Party pictures! |
Shit Show Birthday Party at Casa Jess: Davey took lovely pictures all night...
I’m totally old...
Posted by Jess on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:08:00 PST |
Efflorescence |
They say when you place perfume on your body, you should not rub it on your skin. For instance, one should never brush together the delicate parts of the wrists, or lightly drag fingertips against the...
Posted by Jess on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:38:00 PST |
Qi Xi |
I am interested in hand-to-hand combat. I need to learn about strikes, throws, joint manipulation, and pressure point attacks. How can I advance upon my enemy without the use of weapons? Am I capable ...
Posted by Jess on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:57:00 PST |
Posing with chocolate cakes |
As a very small child, my brother once stole a freshly made chocolate cake from the kitchen counter, brought it into the closet in his room, and ate it with his fingers. When he had finished, he took ...
Posted by Jess on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:16:00 PST |
The fool on the hill |
I am perched above a tiny grave, the Southern California breeze whispering through my hair. As I take the roses out of their cellophane, a thorn rips the thin skin of my knuckle. I curse. I bleed slig...
Posted by Jess on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:37:00 PST |
Thanks |
On Thanksgiving Day, I walk under the Brooklyn Bridge in order to catch the A train to the Metro North. I am setting out to visit family in Greenwich. I wear my usual curls, hot pink tights, my fancy ...
Posted by Jess on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:49:00 PST |
Little Mary |
My mother's name is Maureen. Coming from a large, Irish family, it's an unsurprising fact. She has a pretty, old fashioned name which reached its height of popularity in the mid-fifties due to the pla...
Posted by Jess on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:17:00 PST |
Purblind |
Most of what she said to me was a lie, a hyperextension of the life she wanted to lead, the people she desired to know. But there was this overwhelming draw I felt towards her. She sucked me in with h...
Posted by Jess on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:30:00 PST |
An open letter to my mother... |
Dear Mommy, Your dreams have come true. Almost. I mean, maybe they weren't ever my aspirations but I sense they're for my own well-being. They were so close to being actualized tonight at a tiny bar o...
Posted by Jess on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:01:00 PST |
Confessions on Catholic arrastres... |
She said I was coming into my body. We drank wine and she gave me the big blue eyes. She informed me I was having a renaissance. A Jessaissance, she called it. She offered up this advice, "Don't belie...
Posted by Jess on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:52:00 PST |
