A holiday weekend in which one has no money. I have $450 to make it to my next paycheck (and that’s after just being paid *today*). After paying off 3 outstanding medical bills and stuffing $700 toward the credit card, I’m out of cash again, and I have groceries and a Verizon bill to pay […]
Seriously, I haven’t hurt this much since I was doing kickboxing and mixed martial arts classes at POW (man I miss that place) Ask and ye shall receive.
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For my buddies in the middle of job searches (including my Daddio!), here’s some stuff to keep in mind: “Here’s why you’ll need humility: If you are like most people, you will get the shit kicked out of you in the job search. Typically, the job search process is a six month-long, broken, politically-biased, ill-conceived,
It occurred to me today that I’d told my sister many years ago that I’d get a second piercing in my upper ear to match the one I got for Clarion when I sold my first book. I still like this idea for commemorating my first book. I’m also thinking every writer needs a cool
My first book comes out next year. Somewhere in all the craziness of my life, I think that has been kind of lost in the crazy, you know? Or maybe it’s just been taken for granted all along. Something else that’s been lost during my three months of recovery and bliss in my new digs
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Steph’s Old Man has started a blog! Welcome to the internets!
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But I have a strange compulsion to watch The Wanted again. Maybe all I really want is a big gun and a sweet-ass tattoo.
Gone are the days of the $14.99 haircut. I started spending a fortune on my hair after 1) going to Supercuts for the 3rd time in three weeks trying to get them to fix the mullet they’d given me 2) getting dumped – for the second time – by the guy I was dating here
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Coworker: “I know I look old, but would you believe I’m going to be 30 in a week?” Me: “Holy crap, you’re only a little more than a year older than me? I thought you were ancient, like the DB guy.” Coworker: “Great, thanks.” Me: “Know what I’m doing for my 30th birthday? Coworker: ?
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I’ve come home and written original stuff every night this week. I’m reading books again. I started re-hashing my comic book ideas. My insatiable, nauseating appetite has subsided, as has my compulsion to go to bed before 9pm. I found myself dancing around my apartment tonight for no reason. The turning point was last week,
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