheeseburger. I ask why and she gives me a succinct, “Because I said so”. I [...]
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Inexplicable

By nopasanada | Published: March 8, 2010
“I didn’t want my picture taken because I was going to cry.  I didn’t know why I was going to cry, but I knew that if anybody spoke to me or looked at me too closely the tears would fly out of my eyes and the sobs would fly out of my throat and I’d [...]
Posted in Strait-jacket | 36 Comments