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The issues this year will be different

L called on his way to take J back to Arkansas, I barely got to see her and now it’s June before she’ll be back again although L is looking into having her move down here permanently so he can be closer to her. I had lunch at Cafe Minh with my contractor, S – he walked in and said “oh boy,” because it was the scene of my meltdown a few weeks ago –…

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Eye candy for mama

Slept like a bear last night and woke still groggy from a food and alcohol hangover that went on for two days. Walking the Bean around the bayou, who comes running up, even though we’re later than normal, is the Bayou Stone Fox. Big smile, big dimples. I told Arlene when she turned to watch him go by – I said now now, Bean, he is eye candy for your mama not for you.

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Ushering in the New Year

Usher sings in his song – “we want a lady in the street, but a freak in the bed that say…yeah yeah.” There is a website that interprets rap lyrics and about that one it says – A favorable female acts like a high-class woman in public, yet in private is quite sensual. I love the formality of rap lyric deconstruction. I want that job. Meanwhile, I was speaking to a friend about a mutual…

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Be 4 Real

At some point after midnight on NYE I found myself in the bathroom with another girl who was having a moment – a moment of insecurity which was leading to tears – of course, I started crying too because that is what I do – you puke, I puke, you laugh, I laugh, you cry, I’m balling my eyes out – it’s like a gag reflex of emotions – she was crying because she can’t…

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2007 feels – so far – like heaven

Last night, the champagne was flowing and the table was spilling over with scrumptious food – ham biscuits, beef stroganoff, brownies – on the stereo there was awesome music to dance to – people to dance with – I’d say the only thing that was less than perfect was no kiss at midnight – made me pout – but really only for a few minutes – then G forced me to walk to her house…

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