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That one person that your mother always warned you about.
Upon turning the spritely young age of 19 I decided that I was to become a Southern Californian. This was despite my skins inclination to burn whenever exposed to UV Rays and my lack of job/living...
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And Now For Something Completely Different!
Poem break! ARE EYES TO CLOSE How hastily my day doth gray And brimming cup with said decay Like slipping sand in tightened grasp Falls one by one and first to last, Oh billows drift me to and fro See...
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Your favorite hiding spot.
Back in the days of jr. high where I grew up, there was a game called Beckon. This was a favorite past time of the young folk in our house those days. This being because our mother had instincts so...
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Write a short story set in Argentina in 1932, in which a teacup plays a...
A deep breath filled Belén’s lungs as she sat outside a café on the corner of Cordoba Street. Her eyes darted back and forth between her book and a boisterous group of middle aged women celebrating a...
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A family on the street you grew up.
The Hurgenroder Nike high-top sneakers pounded down the dirt driveway alongside a Huffy bike. It was quickly building speed. Fingers tight around the handlebars and a confidently furrowed brow, a...
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Losing Your Memory
As I write this now I am getting anxiety about being able to type as fast as my mind can hang on to it’s thoughts. The terror of thinking up some amazing bit of story or information, then it slipping...
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Your most transcendent ice cream experience.
Before writing this I made sure to look up the definition of “transcendent” just to make sure that my story was accurate to describe a truly transcendent ice cream experience. It is defined as:...
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You are a loser who lives alone with a cat and have for quite some time. One...
If you watch one more episode of this Ally McBeal marathon you are on, I swear to Garfield, I’m gonna throw myself in front of the neighbor’s German shepherd and end it all! I don’t think I can take...
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And now for something completely different.
Poem break! For The Poppies Rise up! Rise up! New birthen flesh, To scene of budding bloom Lift up thine heads of petaled reds Your sun it rises soon. With leaf outstretched to catch it’s beams In...
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Open your medicine cabinet…
Open your medicine cabinet. Catalog every pill, ointment, and product. What conditions do they treat and how does the whole lot add up to a statement about your mortality? Toner – Because my skin is...
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Share that embarrassing story your relatives always tell about you.
My mother has always been the queen of nicknames. Somewhere within the depths of her mind burst out these terrible, sing-songy cute, conglomerates of names and words which make one feel loved yet at...
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The art of love.
Well isn’t that a BROAD subject for a writer with an alarmingly short attention span and only an hour lunch break to tackle. I will however attempt to touch on one aspect of it that seems to be ever...
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Write some short rhymes or mnemonics about historic events or important facts...
Cleopatra was real hot and men all tried to date her, until she had a real bad day and at let a cobra ate her. Henry the 8th was balling out of anyone’s control, he like to hook up with some chicks...
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Something goes wrong at your favorite camping spot.
The year was 2000, and the Mayne family clan was off for another trek in the Washington woods to take part in the great out doors. Camping is a supposedly “fun” activity, but not when done in the...
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That time you peed your pants.
My priorities as a child were always a little askew. The consumption of candy, and playing, would usually out weigh any other task or impulse that presented itself. To me, I was committed to my...
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Waking up elsewhere.
My kitten sleep spot and what a pal, Peter. A common uttering amongst those who have been graced with my presence would be, “Is she asleep?…Yep.” Since a young age I have been granted the skill of...
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Your last cry.
I am typically not a big crier. Injuries usually provoke feelings of rage or frustration. Sad movies usually don’t get me unless there are hormones involved. It is an impulse that my body does not...
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Your favorite piece of playground equipment.
Whenever I sit on a set of swings, it is like time traveling. Just a few pumps of the legs and I am taken back to a place in life of simplicity; a time when the world seemed full of possibilities. I...
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Your worst experience during a family dinner.
I believe it was around junior high. My mother was making dinner and my siblings and I were sitting around the kitchen table, as per usual being barbarians of sorts. I’m sure my little brother was...
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Write ten sayings for fortune cookies.
1. “You will find a great deal of money and hot women if you keep buying fortune cookies.” 2. “You will be getting diarrhea shortly from that sweet and sour chicken you just ate.” 3. “It’s not the...
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