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mira

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I used to be like you. I would put my napkin in my lap, instead of folding it into a little tent over my plate, like I do now, with a door for the fork to go in. I would go to parties and laugh—and laugh and laugh—every time somebody said something, in case it was supposed to be funny. I would walk in someplace and slap down a five-dollar bill and say, "Give me all you got," and not even know what they had there. And whenever I found two of anything I would hold them up to my head like antlers, and then pretend that one "antler" fell off. Food seemed to taste better back then. Potatoes were more potatoey, and turnips less turnippy.But then something happened, something that would make me understand that this is no game. I was walking past a building and I saw a man standing high up on a ledge. "Jump! Jump!" I started yelling. What happened next would haunt me for the rest of my days: the man came down from the building and beat the living daylights out of me. Ever since then, I've realized that this is no game. One day we'll just sit by the fire, chew some tobacky, toast some marshmackies, and maybe strum a tune on the ole guitacky. If there's one single idea I'd like you to take away from this, it is: This is no game. The other thing I'd like you to think about is, could I borrow five hundred dollars?

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

the non self-indulged. world peace.

My Blog

We Love Carol

Carol Marie OttCarol Marie OttBattle CreekCarol Marie Ott, 26, of Battle Creek, died Wednesday, November 28, 2007, at University of Michigan Hospital with her family at her side. She lived a short, bu...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:30:00 GMT

OMG: Smigus Dyngus

Proof that there IS a GOD(also, another reason why I love life so much):SMIGUS DYNGUS.i just learned last weekend over a gimungus dinner with my mom that she is from the GREATEST country. Ever. Poland...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:40:00 GMT

Google Launches ’The Google’ For Older Adults

Google Launches 'The Google' For Older AdultsMOUNTAIN VIEW, CAThe popular search engine Google announced plans Friday to launch a new site, TheGoogle.com, to appeal to older adults not able to naviga...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:31:00 GMT

Julian Ptacin, 10 years.

So October 11th of this year marks ten years since Jules died. Below is something I wrote about my experience at his funeral. And stuff.The Grace of Ken One of the most gracious gifts that the Fall re...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:52:00 GMT

Notes on a Stanza/first poem

Notes on a Stanza My eyes kept telling me: something is missing from what you are reading, so I went in search for the cure. Slowly appeared my blindness, the loss of old sight made from stealthily un...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:41:00 GMT

Gogol BordeLLo: Where is the marinated herring?!

Gogol Bordello, said to be a cross between Borat and Triumph the Dog...Check out the song "American Wedding." ahhh, Eugene Hütz, what a man(iac).
Posted by on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:13:00 GMT

this is no game

THIS IS NO GAMEby Jack HandeyThis is no game. You might think this is a game, but, trust me, this is no game.This is not something where rock beats scissors or paper covers rock or rock wraps itself u...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:07:00 GMT

recent article: Escape from El Salvador

by Dale Maharidge, my friend and mentor: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/magazine/19lives-t.html?_r =1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin
Posted by on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:47:00 GMT

Extra Credit

A month or so ago, my boyfriend Dan, a jazz pianist here in New York, got a call from a fellow musician. The guy was putting together a quartet to audition with for a commercial, and wanted Dan to pla...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:54:00 GMT

The Morning News

Black, White and Read All OverClick here to read my latest essay, "Canine to Five":www.themorningnews.org
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:53:00 GMT