X365, Ex Edition, Day 2
Day 2 of X365: the EX edition, special, all this week in honor of Valentines’ Day.
18/365: Cilantro: You ate Cilantro. Plain. Out of a bag. That you brought with you. Everywhere. And that was all there was. Cilantro. Which, tell the truth, I liked, too. Just a little bit more before you.
19/365: Rain: You never met anyone without a car, and wondered: HOW DID I GET TO WORK??? When I said I took the bus or walked or metro’ed, you said: REALLY?? but what about when it rains??
20/365: Married: You said you were separated, same as me, in your online profile. When we met, you explained you were planning to separate. After the bar mitzvah. of your 7-year-old. And did I want another drink?
21/365: Gay (I): I’m not sure, I told my friend Mike, he might be gay. There’s just something. Planned dates too fancy. Liked dancing. A lot. Mike put it simpler: “Uhh, that guy? Yah, he’s totally gay.”
22/365: Found II: We put books on the shelf. We giggle over puns, wearing out our welcome (mat). We plan trips and celebrations and cozy nights at home. We cuddle woofs. We feel lucky. And we are.
You may remember X365 [1. The idea of X 365 is simple : write X number of words on ONE person who’s touched your life for each day of the year. My X was 35 (the age I was when I started); now it’s 36. The “micro-essays” as I liked to call them are random, or they were anyway – one day a relative or longheld close friend; the next, a stranger encountered on the Metro.]
But this time, in preparation for relaunching efforts to finish that book I’ve been threatening to write (Red Line to Dumpsville: my year of dating in Washington, DC (C), in celebration of building a home and a life with my love, and in honor of Valentines’ Day, I’m dredging up “the dating files.” Some of these stories are mine, some were told to me, and a few are compilations (anyone who’s dated in wash, dc knows that it isn’t long before you start dating the SAME person again and again. You can be the judge of which are which. or not.
I’m breaking from the rules for this one and won’t be using real names (to protect the not-so innocent). They’re still presented in random order. So no swelled heads anyone!
conversemomma said,
Wrote on February 11, 2009 @ 3:54 pm
Wow, you wind poetry in the everyday. So beautiful. Glad to have been coaxed over by your comment.
washwords said,
Wrote on February 15, 2009 @ 10:51 pm
Thank you and here’s hoping you return. I’m so touched by what I’ve read on blogher… I go away for spells at a time but whenever I come back, i’m so so moved and always discover so much talent and passion and grace. cheers to you.
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Diego said,
Wrote on December 23, 2015 @ 12:34 pm
No worries about the post, I was just manikg sure they got there ok and you all liked them, but thanks for the update 🙂 I actually explain how the cards and zipper pulls are made on the blog if you wanna know to make some.