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Wandering Santa Cruz

Posted on April 28, 2013 by zfthrimej

(sweeter than sandwiched truce) , elementally fresh (while waving ocean-meets-land) boost. Cool how nature can help put things in perspective. (It’s more than this or that, beyond “accepted” or “rejected”.)

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When Deadlines Become Zombies issue 5. She led him into her bedroom;

Posted on April 9, 2013 by zfthrimej

it’s his first time.

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While the triathlete stated that she’d do Ironman, she had to clarify to the fanboy that she was not talking about Robert Downey Jr. or Tony Stark, and that she would not do Iron Man

Posted on March 19, 2013 by zfthrimej

. (She was actually referring to the Ironman Triathlon, not the superhero.)

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Artist/writer’s debt-cancelling contingency fantasy plan

Posted on November 29, 2012 by zfthrimej

As an artist/writer and as someone who’s still in what looks and feels like a giant endless hole of debt because he has to repay a frickingly higher-than-expected haunting student loan AND because of questionable investments (and/or mistakes, including a … Continue reading →

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I recently re-found (in my messy room) two old poems that i wrote and performed/sang back in October 2008 and September of last year.

Posted on October 25, 2012 by zfthrimej

The first one’s called “Bros Before Hoes (Sometimes)”, and the second one is “A Hula Dancer Tried To Seduce Me” (both of them are based on true stories that have actually happened to me). As a result, I shall post … Continue reading →

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Introductory tour of a course is like a ride on the (sylla)bus;

Posted on August 20, 2012 by zfthrimej

its last stop being the final (stop).

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“Will this be for here or to go?” “This will be for me.”

Posted on August 10, 2012 by zfthrimej

I’ve actually considered responding to that question with that answer. Hopefully, the restaurant’s cashier who asks that question will not be annoyed if I answer that way.

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Waiting outside of a movie theater’s empty, single-exit auditorium feels safer than being the first to wait (and wait alone) inside that auditorium.

Posted on July 29, 2012 by zfthrimej

Because I actually had this (paranoid?) concern that if a shooter was the second person to enter the auditorium, then what if he or she notices that I am the only target in that room? If that happened, I think … Continue reading →

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While there’s stand-up comedy, stand-down comedy must happen off the stage, or at ground-level.

Posted on July 27, 2012 by zfthrimej

I think it’s telling jokes while standing on the same floor that the audience is on.

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A single item on the middle of the floor in a grocery store aisle sometimes looks like a trap.

Posted on July 26, 2012 by zfthrimej

And/or all the items on the shelves are witnesses or suspects of that item’s fall.

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Wandering Santa Cruz

When Deadlines Become Zombies issue 5. She led him into her bedroom;

While the triathlete stated that she’d do Ironman, she had to clarify to the fanboy that she was not talking about Robert Downey Jr. or Tony Stark, and that she would not do Iron Man

Artist/writer’s debt-cancelling contingency fantasy plan

Introductory tour of a course is like a ride on the (sylla)bus;

“Will this be for here or to go?” “This will be for me.”

Waiting outside of a movie theater’s empty, single-exit auditorium feels safer than being the first to wait (and wait alone) inside that auditorium.

While there’s stand-up comedy, stand-down comedy must happen off the stage, or at ground-level.

A single item on the middle of the floor in a grocery store aisle sometimes looks like a trap.

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